Tag Archives: Herbie Hancock

Tony Williams with VSOP II in Japan 1983

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: It’s a happy day when I find a previously unknown, to me, VSOP Quintet album or YouTube video. Such was the case last night. Scrolling through pages of Amazon MP3 jazz albums I found this promising looking album, … Continue reading →

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Mel Lewis Plays Herbie Hancock ($4.95)

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This album, Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra Play the Compositions of Herbie Hancock Live in Montreux, looks promising. Mel Lewis’s Orchestra in concert playing Herbie Hancock tunes arranged by Bob Mintzer. At $4.95 (as of Feb. 26, … Continue reading →

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Tony and the Tractor

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Getting ready to go out last night I set my MP3 player to Herbie Hancock and Santana – Live Under the Sky 1981. Some of the tracks are the VSOP Quartet with Hancock (keyboards), Ron Carter (bass), Wynton Marsalis … Continue reading →

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October Surprise? New Music from Miles’s Second Great Quintet

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: October surprise? New music from Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet. Very good news. — end —

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Harvey Mason on ‘Chameleon’

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Listening to Chameleon by Herbie Hancock‘s Headhunters when the song was first released in 1973 was an experience today’s listeners missed. Cutting edge music in 1973, the best of Chameleon — the music, the sounds, the rhythm — … Continue reading →

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