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Herbie Hanccock: Directions in Music (Live at Massey Hall)

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Label: Verve Records
Released: 2002.03.12
Time:
 78:22
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Michael Brecker
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.herbiehancock.com
Appears with: Chick Corea, Jack de Johnette
Purchase date: 2002.06.18
Price in €: 15,99



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[1] The Sorcerer (H.Hancock) - 8:54
[2] The Poet (R.Hargrove) - 6:35
[3] So What/Impressions (M.Davis/J.Coltraine) - 12:51
[4] Misstery (H.Hancock/M.Brecker/R.Hargrove) - 8:16
[5] Naima (J.Coltraine) - 7:29
[6] Transition (J.Coltraine) - 10:26
[7] My Ship (N.Weill/G.Gershwin) - 8:40
[8] D Trane (M.Brecker) - 15:11

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HERBIE HANCOCK - Piano, Liner Notes, Executive Producer
MICHAEL BRECKER - Tenor Saxophone, Liner Notes
ROY HARGROVE - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Liner Notes
JOHN PATITUCCI - Bass
BRIAN BLADE - Drums

JASON OLAINE - Co-Producer
DOUG DOCTOR - Engineer
ROB GRIFFIN - Engineer
ANTHONY RUOTOLO - Assistant Engineer
JAY NEWLAND - Mixing
RON SKINNER - Assistant
GREG CALBI - Mastering
GEORGE WHITTY - Digital Editing
HOLLIS KING - Art Direction
ISABELLE WONG - Design
HANS NELEMAN - Photography
DARRYL PITT - Photography
THEODORA KUSLAN - Release Coordinator
LANIER LONG - Groomer

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2002 CD Verve 589654

In 2001 Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove, John Patitucci and Brian Blade embarked upon Directions In Music--a 30-date tour to celebrate the music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, both of whom would have been 75 in that year.

Directions In Music captures the group’s performance at Massey Hall in Toronto. The idea was not to recreate original Miles and Trane recordings but to evoke anew the creative spirit and boundary-breaking that was the hallmark of their genius. The quintet fractures, deconstructs and re-harmonises compositions by - or associated with - Davis and Coltrane adding shifting grooves and time signatures.



A double-milestone year for jazz, 2001 marked the 75th anniversary of the births of both Miles Davis and John Coltrane. With that in mind, Herbie Hancock went on tour with a quintet modeled after his V.S.O.P. bands of the '70s and '80s and the Tribute to Miles band of the '90s, which in turn were modeled after the 1965-1968 Miles Davis Quintet. The question this disc proposes: Can you go home yet again? Hancock preferred to dodge that one, saying that he was attempting to push the music onward in the Davis/Coltrane spirit of adventure rather than play for nostalgia. But essentially, despite the often unblinkingly hard-nosed soloing and the sometimes radical reworking of the old tunes, the conception of this idiom is that of Miles, and Michael Brecker's often brilliant, searching tenor sax work owes its soul to the example of Trane. Although the quintet's Los Angeles gig on October 11, 2001, was rather disappointing, the Toronto concert recorded here was a big improvement, with two weeks of roadwork evidently having the desired tightening effect. Though Hancock's piano gradually became more abstract and disconnected with its surroundings over the years, here he is in touch with his colleagues. Brecker provides the most fervent individual statement with an unaccompanied rendition of "Naima" that amounts to a virtual encyclopedia of tenor saxophone technique. Roy Hargrove does a serviceable job on trumpet and flügelhorn, trying to fill some heavy shoes, and as accomplished as the rhythm team of John Patitucci (bass) and Brian Blade (drums) is, you miss the irreplaceable combustion of Ron Carter and especially the late Tony Williams (compare the original Davis recording of "The Sorcerer" with this inward, less dynamic, less driving version). The most strikingly reworked cover tune is a slow, drawn-out, mournful take on "Impressions," almost an elegy for Coltrane, and Brecker delivers the eulogy with fire in the belly. There is new material from Hargrove ("The Poet"), Brecker ("D Trane"), and the three headliners ("Misstery"), none of which expands much beyond the parameters of the Davis and Coltrane models. While this quintet does not kick over old boundaries, it does make good, uncompromisingly intelligent music.

Richard S. Ginell - All-Music Guide
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Directions in Music marks Herbie Hancock's all-star tribute to Miles Davis and John Coltrane. It's clearly a chance for Hancock to return once again to his creative roots, when he was in Davis's great quintet of the mid-'60s, and he has excellent companions for the journey in Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove, the tenor saxophonist and trumpeter who clearly demonstrate their inspiration in Coltrane and Miles. The CD begins with a reprise of Hancock's "Sorcerer" from his Miles period, with bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade, who were so crucial a part of Wayne Shorter's Footprints Live, and prove themselves just as important here. Blade is especially driving, pressing Hancock and the horns to complex creative dialogue. The synthesis of "So What/Impressions," already closely linked tunes, benefits from the input of some fresh creative thinking, while Brecker's long cadenza on "Naima" is an effective invocation of Coltrane's intrepid virtuosity. Over 78 minutes in length, this is energetic, sometimes brilliant music, in many ways resembling Hancock's own classic, Maiden Voyage.

Stuart Broomer - Amazon.com



In 2001, Herbie Hancock toured with Directions In Music, an all-star tribute to Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and this album captures the band's gig at Massey Hall in Toronto. It's clearly a chance for Hancock to return to the creative source of Davis's great quintet of the mid-60s and he has excellent companions for the journey in Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove. The CD begins with a reprise of Hancock's "Sorcerer", and bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade, so crucial a part of Wayne Shorter's Footprints Live!, prove themselves just as important here. Blade is especially inspiring, pressing Hancock and the horns to complex creative dialogue. The synthesis of "So What" and "Impressions," already closely linked tunes, benefits from the input of some fresh creative thinking, while Brecker's long cadenza on "Naima" is an effective invocation of Coltrane's intrepid virtuosity. Over 78 minutes in length, this is energetic, sometimes brilliant music, in many ways resembling Hancock's own classic, Maiden Voyage.

Stuart Broomer - Amazon.co.uk



Das ist Jazz und eine Sternstunde dazu! Bereits die ersten Takte machen alles klar: hier werden Energien ausgetauscht, die Wesentliches hervorbringen und die sich zu einem einzigen 80-minütigen Höhepunkt verdichten. Eine Traumkonstellation, das muss wohl so sein, sonst wäre dieses Ereignis nicht möglich gewesen. Fünf Giganten des Jazz, zusammen greifen sie nach unvorhergesehener Inspiration, zu der jeder für sich vielleicht nicht hätte finden können. Eine Sternstunde deshalb, denn solche Momente sind selten; wann hat man Michael Brecker zuletzt mit derart atemberaubender Fülle solieren und phrasieren gehört; wo nimmt Roy Hargrove (Trompete) plötzlich diesen progressiven Ansatz her, und was hat Brian Blade zu seiner fraglos sagenhaften Kür bewogen, die ihn ohne Umweg in die erste Reihe amtierender Jazzschlagzeuger katapultiert? Directions In Music ist ein Meer an musikalischem Impuls, durch und durch beseelt und emotional, bringt Urkräfte zusammen, die sich zu einem leidenschaftlichen und felsenhaften Statement des Modern Jazz emporschwingen; und im Übrigen wird genau das erreicht, was als Motto und kompositorische Leitlinie vorgesehen war: ein Tribut an die großen Charismatiker John Coltrane und Miles Davis. Dass sich die Prophezeiung allerdings in dieser trefflichen Form erfüllen würde, das hatte vor der Tournee (es handelt sich um einen Live-Mitschnitt) sicherlich niemand ahnen können: der Geist von Coltrane und Miles, an dessen legendärem Quintett Herbie Hancock fünf Jahre lang partizipierte, wird in Directions In Music wahrhaftig und lebendig -- mehr als durch irgendetwas sonst durch den beflügelnden, kreativen Enthusiasmus, der sich in einem satten und wegweisenden Stil der Jetztzeit badet.

Katharina Lohmann - Amazon.de
 

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