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Herbie Hanccock: Future 2 Future

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Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2001.09.25
Time:
 55:25
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.herbiehancock.com, www.future2future.com 
Appears with: Chick Corea, Jack de Johnette
Purchase date: 2002.01.25
Price in €: 15,99



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[1] Kebero, Part 1 (C.Craig/GiGi/H.Hancock/B.Laswell) - 3:10
[2] Wisdom (H.Hancock) - 0:33
[3] The Essence (H.Hancock/Ch.Khan/B.Laswell) - 4:54
[4] This Is Rob Swift (J.DeJohnette/H.Hancock/B.Laswell/R.Swift) - 6:55
[5] Black Gravity (H.Hancock/B.Laswell/G.Simpson) - 5:29
[6] Tony Williams (D.Bryant/H.Hancock/B.Laswell/T.Williams) - 6:08
[7] Be Still (H.Hancock/B.Laswell/I.Uzuri) - 5:11
[8] Ionosphere (H.Hancock/K.Kale/B.Laswell) - 3:59
[9] Kebero, Part 2 (C.Craig/GiGi/H.Hancock/B.Laswell) - 4:47
[10] Alphabeta (H.Hancock/B.Laswell) - 5:29
[11] Virtual Hornets (H.Hancock/B.Laswell) - 8:50

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HERBIE HANCOCK - Keyboards, Director, Producer

JACK DEJOHNETTE - Drums
BILL LASWELL - Electric Bass, Director, Producer
WAYNE SHORTER - Soprano & Tenor Saxophone
KARSH KALE - Drums, Beat Programming
TONY "Ruption" WILLIAMS - Drums
ROB SWIFT - Turntables, Programming
KARSH KALE - Drums, Program Beats
GERALD "A Guy Called Gerald" SIMPSON - Programming, Beats
DANA BRYANT - Vocals
CHAKA KHAN - Vocals
IMANI UZURI - Vocals
GIGI - Vocals

DAVE HAMPTON - Engineer
ROBERT MUSSO - Engineer
CARL CRAIG - Programming, Beats
MICHAEL FOSSENKEMPER - Mastering
BILL MURPHY - Production Assistant
DARREL DIAZ - Add. Production
STEVEN SAPORTA - Realization


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2001 CD Transparent Music 50011

From Transparent Music, Future 2 Future captures Herbie's take on the new progressive music from the DJ/Club culture - hip-hop, drum-and-bass, downtempo. The project reunites Hancock with famed musical architect Bill Laswell. Together, this team earned a Grammy for 'Rockit' and a platinum record from its parent album Future Shock.



One of the greatest attributes to Herbie Hancock's longevity is his ability to take a contemporary form of music and add his own unique perspective through his recordings. Future 2 Future is no exception to the rule. Teaming with Bill Laswell, Hancock recruits some of the most forward-thinking musicians in music for Future 2 Future. The contributions of electronic music pioneer Carl Craig, vocal diva Chaka Khan, drum'n'bass producer A Guy Called Gerald, as well as jazz legends Jack DeJohnette and Wayne Shorter make the album feel like a cross between modern electronica and world music. While a lineup with such immense talent promises the delivery of a powerhouse record, the finished product only delivers the goods moderately. Several pieces produced for the album were almost completed before Hancock contributed keyboards. This production method leaves the record lacking the spontaneity and continuity that grace several of his early electronic-based records and tenure with the Headhunters, to the point of relegating Hancock to the status of session musician on some songs and leaving the listener to wonder what Future 2 Future could have been if a greater sense of creative collaboration/improvisation between Hancock and this all-star cast would have ensued. While this record is most definitely not an album for jazz purists, those with an ear for modern electronic music will find Future 2 Future an enjoyable exercise in watching one of the greats in jazz music redefine himself with the times once again.

Rob Theakston, All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



For more than four decades, the Grammy award-winning jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock has given us a number of pop hits, including "Watermelon Man," "Chameleon," and "Rockit." On this CD, Hancock welcomes the 21st century by putting his distinctive stamp on drum & bass, hip-hop, and world-music beats. Joined by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassists Charnett Moffett and Bill Laswell, and drummer Jack DeJohnette, Hancock and crew deliver some intriguing licks on these popular rhythms. The two top compositions on this project are "The Essence," with R&B diva Chaka Khan, which borrows a bass lines from Miles Davis's "Ife," and "Tony Williams," a searing mainstream tribute to the legendary drummer. Throughout, Herbie Hancock puts a jazzy vibe into everything that he plays.

Eugene Holley Jr. - Amazon.com



Herbie Hancock's influence on contemporary music is immeasurable. His early use of electronic equipment within his jazz-funk-soul fusions have ensured him a high place in dance music's hall of fame. Future 2 Future sees him team up once again with legendary switchdoctor Bill Laswell, the co-producer behind Hancock's is proto-hip-hop monster "Rockit". The duo have enlisted the skills of contemporary electronic pioneers from all fields of beat production (Carl Craig, Rob Swift, A Guy Called Gerald), a bunch of jazz legends (Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette, Karsh Kale, Tony Williams) and vocalists Chaka Khan, Imani Uzuri and Dana Bryant. The creative potential for a project such as this is obviously huge, but astoundingly the results are flat. There are plenty of listenable tracks, but nothing that makes this album outstanding or that justifies bringing together a huge co-operative of boundary-pushing artists. The most interesting moments are Carl Craig's "Kebero" and a track called "Alphabeta", which contains elements of Derrick May's "Strings of Life" classic but even these don't prevent Future2 Future sounding at best very average. A golden opportunity sadly lost.

Paul Sullivan - Amazon.co.uk



Mehr als vier Jahrzehnte hat uns Herbie Hancock, der Mann am Jazz-Keyboard und Grammy-Gewinner, eine Reihe von Pop-Hits geliefert, unter anderem "Watermelon Man", "Chameleon" und "Rockit". Auf dieser CD begrüßt Hancock das 21. Jahrhundert, indem er den Drum'n'Bass-, HipHop- und Weltmusik-Beats seinen ganz spezifischen Charakter verleiht. Hancock wird unterstützt von dem Saxofonisten Wayne Shorter, den Bassisten Charnett Moffett und Bill Laswell und dem Schlagzeuger Jack DeJohnette. Alle zusammen bieten sie bei diesen populären Rhythmen einige faszinierende Passagen. Die beiden Top-Kompositionen dieses Projektes sind "The Essence" mit der R&B-Diva Chaka Khan -- wobei die Bass-Passagen hier aus "Ife" von Miles Davis stammen -- und "Tony Williams", eine glühende Mainstream-Widmung an den legendären Schlagzeuger. Überall ist zu spüren, wie Herbie Hancock allem, was er spielt, eine jazzige Ausstrahlung verleiht.

Eugene Holley Jr. - Amazon.de



Much like his ex-boss Miles Davis, keyboardist Herbie Hancock has reinvented himself many times over the years, both in the jazz and pop realms. Future 2 Future revisits Hancock's electronic dance/hip-hop leanings 20 years after his MTV hit "Rockit." Here Hancock is again working with Bill Laswell, and the two create a modern amalgamation that's in the same spirit as their original collaboration, albeit nicely updated: jazz legends Hancock, Wayne Shorter and drummer Jack DeJohnette lay down dance floor-friendly jams with help from Carl Craig, Rob Swift and even Chaka Khan. While Laswell does his best to make every track different, from the chillout down tempo of "Alphabeta" to the hyperactive drum 'n' bass of "Black Gravity," Hancock's elegant electric keyboards provide warm textures, soaring melodies and, more than anything else, a unique overall identity. In lesser hands all this gadgetry and varied roster would come off as soulless or, even worse, as a desperate grasp at modern relevance; instead, Hancock makes another grand statement.

Tad Hendrickson - Sep 17, 2001
CMJ New Music Report Issue: 732 - College Media Inc.

 

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