HANCOCK HERBIE/MWANDISHI

Descripción

MWANDISHI IS ONE OF HERBIE HANCOCKS FIRST DEPARTURES FROM HIS TRADITIONAL JAZZ SOUNDS. THE ALBUM WHICH WAS RECORDED IN A SINGLE SESSION ON NEW YEARS EVE IS A MUCH MORE SPACIER EFFORT COMPARED TO HIS EARLIER WORKS CREATED BY HANCOCKS US OF ELECTRONIC EFFECTS DEVICES. HIS SEXTET IS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE ENSEMBLE HE PLAYED WITH AND HE TOOK THE NEXT STEP IN THE FUTURE OF JAZZ. THE MUSIC ON MWANDISHI IS BEAUTIFULLY ATMOSPHERIC AND THE LONG TRACKS LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE FOR IMPROVISATIONS BY THE GROUP. A FANTASTIC RECORDING WITH SONIC LAYERS OF EARTH EXISTENCE AND EXPRESSION.HERBIE HANCOCK IS ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC JAZZ PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. A CHILD PRODIGY HE PLAYED WITH THE GREATS SUCH AS DONALD BYRD AND MILES DAVIS. AS HE WAS A BIT OF A GEEK HE ENJOYED GADGETS BUTTONS AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO EMBRACE AND MASTER THE ELECTRIC PIANO BUT HE ALWAYS STAYED TRUE TO THE ACOUSTIC SOUND. IN FACT HE ALWAYS BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HIS ELECTRONIC AND ACOUSTIC SOUND TOUCHING UPON ALMOST EVERY DEVELOPMENT IN RB FUNK AND JAZZ WHILE RETAINING AN ORIGINAL AND DISTINCTIVE VOICE.