Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!

Starring:Herbie Hancock
Studio: View Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
hree masters explore their roots and capture the full spectrum of the art of jazzÃ¢Â¦a display of lyrical sensuality and sizzling pyrotechnics.

HANCOCK has developed a unique and versatile piano style and influenced all of pop music. Both he and Ron Carter were members of the legendary Miles Davis Quintet from 1963-68. Fusing R&B influences with electronics, he helped invent jazz/funk and become one of the few jazz greats to have multiple albums hit the charts, while adding standards to the jazz repertoire. His hit Rock-It and his Oscar for Round Midnight underscore the diversity of his talent.

RON CARTER, with his interactive style, his unique tone, taste and sense of time, is considered the premiere bassist in modern jazz. He has excelled as a composer, arranger, leader and musician who has performed on well over 3,000 albums.

BILLY COBHAM, a major percussionist in both the jazz and rock worlds plays with a rare combination of power, precision and endurance. One of the most recorded drummers of all time, he played on Miles Davis' Bitches Brew and became one of the founders of fusion in 1968 with his band Dreams and with guitarist John McLaughlin and the Mahuvishnu Orchestra.

Description

hree masters explore their roots and capture the full spectrum of the art of jazzâ€¦a display of lyrical sensuality and sizzling pyrotechnics.

Customer Reviews:

Good quailty DVD, But..........2007-06-02

This is technically a good quality DVD. I purchased it looking for something with Herbie playing some serious acoustic Jazz piano in trio style.

For the most part I was satisfied. My only complaint was that there seems to be a bit too much drum and base soloing and not enough evocative piano work going on... but I guess thats the nature of the beast with Herbie... He seems to seldom get into a melodic groove in a live setting or atleast not enough for me. Ron and and the Drummer are indeed great musicians so there is great musicianship on this DVD ... Just not enough piano for me. Sound and Image quality are excellent.

Oddly enough, the best part of the DVD (for me) was the Bonus track, where they play Herbie's Speak like a child, although a somewhat deconstructed version.

Rent before you buy........2003-12-13

This title is worth renting. The playing is excellent, and is easily worth 5 stars. However, I've given this DVD less than 5 stars for two reasons.

First, the sound quality is mediocre. It's certainly good enough to enjoy the great playing. But it sounds like a copy of an analog copy of an analog master tape. There's a lot of background hiss, and when herbie plays a note or chord and holds it, the pitch is not perfectly steady - as if the analog tape player's motor is not passing the tape across the head at a perfectly constant rate.

Perhaps more importantly, we've heard a lot of this before. In the 1980s and 1990s, most (perhaps all) of Herbie's straight ahead jazz features selections from the same fairly narrow repetoire, with similar arrangements.

Now, don't get me wrong - the tunes are great, the arrangements are great, the solos are great. I certainly don't mean to offend any Herbie fans (and I'm a huge fan myself). But I have most of Herbie's CDs and DVDs, and I can tell you, the tunes and arrangements on this DVD are taken mostly from the same repetoire that has also yielded most of Herbie's other live straight ahead jazz recordings since the days of VSOP in the 1970s.

So, this title is definitely not "essential", and is probably better rented than purchased.

Good ol Herbie.......2001-09-27

His rhythym section get's plenty of solo time and they ain't too, shabby either! This is a great opportunity to see upclose the remarkable talents of drummer Billy Cobham and the equally magnificent ("THE MAN of the string bass") Ron Carter. It's so good to watch Billy playing straight ahead jazz here with two of the truly greatest exponents of the art. Billy has switched his style to playing the ride cymbal with his left hand and if you think he has any problem swinging, think again!

a must have.......2000-02-20

having Herbie,RON&COBHAM on one stage is a must have no matter what the style or arrangements.and this one cooks.i saw it along time ago.now remember Herbie was big on the pop charts with ROCKIT so he was doing what he usually does Music for a whole SPectrum.this is a must.

Classic songs from a Classic Concert!.......1999-07-17

Three of the best musicians in jazz, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Billy Cobham join forces in this unique Swiss reunion concert, recorded in 1984, that features Hancock's "Dolphin Dance" and "Eye of the Hurricane." JazzTimes described the video as "nothing short of breathtaking... In all, a classic!"

# 1329 (60 min, Hi-Fi Stereo)

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