CAN DO NO WRONG, these musical marvels ! "At age 11 Hancock played the first movement of a Mozart concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He formed his first band while a high school student. After graduating from Grinnell College in Iowa in 1960, he joined trumpeter Donald Byrd's group and moved (1961) to New York City. Terence Blanchard is an American trumpeter, pianist and composer. He started his career in 1982 as a member of the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, then The Jazz Messengers." A total gas !
They took this song to an entirely new level, it even goes places that weren't conceivable at the time of its recording. Terrance Blanchard, James Genus and Lionel Loueke really do things that are filled with subtle harmonic and melodic complexities with new timbres that really give Actual Proof a complete makeover. I actually found myself thinking that perhaps this version is even better than the original by only a bit, for where it goes with implied rhythms and chord changes, all done so swiftly as to not notice. Justin was of course fantastic on the drums but never brash or overly complicated, he played just right for each section, attentive yet strong, subtle yet never missing a beat. And of course we finally have Herbie who is in rare form, taking once again the helm and pushing this piece onward to a new domain.
Dear Sir Herbie, playing this terrific in one's eighties is pure crime 😢... all these cats must be some aliens invading our earth with some real hard post boppy Jazz music too sophisticated for mere mortals.
