Where is the respect and love? This man has brought so much music to the world allot of us are working because of his music. Who cares about how it looks . Do you have a preset with your name on it out the box? Really y'all need to cut it and pay respect to this man. He has done nothing to you.
Herbie is like no other musician. He is responsible for some of the best , and worst music of all time. That is respectable big time. I worship his time with Miles Davis.
You would never know he is one of the true great musical geniuses of our time. Just seems down to earth and likable, doesn't need to play anything technical to impress. Rare man.
For piano and music, it doesn't get any better than Herbie Hancock. I wore his album "Maiden Voyage" out when I was young and "Dolphin Dance" is one of the greatest jazz compositions of all time.
Sorry, not even close. Herbie is one of the most important, influential pianists in jazz history. He's a living legend. Like Bird, Coltrane, et al, his impact on jazz music and the huge number of young pianists he influenced will never be surpassed. Not by Brad Mehldau or anyone else.
John Lennon Fanatic he have many other great albums too, which I hope you know! The "downside" of having a well-known album is that others are put in its shadow
My favorite Jazz Composer: Herbie Hancock. PERIOD. I uploaded a clip of me playing “Watermelon Man” on my IG and tagged his name on it. 😮= my face when his IG liked it. I love Herbie’s music so much that I made a customized CD of my favorite songs and called it (Spectrum). Featuring the songs: 1. Spiraling Prism 2. Sun Touch 3. Tell Me A Bedtime Story 4. I Thought It Was You 5. Mimosa 6. Just Around The Corner 7. I Have A Dream 8. Sunlight 9. Fat Albert Rotunda 10. No Means Yes 11. Textures Herbie🙇🏾♂️🥰🙇🏾♂️
I remember when the Korg M1 came out. ...oh boy was that exciting. All other keyboards were like toys in comparison. Lots of respect for Korg and Herbie!
Herbie Hancock plays so good that he doesn't need to play, you just know he's a legend. This demo is more about a discussion about the Korg than him making a demo song. Jordon Rudess does that. And yes he might have only a few months to play with this but also remember back in the 80's he was bringing synth sounds into jazz so why not have him demo Korg, it's a perfect fit.
Absolutely right Tim S. Any kid at the Guitar Center can demo a Kronos for you... Herbie on the other hand could take this one instrument and entertain a Concert Hall full of people for many great nights of music. Herbie and Brian Bell... nearly beat the guys that ended up inventing Midi. Herbie is educated as an Electrical Engineer so understands the inner workings of these fine instruments way more deeply than most.
Hancock received considerable attention when, in May 1963,[7] he joined Davis's Second Great Quintet. Davis personally sought out Hancock, whom he saw as one of the most promising talents in jazz. The rhythm section Davis organized was young but effective, comprising bassist Ron Carter, 17-year-old drummer Williams, and Hancock on piano. After George Coleman and Sam Rivers each took a turn at the saxophone spot, the quintet gelled with Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone. This quintet is often regarded as one of the finest jazz ensembles[13]yet. The second great quintet was where Hancock found his own voice as a pianist. Not only did he find new ways to use common chords, but he also popularized chords that had not previously been used in jazz. Hancock also developed a unique taste for "orchestral" accompaniment - using quartal harmony and Debussy-like harmonies, with stark contrasts then unheard of in jazz. With Williams and Carter he wove a labyrinth of rhythmic intricacy on, around and over existing melodic and chordal schemes. In the latter half of the 1960s their approach became so sophisticated and unorthodox that conventional chord changes would hardly be discernible; hence their improvisational concept would become known as "Time, No Changes"
Because this was a stupid and ridiculous video. He looked like a little kid in a candy store but didn't play much for a pianist of his stature. Herbie should be embarrassed about this video. Afterall he has a reputation to uphold.
spada60 The fact that he appears as a kid in a candy store is the reason why he's progressed so far and become one of the most influential musicians alive.. keeping that childlike curiosity enables constant rapid development. He's just noodling, but the best songs came as a result of noodling...
Well said, Tim. That "noodling" has earned him Millions of Dollars. And Herbie has no need to slam out a Concert on a Korg Ad just to uphold his reputation. His reputation is solid with 14 Grammys and 34 Nominations plus an Academy Award.... no Herbie doesn't have to do anything but just be seen with a Korg... to sell it. www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/herbie-hancock
Not sure what quite happened. I love Korg, had a Kronos, but i was linked to this video after watching herbie demo a DX7 in the 1980’s and he played with so much passion in that video that I always expecting this to be off the scale. But he doesn’t do any playing like I was saw in his 80’s video. Would have loved to hear him on the Kronos
Just goes to show, whether you're a 3rd grader in music class, or a world-class jazz musician, it's always fun to fuck around and make silly noises in keyboard soundbanks.
Wow Herbie must be amazed at seeing this technology after all those years using big monosynths.......how far we have all come.....I wonder what Korg has up their sleeve next
I grew up listening to your music, when you came out with Rockit, i just jammed it loud on my boombox . Thanks for all the memories in the 80's as a kid. You're awesome.
Mind-bending, thought expanding, Herbie Hancock is the definition of Legend! He has a never-ending stream of new sounds that just amaze and keep me as a lifelong fan.
"I have a lot things goin' on at the same time"...Mr. Hancock says here. That's excactly how I experience 'every' KORG synth or workstation. "They stimulate my creativity"...and that, also, is excactly right. The power of KORG is: it really plays as if it's alive.
I must admit Kronos is a very complicated keyboard to use, great to explore and to create new sound.....never heard before, it has a great sound quality.....and so on
well with yamaha upgrading, I know korg will do something really mind blowing. korg started the smooth transition with the original kronos. Now here comes everyone else so I know korg is observing. hell they just made a basic keyboard. ek50 something like that. That's nothing like korg. They have something really big in plan and it's going to blow tf out our minds
I just don't buy that an artist as prolific as Herbie is using a Kronos to make his records. He has access to probably any instrument and any studio in the world. But it does sound nice.
An instrument like Kronos? This is possibly one of the most versatile and best sounding keyboards out there. Rick Wakeman is using two of them now. As is Jordan Rudess, and a whole host of exceptional rock (and jazz) keyboardists.
He's famous for embracing a lot of new technology and mixing it with the old. I've even seen him use ipad Apps once in a show to control the keyboards he had.
I love Herbie. I respond the same way when I get behind a Korg. I totally geek out. I am a huge Korg fan but as of late they have disappointed me by cheapening the actual keys. The sounds are great don't get me wrong but they need to make the actual keyboard more like the yamaha or Kawaii keyboards. Weighted keys that strike actual hammers, with full key length that is deeply embedded within the instrument opposed to pivoting on the edge of the upper part of the instrument.
I trust Herbie and Teddy Riley when it comes to keyboards and software. Herbie has been on these arp sounds since the 70's/80's. Then he did away with them. He's been incorporating them back into his shows lately though.
Yeah people don't get it. Asking a musician to sit in front of an instrument and talk about it might make them uncomfortable do they just smile and say some things. The man wants to jam on it. You might have better luck if it was on harmony or music theory, but that's going to be painful for most people 😋. Then it's still uncomfortable if you chat about the theory but don't sound it out on your instrument.
Only Herbie Hancock, could be so tremendously convoluted with all of his explanations...and get away with it You're lucky you're such a GOD to the music World, cause this sales pitch was straight Zombie Foreskin terrible! lmao
Simon Mitchell.... any Actor in LA can pitch you a Korg or a Toyota or whatever.... but only Herbie can take an instrument like the Korg and entertain you with it for hours. To those who know Herbie... just having him sit behind the Korg is pitch enough. You want a Pitch... go to the Guitar Center and tap any of the young fellows there on the shoulder and trust me they'll all be in awe of Herbie Hancock and wish they could play like him.
