Herbie Hancock Highlights Early Moments Working with Miles Davis | Real Jazz 

couldn't agree more; i'm a piano player as well really love his humility this is a great musician.

Me too, the guy is amazing.

I love his approach to the keyboard..and to music...

That is obvious but we can`t forget about (no.. not DRE ;-)) AHMAD JAMAL.. My point is on this kind of level we can`t say he is better than he.. ;-) I agree when you said for example Sweet Smoke is much better than The Doors.. this is different story.. Why? because in my opinion Sweet Smoke can stand with the best ;-)

This is the coolest, most hip and funkiest person on the face of the earth.

Which is great.

Which is spelled Whyaaatttcccchhhh......THAT'S how you spell it!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

I don’t even remember this comment wth.. weird.

What’s a detail witch?

Byrd is great!

Totally agree & Byrd was very underrated as well, as a player, composer and bandleader.

Word to the Byrd!

Well said. I feel EXACTLY the same way and about the same guys. If I lived to be a million years old I would never get tired off the second great quintet records, can’t get enough of that stuff.

jellyfish53 And Chet Baker??

Get Herbie's auto-biography! It's great! And the audiobook version (at Audible.com) is wonderfully narrated by himself. One of my all-time favorite biographies!

me too

Chick Corea or Chick Webb? 😊

Yes, me too!! It must have been INCREDIBLE to actually be alive when it came out. The Jazz piano players must have been like, "OMG!! Who the hell is THIS guy?!". But the BIGGEST shock to me was Willie Bobo playing the drums instead of percussion like he usually played. He became one of my favorite drummers of all time SOLELY from his playing on ONE recording. Name me a Jazz record where a drummer is swinging harder than Willie was on "Inventions and Dimensions". Having Paul Chambers on the session didn't hurt either and I wish to God Herbie and Paul would have done more recordings together. "A Jump Ahead" is one of the most incredible songs ever in Jazz because of how it was setup. The only instruction Herbie gave to Paul, was to play 4 measures of pedal points and then 16 measures of swinging based on the note he(Paul) chose to play during the pedal point part. GENIUS!!!!

That's the thing I don't love, that he tends to be a bit pretentious (almost like your royalty, the Obamas).

it was "Nigga" it's a Black thing... sorry.

@@100crypto3 i think thats right

Then you must, you HAVE TO, read Hancock's autobiography, "Possibilities"! You'll have trouble putting the book down so you can get to sleep at a decent hour -- it's that good.

Actually I think that response is funny. As a "white boy" myself, I might have been momentarily disappointed, but certainly wouldn't have held it against Miles for wanting to stay focused on his music, and also for feeling intense permanent resentment toward a culture saturated with racism against black people.

@@tedl7538 gotcha brother, two wrongs make a right.. seems that’s the way racial politics in general has been constructed in the last generation or two dig man, would you also bring a book to a gunfight as well? or just preach that to ‘others’ lol ... look dude, I acknowledge his contribution to jazz music, but frankly, fuck Miles Davis, he was an Asshole

Based Miles

_"I don't give out no autographs... white boy!"_ _"Two wrongs make a right."_ Well then... *pulls out pen and paper* ...what you're waiting for, black man?

If you listened properly you will have heard that he had already been discovered. By Donald Byrd! Credit should go where it is due.

true

G W shoulda asked a wife of his.

@@ryanboshell6124 One wife said he was a fantastic bedmate. ... Your thoughts?

Charles Donahue well, yes, one wife did say that. I’m talking about the wife Miles himself admits knocking about.

Yup,he was strung out during that period. Lol

Pretty sure he was clean by '54. He met Herbie Hancock in '64.

Miles quit doing drugs pretty early on...

@@GIGADOPE Not true. He quit doing heroin early on, but other drugs were very present. Read his autobiography.

UMAMIMAMU you’re right about that. for some reason I was thinking heroin specifically. shows you where my mind is at lol

BOTH versions -- 1962 and, 11 years later, 1973! Hard to believe the latter is almost 50 years old... which makes the earlier version... Oh well, never mind. They both STILL hold up. Great music always does.

HAHA

Not really. Miles knew firsthand after playing with Charlie Parker in the early days

What a load of bull. Herbie's a great musician, but nowhere near the genius of Miles. And I'm certain he'd agree with me and actually would be shocked by the crap you're spouting.

When you know what it is to be an artist and understand the creative process we can talk. My opinion is based on reality, not what I am fed by money men, the media, education systems or social groups. I look at facts and look for truth. If you don't want to hear that keep your opinion, but don't ask or expect me to share in your blindness. Without truth nothing grows into anything positive or special, so if that is what you want for yourself start opening your eyes. You need only listen to the music. On this subject you could start by listening to both Clifford Brown and Miles Davis and you will hear how so below the mark Miles is to Clifford Brown as a trumpet player. Clifford Brown died young, in his twenties and achieved more for music than decades of Miles Davis with even vocalists to this day learning from and others who learnt from him such as Sarah Vaughn and Marvin Gaye, and using his ideas to become greater singers. His influence on many levels is everywhere. If you want to look at the creative aspect, just listen to the creativity of Thelonious Monk, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday and John Coltrane (when not playing with Miles Davis who tried to hold his creativity back because he did not understand it), and you see what true creativity and genius is. No one has to say a word, as soon as you see or hear their work you know it is genius and something powerful and special taking place. Miles Davis is recognised for these things only because people announce it while these artists need no announcement, their work speaks for itself and let's the proof be in the pudding. With this in mind, it is worth asking yourself, is Miles Davis' work so great and if it is, why must we announce this before anybody thinks it is when this is not necessary to do for other greats. Herbie too is an artist who has much to offer in terms of creativity without it needing to be announced. His piano performance of genius and creativity displayed in his body of work and how they have inspired pianists to push themselves on their instruments, do the talking, in a way Miles' trumpet playing has little to inspire other trumpet players except on the subject of blowing a beautiful tone. WOW BIG DEAL!! ..and 'no' Miles Davis did not invent space in music as those going about his use of space almost try to insinuate in a desperate attempt to try to find proof that he has done something monumental which he clearly never has. Peace and love :)))

Cool!