Today one of the many great recordings of the always inspiring Herbie Hancock. Wikipedia tells us that "Mr Hands"is the thirtieth album by Herbie Hancock. It features Jaco Pastorius on the track "4 A.M.," plus an all-synthesizer track, "Textures," performed entirely by Hancock. (...) This album was the first on which Hancock used a computer, this time an Apple II. He would continue his relationship with Apple Computer for many years. Appearently it was an overlooked album when it was released, this would be the last outing of "straight" electric jazz from Hancock for some time. In the 90's I got to know Herbie Hancock as the every smiling keytar player, his festival performances were all over the German tv then. Later I got into his always changing music. What amazes me about Herbie is that he plays so much different music, always searching new directories and still is always recognisable in his sounds and notes. He was one of the first to perform synthesizers on stage, when they had to be patched manually. He describes it in his - by the way- very entertaining autobiography "Possibilities" when he played his Fender Rhodes which was hooked up with some more electronical stuff. Mr Rhodes himself, who came to a show was not amused about "cannibalizing" his instrument. Later versions of Fender Rhodes pianos did have jack plug-ins, so appearently he was so shocked about the transformation of his dear instrument, that he changed it so no incisions would have to made..
Proudly I present to you the first of a couple of live videos, coming up during the next weeks.The first one is the a little bit fusionesque tune Altitudes of Freedom with not only a saxophone solo, but also a piano solo bij Matthijs Geerts and a synth solo by Ike van Bergen!More info:Susanne Alt: sax, Matthijs Geerts and Ike van Bergen: keys, Thomas Pol: bass, Yoràn Vroom: drums, Helene Jank: percussion Performed at 16th of January 2026 at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Recorded by Onno Prillwitz Filmed by Robert Glass and Albert Nooij. - Today one of the many great recordings of the always inspiring Herbie Hancock.Wikipedia tells us that Mr Handsis the thirtieth album by Herbie Hancock. It features Jaco Pastorius on the track 4 A.M., plus an all-synthesizer track, Textures, performed entirely by Hancock. (...) This album was the first on which Hancock used a computer, this time an Apple II. He would continue his relationship with Apple Computer for many years. Appearently it was an overlooked album when it was released, this would be the last outing of straight electric jazz from Hancock for some time. In the 90's I got to know Herbie Hancock as the every smiling keytar player, his festival performances were all over the German tv then. Later I got into his always changing music.What amazes me about Herbie is that he plays so much different music, always searching new directories and still is always recognisable in his sounds and notes. He was one of the first to perform synthesizers on stage, when they had to be patched manually. He describes it in his - by the way- very entertaining autobiography Possibilities when he played his Fender Rhodes which was hooked up with some more electronical stuff. Mr Rhodes himself, who came to a show was not amused about cannibalizing his instrument. Later versions of Fender Rhodes pianos did have jack plug-ins, so appearently he was so shocked about the transformation of his dear instrument, that he changed it so no incisions would have to made..
