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Double Bass Dave Holland with Herbie Hancock Trio...

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xolin

Apr 30, 2003
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I just got back from the Herbie hancock concert here at Massey Hall (Toronto). Dave Holland and Dehjonnette were with him. It was amazing! Holland laid down some great improv on bop version of Stevie Wonder's "You got it bad, girl!" and on Maiden Voyage. I've seen a vid of him performing before, but this was much, much better. Dehjonnette was great as usual and Herbie...well...need I say more ;)

Great trio, Amazing Performance...Oscar won't outdue this, IMO.

Now, back to BG...:D
 
#2
xolin said:
I just got back from the Herbie hancock concert here at Massey Hall (Toronto). Dave Holland and Dehjonnette were with him. It was amazing! Holland laid down some great improv on bop version of Stevie Wonder's "You got it bad, girl!" and on Maiden Voyage. I've seen a vid of him performing before, but this was much, much better. Dehjonnette was great as usual and Herbie...well...need I say more ;)

Great trio, Amazing Performance...Oscar won't outdue this, IMO.

Now, back to BG...:D
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I don't like you anymore ;)
 
#4
I saw that trio in Milwaukee last week. Absolutely jaw-dropping stuff. Holland looked like he was having the time of his life.

Other than my irritation at the soundman's determined efforts to make Dave's bass sound like a Fender Precision, it was easily one of the best concerts I've seen.
 
#5
Mike Goodbar said:
I saw that trio in Milwaukee last week. Absolutely jaw-dropping stuff. Holland looked like he was having the time of his life.

Other than my irritation at the soundman's determined efforts to make Dave's bass sound like a Fender Precision, it was easily one of the best concert's I've seen.
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Yeah, I giggled when he started jumping around during his solos :D
 
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bass_means_LOW said:
Now that's what I'm talkin' bout! To get those three heavy weights on the same stage, there must have been some big pay out! Do you know if they recorded it for a CD project?
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You know they didnt say anything about it in the program. It was an amazing night (although Massey hall still retains its awful small seats from back in the day) and I cant wait until Peterson's and Oliver jones' trios come in!
 
#10
I ran into a guy who supplies backline equipment for the shows at the Pabst (the theater where I saw the show in Milwaukee), and he was there for the rehearsal. The Milwaukee show was their first stop, I think, and he said it was pretty apparent it was their first rehearsal, period. They decided on some tunes, ran a couple of heads, and that was it.

They did about a half-dozen tunes including crowd-pleasers like Cantaloupe Island and Maiden Voyage (hey, they pleased me.) They dissected, deconstructed and disseminated Cole Porter's "I Love You," did another Herbie chestnut, "Sonrisa" and one of Dave's tunes (can't recall the title). That plus the aforementioned Stevie tune.

Herbie talked and reminisced quite a bit, including an anecdote about how he'd hired Jack DeJohnette -- as a BASS player -- for an early gig in Chicago.

The concert did have the air of a blowing session (air of a blowin session?) about it, but you gotta admit, few could do it at these guys' level. I'm sure they got compensated very handsomely, as well they should.
 
#11
Mike Goodbar said:
I ran into a guy who supplies backline equipment for the shows at the Pabst (the theater where I saw the show in Milwaukee), and he was there for the rehearsal. The Milwaukee show was their first stop, I think, and he said it was pretty apparent it was their first rehearsal, period. They decided on some tunes, ran a couple of heads, and that was it.

They did about a half-dozen tunes including crowd-pleasers like Cantaloupe Island and Maiden Voyage (hey, they pleased me.) They dissected, deconstructed and disseminated Cole Porter's "I Love You," did another Herbie chestnut, "Sonrisa" and one of Dave's tunes (can't recall the title). That plus the aforementioned Stevie tune.

Herbie talked and reminisced quite a bit, including an anecdote about how he'd hired Jack DeJohnette -- as a BASS player -- for an early gig in Chicago.

The concert did have the air of a blowing session (air of a blowin session?) about it, but you gotta admit, few could do it at these guys' level. I'm sure they got compensated very handsomely, as well they should.
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Yeah, exact same set list. Only four shows on this "tour" apparently. I still loved it, I dont care :D
 
#12
bass_means_LOW said:
Do you know if they recorded it for a CD project?
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The same trio recorded live in Montreal last year will be broadcast on the radio show Jazz Set soon.

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week of May 6
Jack DeJohnette and Friends
Every year, the Montreal International Jazz Festival presents a series featuring l'invité -- an invited guest and his friends. In 2003, l'invité was drummer Jack DeJohnette, with pianist Herbie Hancock and bassist Dave Hancock, "la crème de la crème" of Miles Davis sidemen.
 
#19
Damn, I wish that I could see a Herbie Hancock show. A drummer who graduated from my high school a few years ago named Richie Barshay tours with Herbie (actually he is on tour with him now through May 31, but I guess it's in Europe). Why doesn't anything good ever come to Connecticut? (you don't have to answer that question lol)
 

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