Herbie Hancock - Future to Future - new album

well, i haven't heard the whole albume, but i heard some realaudio tracks with matthew garrison on bass, and he's a bad bad mofo.
must have gotten the bass genes from his dad (jimmy garrison - played with coltrane)

 

What? Matt Garrison is on that? Now I gotta check it out!!!

Oddly enough, he plays in this project called 'Sveti' - it's a trio - e.bass, sax, and drums, and it's INSANE. Higher energy than I thought humanly possible. And that drummer... criminey... he must have been on speed or something. I haven't seen drumming like that since Billy Cobham.

To my surprise those guys opened for us (I had never heard of them till load-in) in NYC about a month back but let me tell you, it shoulda been the other way around!

Sveti has no records out to date, but if you're ever in NYC, look them up, Matt and the fellas won't let you down!

Thanks for the tip bud.

 

Have you heard Herbie's Dis is Da Drum? Good album.


Incidentally, I've been listening to Man Child a lot lately. Just love "Hang Up Your Hang Ups".

 

whoah~
chickeneck... checked out your band's site...
them grooves are serious like a mofo.
very nice

 

Superphat, thanks a bunch for the kind words, I really appreciate it!

Tell ya what, if you wanna get me your mailing addy, I'll send you a free CD of the Bishops last studio record. I'm feeling Christmasy!

[email protected]

Have a great day!
necK

 

Oh yeah, and check out Herbie's main man Paul Jackson on the Herbie album Thrust. It was re-released about a year ago - sick sick sick!!!

 

well, when i hear something that's grooving hard, i just have to say "DAMN! that groove is a MuthaF***a"
i just wanted to keep it clean on talkbass!
what do you say in the UK?

 

ha! i know what you mean about the speechless thing...
sometimes, when the groove is killin' i'll just make a weird "ugh" type of noise that originates from somewhere in my gut...
could the album be headhunters? a classic!

 

And let's not forget the great STEVIE WONDER.

If you're looking for the ultimate Herbie record, look no further.... FLOOD. It's a Japanese import live record from 77 (I think) and it is his best work for that era, and of course features the dymamic duo of Paul Jackson and Mike Clark.

The way Maiden Voyage works into Actual Proof is pure magic.... and Herbie stays on piano! If you can get your hands on it, and you're into his 70's funk/jazz, it'll be in your regular rotation for years.