Herbie Hancock: PossibilitiesPenguin, 23. okt. 2014 - 352 strani The long-awaited memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time In Herbie Hancock the legendary jazz musician and composer reflects on a life and a thriving career that has spanned seven decades. A true innovator, Hancock has had an enormous influence on both acoustic and electric jazz, R&B and hip-hop, with his ongoing exploration of different musical genres, winning fourteen Grammy awards along the way. From his beginnings as a child prodigy to his work in Miles Davis’s second great quintet; from his innovations as the leader of his own groundbreaking sextet to his collaborations with everyone from Wayne Shorter to Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder; Herbie Hancock reveals the method behind Hancock’s undeniable musical genius. Hancock shares his musical influences, colorful behind-the-scenes stories, his long and happy marriage, and how Buddhism inspires him creatively and personally. Honest, enlightening, and as electrifyingly vital as the man who wrote it, Herbie Hancock promises to be an invaluable contribution to jazz literature and a must-read for fans and music lovers. |
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... he'd buy cuts of meat from the stockyards for other momandpop stores, acting as the middleman, and then it was the same story: He let them pay on credit, and then he could never ask them for the money. Dad's generosity threatened to ...
... he'd buy cuts of meat from the stockyards for other momandpop stores, acting as the middleman, and then it was the same story: He let them pay on credit, and then he could never ask them for the money. Dad's generosity threatened to ...
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... he'd bring me along to shoot marbles or play softball even though I was terrible at it. I was small for my age and had no interest in sports, but he still seemed to like having me there. He remembers one softball game in which his team ...
... he'd bring me along to shoot marbles or play softball even though I was terrible at it. I was small for my age and had no interest in sports, but he still seemed to like having me there. He remembers one softball game in which his team ...
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... He'd spent his first years in the segregated South, then went to a mixed elementary school after he moved to Chicago, and often had gotten into fights. So when I was about to start my freshman year at Hyde Park High School, where ...
... He'd spent his first years in the segregated South, then went to a mixed elementary school after he moved to Chicago, and often had gotten into fights. So when I was about to start my freshman year at Hyde Park High School, where ...
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... he'd learned, and at age fifteen he was already pretty good at improvising. As soon as the school bus dropped me off that afternoon, I ran home, burst through the front door, and said, “Mama! We've got to get some George Shearing ...
... he'd learned, and at age fifteen he was already pretty good at improvising. As soon as the school bus dropped me off that afternoon, I ran home, burst through the front door, and said, “Mama! We've got to get some George Shearing ...
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... He'd been playing since the early 1920s, when he started with Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds, and in the four decades since then he'd played with all the big names: Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Miles Davis, Benny Goodman, Thelonious ...
... He'd been playing since the early 1920s, when he started with Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds, and in the four decades since then he'd played with all the big names: Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Miles Davis, Benny Goodman, Thelonious ...
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CHAPTER FIVE | |
CHAPTER SEVEN | |
CHAPTER NINE | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN | |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN | |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN | |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | |
CHAPTER NINETEEN | |
CHAPTER TWENTYONE | |
CHAPTER TWENTYTHREE | |
PHOTOGRAPHS | |
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