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Herbie Hancock Keys in on March Tour
Buzz Date: February 8, 2002
The legendarily eclectic Herbie Hancock is set to launch a brief club tour to coincide with the onset of Spring. Kicking off March 10 at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona, Hancock and his band—Teri Lynne Carrington on drums, Matthew Garrison on bass, Wallace Roney on trumpet, Luis Quintanilla (DJ Disk) on turntables, and Darrell Diaz on keys—hit spots from L.A. to New York on their short run. Touring in support of his September 2001 release, Future 2 Future, Hancock winds up his three-week jaunt March 29 at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Also confirmed is an appearance on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman." On April 1, Hancock will sit in with Paul Schaffer's band for the duration of the show.
In 1961, Herbie Hancock joined trumpeter Donald Byrd's esteemed line-up, quickly garnering a solo record contract himself from Blue Note Records, where he would profoundly influence a generation of pianists with his elegant, soulful, and cerebral approach to accompaniment and composition. After a stint with Miles Davis' famed quintet from '63 to '68, Hancock emerged at the forefront of the jazz fusion movement, focusing his efforts most intensely on the musical possibilities of the electronic keyboard. This period saw Hancock drop several highly successful and influential records, including 1973's Headhunters (the biggest selling jazz record up to that point) and 1983's Future Shock. The latter album, an innovative platinum record produced by Bill Laswell, featured the Grammy-winning "Rockit." Future 2 Future, the 61-year-old keyboardist's newest release, was also produced by Laswell, and features guest appearances from some of today's most gifted electronic artists, as well as many past jazz masters. The disc (which is on Hancock's Transparent Records) stands as a tribute to some newer styles of music—hip hop, drum & bass, and down tempo—with help from current artists Carl Craig, A Guy Named Gerald, and DJ Rob Swift, not to mention established greats Chaka Khan, Jack DeJohnette, and Wayne Shorter. Shorter and Hancock even have a Davis Quintet reunion with the late Tony Williams, who comes courtesy of a previously unreleased drum track from Laswell's collection.
by Paul Rosner at Musictoday
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