Herbie Hancock - Wayne Shorter Quartet live at Münchner Klaviersommer 1991

Herbie Hancock, piano, synth
Wayne Shorter, tenor and soprano saxophones
Stanley Clarke, bass
Omar Hakim, drums

recorded live at Munich Philharmonic Hall, Munich, July 1991

1. Amethyst Secrets (Omar Hakim)
2. Bluesland/ One Finger Snap (Herbie Hancock)
3. Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock)
4. Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)

Herbie Hancock – The Imagine Project live at ViennaJazz 2010

Herbie Hancock - Piano, Keyboards
Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
Tal Wilkenfeld – Bass
Lionel Loueke – Guitar
Greg Phillinganes – Keyboards
Christina Train - Vocals, Violin

recorded live at Staatsoper Wien (Vienna State Opera), July 5, 2010

1. Watermelon Man
2. Don´t Give Up (Peter Gabriel)
3. Actual Proof
4. Tamatant Tilay / Exodus (Bob Marley)
5. Maiden Voyage/ Dolphin Dance/ Round Midnight
6. Speak Like A Child/ Cantaloupe Island
7. The Times, They Are A Changin (Bob Dylan)
8. Space Captain (Matthew Moore)
9. Imagine (John Lennon)

Herbie Hancock is perhaps the most important crossover artist in Jazz today. In 2008 he won a the Album of the Year Grammy for his Pop-Jazz album “River/The Joni Letters”, an honor seldom bestowed on Jazz musicians. The man born Herbert Jeffrey Hancock in Chicago in 1940 achieved prominence in the 1960s with his recordings for Blue Note records.
In addition to his superb solo albums, he also served as a sideman for Miles Davis, Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter and many other fine musicians. Herbie Hancock also recorded soundtracks which helped electrify Jazz.
Free thinker that he is, Hancock also extended his talents beyond the realm of Jazz. His current opus, “The Imagine Project”, is an all-star affair, which includes prominent musicians from both the Jazz as well as Pop worlds. Recorded in Mumbai, Paris, London, and Dublin, this project features mutually-diverse musicians such as sitar player Anoushka Shankar, guitarists Jeff Beck and Lionel Louke, and bassist Marcus Miller. The vocalists include the Blues team of Susan Tedeschi and Derek trucks, Pop stars Pink and Seal, Latin musician Juanes, and Africa’s Oumou Sangare.
With this project Herbie Hancock is once again proving that music is the universal language which is optimal for communicating messages advocating world peace, humanity, and tolerance. In addition to the album, the project also has its own website which includes a documentary film, live performances and additional background information.

Herbie Hancock, Eubie Blake, Pierre Favre, Gunter Hampel - The Art of Solo - live at Berliner Jazztage 1972 & 1977

 

Herbie Hancock live at Berliner Jazztage 1977

Herbie Hancock (p)

Recorded live at Philharmonie, Berliner Jazztage November 04, 1977

1. Blues flavour (Herbie Hancock)

2. Maiden voyage (Herbie Hancock)

3. Dolphin dance (Herbie Hancock)

Pierre Favre live at Berliner Jazztage 1972

Pierre Favre (perc)

Recorded live at Philharmonie, Berliner Jazztage November 04, 1972

1. Abanaba (Pierre Favre)

2. Roro (Pierre Favre)

Eubie Blake live at Berliner Jazztage 1972

James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (p)

Recorded live at Philharmonie, Berliner Jazztage November 04, 1972

1. Charleston Rag (James Hubert "Eubie" Blake)

2. Pilgrim's chorus (Chor der älteren Pilger aus dem 3. Akt) (Richard Wagner)

3. Charleston/ Old fashioned love/ If I could be with you (one hour tonight)

4. I'm just wild about Harry  (James Hubert "Eubie" Blake)

Gunter Hampel live at Berliner Jazztage 1972

Gunter Hampel (vib, bcl, cbcl, fl)

Recorded live at Philharmonie, Berliner Jazztage November 04, 1972

1. Number 84 (Gunter Hampel)

2. Dance of the bass clarinet (Gunter Hampel)

3. Dance of the contrabass clarinet (Gunter Hampel)

4. Miso (Gunter Hampel)

5. Dance of the flute nr. 3 (Gunter Hampel)

Herbie Hancock Quartet live in Hamburg 1988

Herbie Hancock, p
Greg Osby, as & ss
Buster Williams, b
Al Foster, dr

recorded live at Fabrik, Hamburg, October 23, 1988

1. Stella By Starlight
2. Footprints
3. Maiden Voyage

Somewhere in the early'80's, Herbie formed a trio of himself, Buster and Al Foster on drums. For certain summer tours, Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, or Greg Osby were added. The trio continued working together until 1995.
Last week Herbie celebrated his 70th birthday. Happy Anniversary!

Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette live at Montreal Jazzfestival 2003

Herbie Hancock, piano
Dave Holland, bass
Jack DeJohnette, drums
recorded live at Montreal Jazzfestival, June 26, 2003

Tracklist:
1. One Finger Snap
2. Seventh D/ The Eye of the Hurricane
3. Dolphin Dance

Herbie Hancock Quintet live in Berlin 2008

Herbie Hancock - Piano, Keyboards
Terence Blanchard - Trumpet
James Genus - Bass
Grégoire Maret - Harmonica
Kendrick Scott - Drums

recorded live at Jazzfest Berlin, November 9, 2008

Tracklist:
1. Actual Proof
2. Speak Like A Child
3. V
4. Chameleon

Sorry for the radio anouncement on Chameleon. Herbie´s latest record on verve is called "River", a collection of Herbie´s renditions of songs by Joni Mitchell:

Herbie Hancock Sextet live at Jazzfest Berlin 1999

Herbie Hancock, piano
Eddie Henderson, trumpet
Eli Degibri, tenor sax
Ira Coleman, bass
Terri Lyne Carrington, drums
Cyro Baptista, percussion

recorded live at Jazzfest Berlin, December 1999

Tracklist:
1. Blueberry Rhyme
2. Medley: Fascinating Rhythm/ It Ain´t Necessarily So/ St. Louis Blues
3. One Finger Snap

This concert was caught in the middle of their tour to promote that great CD "Gershwin´s World"

Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock Live at JazzBaltica 2002

Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone
Herbie Hancock, piano

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2002 Salzau, Germany, July 6, 2002

Tracklist:
1. Sonrisa
2. Meridianne - a Wood Sylph
3. Footprints
4. Memory of Enchantment/ Maiden Voyage
5. Manhattan Lorelei

Listen also to the studio album of this legendary duo, "1+1", released on Verve records:

Directions in Music live at Jazz Baltica 2002

Herbie Hancock, piano
Michael Brecker, tenor sax
Roy Hargrove, trumpet
George Mraz, bass
Willie Jones III, drums

recorded live at JazzBaltica 2002, Salzau, Germany, July 6, 2002

Tracklist:
1. The Sorcerer
2. Misstery
3. Naima
4. So What/ Impressions
5. D Trane
6. Transition
7. My Ship
8. Pinocchio

This concert was recorded after the release of the album "Directions in music", released on the Verve label. By the way there´s another great concert of this tour posted on the You Are What You Hear - Blog (Click Here) featuring the same lineup and a similar set list.