Showing posts with label herbie hancock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label herbie hancock. Show all posts

Thursday, October 02, 2014

Monday, August 11, 2014

Miroslav Vitous — Basic Laws


Digital Crate Digging Continues; chilling out on a Monday evening, just trying to follow the universal Basic Laws per  Miroslav Vitous
          
  
Miroslav Vitous — Basic Laws | Whats Really Going On?

Sunday, June 08, 2014

El Chicano / Cantaloupe Island


Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out El Chicano with their version of Herbie Hancock’s Cantaloupe Island. Check out the players and the track..
 
El Chicano / Cantaloupe Island | Whats Really Going On?

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Herbie Hancock / Bo Ba Be Da


Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out some hip hop jazz from Herbie Hancock  with a track called  Bo Ba Be Da . This is from his Dis Is Da Drum project.  Check out the players and the track…

Arranged By [Rhythm] – Darrell Smith, Herbie Hancock Backing Vocals – Angel Rogers, Hollis Payseur, Kaaren Ragland Bata, Congas, Cabasa, Shekere, Tambourine, Bass Drum [Jun Jun], Djembe, Percussion – Bill Summers Drums – Ken Strong Electric Piano – Darrell Smith Engineer [Sound Designer], Keyboards, Sequenced By [Additional] – Mars Lasar Guitar – Darrell “Bob Dog” Robertson*, Wah Wah Watson* Percussion [Additional] – Brady Speller Piano, Synthesizer [Mini-moog], Clavinet, Synthesizer, Bass [Synth] – Herbie Hancock Sequenced By, Sampler, Drum Programming, Programmed By [Additional Synth] – Will “Roc” Griffin* Tenor Saxophone – Bennie Maupin Trumpet – Wallace Roney Written-By – Herbie Hancock, Wah Wah Watson*
  
Herbie Hancock / Bo Ba Be Da | Whats Really Going On?

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Herbie Hancock / Rubber Soul

Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out this classic jazz funk from Herbie Hancock with a track called Rubber Soul...check out the players and the track...

Bass Guitar – Armand Sebal Leco Djembe, Percussion, Percussion [Allsorts] – Bill Summers Drums – Ken Strong  Synthesizer – Mars Lasar Guitar – Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson*, Wah Wah Watson Piano, Synthesizer [Mini-moog], Clavinet, Synthesizer – Herbie Hancock Sequenced By [Additional], Programmed By [Synth] – Darrell Smith Sequenced By, Sampler, Drum Programming, Programmed By [Synth] – Will "Roc" Griffin Tenor Saxophone – Bennie Maupin Trumpet – Wallace Roney Written-By – Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson, Darrell Smith, Mars Lasar Written-by, Arranged By [Rhythm] – Bill Summers, Herbie Hancock, Wah Wah Watson*, Will "Roc" Griffin

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Eddie Henderson ‎–Cyclops

Digital Crate Digging Continues...hooking up some of this supreme jazz / funk from   Eddie Henderson ‎– with a track called Cyclops from his Mahal album. Its funky y'all...check out the players and the track..



 

Saturday, December 07, 2013

Miroslav Vitous – Freedom Jazz Dance


Digital Crate Digging Continues…Saturday Morning!! just as good a time as any for some jazz / funk..lets check out bassist  Miroslav Vitous – with the Freedom Jazz Dance …from his Infinite Search project. Check out the all star players and the  track..

  
Miroslav Vitous – Freedom Jazz Dance | Whats Really Going On?

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Joe Farrell ‎– I Won’t Be Back

 
Sunday Jazz Continues.. checking out  this jazz funk track from  Joe Farrell ‎– with I  Won’t Be Back. This is from his Upon This Rock album.  Check out the players and the track…
 Check it out at  Joe Farrell ‎– I Won’t Be Back | Whats Really Going On?

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Eddie Henderson ‎– Butterfly

 Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out Eddie Henderson ‎– with his version of Herbie Hancock's Butterfly. Mr Hancock even provides some keyboard help. 
This is from Mr. Henderson's  Mahal album.Check out the players and the track..

Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Eddie Henderson ‎– Butterfly

Friday, October 04, 2013

Sly & Robbie – Bass and Trouble


Digital Crate Digging Continues..checking out some classic jazz / funk from  Sly & Robbie -with  Bass and Trouble. Sounds like Herbie Hancock‘s Rockit..that’s because he’s helping them on the keyboards. Check out the players and the track…
 
Sly & Robbie – Bass and Trouble | Whats Really Going On?

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Stanley Jordan, Tony Williams & Herbie Hancock – The Struggle Continues

Sunday Jazz Continues..checking out this supergroup..Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Stanley Jordan, Tony Williams & Herbie Hancock – with a cut called The Struggle Continues... 

This from the  Artists United Against Apartheid ‎  Sun City project from 1985....The Struggle Continues..some of the same issues being addressed around that time are still here today....

Miles is on the trumpet, Ron on the bass, Stanley the guitar, Tony the drums and Herbie on the keyboards..you know how they do!! check it out!!


Sunday, June 23, 2013

Herbie Hancock and The HeadHunters - "Sly"

Sunday Jazz Continues...we won't quit and we won't stop!! rocking it on this Super Full Moon / Summer Solstice Weekend....so you know we have to come correct..as we put it down like this!!

Checking out Herbie Hancock with the Head Hunters -a little something called "Sly" 

Check out the players and the track...


  • Congas, Shekere, Xylophone [Balafon], AgogĆ“, Cabasa, Whistle [Hindewho], Tambourine, Drums [Log Drum], Surdo, Bells [Gankoqui], Percussion [Beer Bottle] – Bill Summers
  • Drums [Yamaha] – Harvey Mason
  • Marimbula, Electric Bass – Paul Jackson 
  • Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Saxello, Bass Clarinet, Flute [Alto] – Bennie Maupin
  • Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey, Arp Soloist], Electric Piano, Clavinet [Hohner D 6], Pipe [Pipes] – Herbie Hancock

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Dubstep Jazz – Herbie Hancock “Rockit/Nobu” (Darryl Reeves remix) |


Digital Crate Digging Continues..checking out some…..Dubstep Jazz!! …checking out this  Herbie Hancock “Rockit/Nobu” (Darryl Reeves remix)…..from 1983 to 2013

……saxophonist Darryl Reeves has some nice stuff out!!  like that Dillaquarium Mixtape  plus his Mercury  project….this is awesome…check it out!! 
Dubstep Jazz – Herbie Hancock “Rockit/Nobu” (Darryl Reeves remix) | Whats Really Going On?

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Herbie Hancock – Just Around The Corner


Sunday Jazz Continues…checking out this jazz / funk / disco track from Herbie Hancock called Just Around The Corner….This a 1980 Club Classic from the 1981 album Bitter Suite …check out the players and the track….

Bass, Written-By — FREDDIE WASHINGTON
Drums — ALPHONSE MOUZON
Guitar — WAH WAH WATSON
Percussion — SHEILA ESCOVEDO
Written-By — M. Ragin
Keyboards [Emu Polyphonic Keyboard, Clavitar], Synthesizer [Waves Minimoog, Minimoog, Prophet 5, Oberheim 8 Voice, Yamaha Cs-80, Arp 2600], Clavinet [Hohner], Electric Piano [Rhodes 88 Suitcase Piano], Vocoder [Sennheiser], Synthesizer [Linn-moffett Drum Synthesizer], Computer [Modified Apple Ii Plus Microcomputer], Piano — HERBIE HANCOCK


Herbie Hancock – Just Around The Corner « Whats Really Going On?

Sunday, February 03, 2013

Jack DeJohnette - Indigo Dreamscapes

Sunday Jazz Continues....checking out drummer Jack DeJohnette's track called  Indigo Dreamscapes. This song is off of his Parallel Realities album.

Check out the players...and they're heavy hitters; plus check out the track...
 
Jack DeJohnette - drums;
Pat Metheny - guitars;
Dave Holland - bass;
Herbie Hancock - keyboards


Saturday, January 19, 2013

Upon This Rock – Joe Farrell


Digital Crate Digging Continues…checking out some classic jazz / funk / rock  …check out this cut called Upon This Rock  from Joe Farrell…from his album of the same name..

This song has notoriety..due to being sampled by Black Sheep, Rasco, A Tribe Called Quest, MF Doom, Masta Ace, Pete Rock & CL Smooth.

Farrell’s daughter sued Kanye West, Method Man, Redman, Common and their record companies over alleged sampling of the track.

Check out the players and the track…
  • Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Herb Bushler – bass
  • Joe Beck – guitar
  • Jim Madison – drums
Upon This Rock – Joe Farrell « Whats Really Going On?

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Webster Lewis – The Love You Give To Me

 Sunday Jazz Continues…checking out this classic jazz / funk tune from keyboardist Webster Lewis called the Love You Give To Me…

This was from his 8 in the 80′s album. It has that 80′s sound!! It also has a Herbie Hancock feel to it!! That’s because Mr. Hancock assisted on this track on the keyboards…along with Paul Jackson Jr and Wah Wah Watson  on guitar, Nathan Watts on bass and James Gadson on the drums!! check this out!!

Webster Lewis – The Love You Give To Me « Whats Really Going On?

Saturday, December 29, 2012

VSOP The Quintet Reunion / Eye Of The Hurricane

 Digital Crate Digging Continues....still on some jazz / funk

..checking out VSOP The Quintet...in a reunion concert in 1986 at the  Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival. ...hitting us up with a song called Eye Of The Hurricane...

VSOP The Quintet is a super group consisting of  Freddie Hubbard: on trumpet / Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone

Herbie Hancock on piano /  Ron Carter on bass / and Tony Williams on drums...check them out...


Random Thoughts From A Brotha: VSOP The Quintet Reunion / Eye Of The Hurricane

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Norman Connors – Maiden Voyage


Digital Crate Digging Continues….checking out  drummer Norman Connors with his version of Herbie Hancock’s  Maiden Voyage. Check out the players and the track!!

Norman Connors – Drums     Michael Henderson – Bass, Vocals 

Reggie Lucas – Electric Guitar        Onaje Allan Gumbs – Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Synthesizer

Buster Williams – Double Bass       Eddie Henderson – Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Gary Bartz – Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone   and others
 
Norman Connors – Maiden Voyage « Whats Really Going On?