Those who have been longtime readers of this site or familiar with some of my recent music will recognize the tremendous influence of herbie hancock, especially his mwandishi and head hunters bands of the 1970s. This became hancocks second major compilation of work since the 2002 columbiaonly the herbie hancock box, welke was released at first in a plastic 4. Pianist, keyboardist, and composer herbie hancock is one of the alltime jazz greats. Herbie first used the vocoder for his vocals on sunlight. Herbie hancock s sunlight remains a classic example of what hancock might be most known for groovy and electronicbased jazzy and funkoriented melodies. The things you can do with a hq vocoder vocal is amazing, the clear quality itself is what makes the daft punk records so amazing. But the fun doesnt stop there, as you have the popular pitchcorrected sound at your feet in a live or studio situation, with the v256 vocoder. Rockit is a composition recorded by jazz pianist herbie hancock and produced by bill laswell. April 12, 1940 is an american pianist, bandleader and composer. Sunlight by herbie hancock cd, mar2014, sony music for.
Herbie hancock long before the term early adopter came into common parlance, pianist keyboardist and composer herbie hancock was known for seeking out the latest innovations. Herbie hancock performs at the bric celebrate brooklyn. Samplight vst herbie hancock fairlight cmi jam youtube. This vocoder is optimized for voice processing and includes some algorithms for consonants to make the voice more intelligible. It features hancocks vocals through a vocoder as well as performances by drummer tony williams and bassist jaco pastorius. Good question you dont have to be afraid anymore you should also listen to. The korg and ax were controlled by ipads an ipad mini was attached to the ax. Herbie hancock sunlight from sunlight 1978 herbie hancock keyboards, synthesizer, rhodes jaco pastorius electric bass tony williams drums terry adams, roy malan, nathan rubin, linda wood. Feb 28, 2019 herbie hancock lite me up 198220 flac tracks 24bit96 khz time 38. Herbie hancock sunlight 1978, pitman pressing, vinyl.
Lists with sunlight by herbie hancock album, jazzfunk. Herbie hancock herbert jeffrey hancock born april 12, 1940, chicago, il, piano, composer. In 1973, his album head hunters laid down the holy scriptures of the most successful union of jazz improvisation and funk psychedelic trance. Records like head hunters, maiden voyage, and thrust are near and dear to me. The vocoder from world war ii to hiphop, the machine. In the second half of the seventies, hancock was not only touring with v. Herbie hancock sunlight 1998, paper sleeve, cd discogs. Despite the better tracks, lite me up doesnt have the adventurous nature of hancocks jazzpop of the era. Yeah i know the disco classic funky town uses robotic vocals too but its somewhat cool to hear other bands implement those kind of vocals. The album features plenty of vocoder, in particular the tracks thought it was you samples by slum village and more pertinently 9th wonder and come running to me, again sampled by slum village and also thundercat. Born in chicago, illinois on april 12, 1940, he began studying piano at the age of 7 and became interested in jazz during high school. Yamaha cp30 this electronic pianosynthesizer offers a 76key keyboard and offers over 250 preset sounds to work with.
Jul 14, 2012 herbie hancock key, james genus b, trevor lawrence jr dr, lionel loueke guit. Lite me up is herbie hancocks 33rd album and was originally released in 1982. Headhunters, thrust, manchild and secrets are the best of the bunch, but i also like the later discoy vocoder albums. It features hancock s vocals through a sennheiser vsm201 vocoder, as well as performances by drummer tony williams and bassist jaco pastorius on one track. Herbie hancocks sunlight remains a classic example of what hancock might be most known for groovy and electronicbased jazzy and funkoriented melodies. A huge collection of vocoders software freeware, shareware, and demos that you can download for free. Sunlight is a june 1978 jazzfunk, fusion album by keyboardist herbie hancock. See new and popular herbie hancock songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. If youre interested in an album being ahead of its time and in a musician showing off his equipment, then sunlight is the album for you. It features hancocks vocals through a vocoder as well as performances by drummer tony williams and bassist jaco. There might have been a rhodes in the back but he didnt play it. Herbie hancock sunlight lyrics and tracklist genius. Lite me up is an even more concerted effort to fuse jazz with pop. Download for free in pdf midi format, or print directly from our site.
A fusion of jazz and pop, the album is full of wonderful tunes. Hancock and shorter perform 10 compositions on the album. Blend control 9 programmable memory locations vocoder band adjustment from 8256 bands gender bender for male or female emphasis adjust. Software description os license file date comments power. But this is a notable, and inexplicably enjoyable, milestone in the career of a great.
Herbie hancock directstep 19782008 official digital. The complete columbia album collection 19721988 brings together, for the first time, the master musicians complete columbia records and. Herbies interest in electronica was growing more pronounced, and sunlight, come running to me a pretty weak track by herbies standards, but featuring a great bit of arrngement under hancocks rhodes solo, with excellent strings and brass and the hit i thought it was you better than your memory might lead you to expect add herbs. Herbie hancock mid 70s appreciation thread steve hoffman. Possibilities, were published by viking in 2014, and in february 2016 he was awarded the grammy lifetime achievement award. Here, on sunlight, hes bound to raise criticism by the choice of songs and the styles of execution. Vinnie colaiuta spectacular on drums, james genus subtle and steady on bass with smooth and comprehensive forays all over the instrument, the beautiful and visionary guitar work of lionel loueke, and terrace martins percussive sax riffs and vocals. The 8 most important synths in the development of hip hop. Sunlight is an album by keyboardist herbie hancock. The use of the vocoder may be the most questionable device he uses on this lp, the device bound to sound dated before anything else. Shiftless shuffle originally recorded for the japanonly album directstep features all five members of the headhunters quintet that first appeared on the 1973 album.
The backcover of the 1977 album sunlight, shows a wide range of herbies. On the cusp of his north american tour, herbie hancock is still. Herbie hancock, inventions and dimensions in highresolution. Sunlight is the total spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the sun. If you want something strange to dance to, pop on sunlight and let that sweet vocoder take you away. Hancocks peak vocoder work can be heard on sunlight, feets dont fail me now, monster, mr. The 70s are coming to an end and with them came the decline of jazzrock. Its a jazzfunk fusion album with hancock using a vocoder for the first time and which later became known worldwide through his mega hit rockit. If you run away and hide itd be harder to decide for you only have to try somehow youll find your way dont give in start out again if you look into your hearts you. Herbie hancocksunlight180 gram vinyl recordacoustic sounds. From herbie hancock to daft punk eclectic aestheticism. Blue note blp 4109, bst 84109, cdp 7 46506 2, cdp 7243 8 37643 2 7 herbie hancock takin off blue note bnla399h2 herbie hancock blue note bst 89907 the best of herbie hancock. Mar 31, 2017 directstep is the twentyfourth studio album by jazz pianist herbie hancock. Sunlight came into my mind after listening to what is the best song ever from him and on the lp, come running to me.
Hancock is assisted on the keyboard by synthesizer pioneer patrick gleeson. Herbie s interest in electronica was growing more pronounced, and sunlight, come running to me a pretty weak track by herbie s standards, but featuring a great bit of arrngement under hancock s rhodes solo, with excellent strings and brass and the hit i thought it was you better than your memory might lead you to expect add herbs. Along with his former employer miles davis, pianist herbie hancock is the other founding father of jazzfusion. In our catalog, you can find herbie hancock sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. There is no better worse example to illustrate this then hancocks own sunlight, a lame discosoul album with little music and lots of aged jazzy pop. You can hear this instrument being used on hancock s 1978 album sunlight. Visit an apple store, call 1800myapple, or find a reseller. Today we visit the first of those concerts featuring herbie hancock at the greek theater in berkeley. Herbie hancock takin off blue note cdp 7243 8 37643 2 7. Sunlight hdtracks the worlds greatestsounding music. By the time we got to the album sunlight, the sennheiser. Herbie hancock s third album, released in 1964, explores latin swing with a small quartet consisting of bassist paul chambers, drummer willie bobo and percussionist osvaldo chihuahua martinez who plays a key role adding latin traditional flavours on conga, bongo and guiro. I knew a guy in germany that had an amazing vocoder, the quality was magnificent. Herbie hancock at the greek theater, berkeley catsynth.
Find herbie hancock credit information on allmusic. In one section he did some really nice things with a vocoder. Using the uad softube vocoder to add interest to drums in. You can hear this instrument being used on hancocks 1978 album sunlight. The album is viewed as more funk than jazz and encounters the beginnings of herbie s electrofunk stage heard in some of his later albums. Songs with producers jay graydon and narada michael walden both feature the artist doing vocals without the gadgetry, and, believe it or not, the vocoder is more definitive. Herbie hancock albums page 2 steve hoffman music forums. It features hancock s vocals through a vocoder as well as performances by drummer tony williams and bassist jaco. His band was tight and could provide a monster funk groove. The joni letters 2007 official digital download 24bit96khz. By 1978, hancock had another identity as a dancefusion attraction with the albums feets dont fail me now and sunlight. Using the uad softube vocoder to add interest to drums in studio one. In fact, most of my hancock collection comes from that era.
Check out herbie hancocks gear and equipment including the arp 2800. The video reference is a vocoder in very poor quality as most of these vocoders simply are. Also in 2006, hancock recorded a new song with josh groban and eric mouquet cofounder of deep forest, entitled machine. Oct 20, 2014 and now for the free vocoder vst plugins. Herbert jeffrey herbie hancock born april 12, 1940 is an american pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor. Very funky, with lots of vocoder and great pop songs. The thing about herbie is he doesnt look back, always forward, willing to try new things, expand his playing into new areas. Herbie hancock music listen free on jango pictures. Lastly, i couldnt mention vocoders without bringing up herbie hancocks 1977 album sunlight. New york minute don henley, danny kortchmar, kai winding 8. Live 19772015 official digital download 24bit96khz herbie hancock dedication 19742015 official digital download 24bit96khz herbie hancock speak like a child 1968 20 official digital download 24bit192khz herbie hancock river. Heres something i did on herbie hancock for soul train. Bass, vocoder william bootsy collins computer applemac plus, synthesizer yamaha dx1, dx7, dx7iifd, kurzweil k250, fairlight series ii and series iii, roland super jupiter, rhodes chroma, oberheim matrix 12, yamaha tx 816, sampler akai 900s, vocoder, piano acoustic piano herbie hancock. A devoted technophile since his childhood in chicago, he was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers on his 1973 hit album head hunters, and.
In the end, the herbie hancock box brings to light some rare sides, a previously unissued performance of red clay, and a thorough reexamination of hancock in the throws of some changing times. So that the pitch of the vocal line is kept but still has the vocoder sound, like herbie hancocks sunlight album. A member of the american academy of arts and sciences, hancock is currently in the studio at work on a new album. Id have rather it not been herbie hancock however since only a year or two before the release of sunlight he was specializing in fullfledged inventive, sophisticated and mesmerizing jams but whatever. Herbert jeffrey herbie hancock born april 12, 1940 is an american pianist, bandleader and composer. From 10cc to xtc, from london to lagos, from 7 singles to sidelong epics, and from punk to prog to ambient to disco, our list of the greatest songs from one of musics greatest decades. Herbie hancock sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. Watch the video for sunlight from herbie hancocks sunlight for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Very different from headhunters actually, but i like it a lot. Just take a look at the staggering collection of keyboards on the back cover of the sunlight lp all soughtafter collectors items now yet hancock makes so little use of.
Feb 28, 2015 great was my surprise lately when i heard herbie hancocks album directstep 1978 for the first time. Originally, the record was released only in japan on december 2, 1978, via cbssony label. Herbie hancock sextant herbie hancock thrust herbie hancock secrets vocoder, synth, and levels of smoothness previously thought to be humanly impossible. Sunlight herbie hancock album sunlight nicky byrne album sunlight, a 1971 compilation album by the youngbloods. Hancock released it as a single from his 1983 album future shock. Blue note blp 4109, bst 84109, cdp 7 46506 2, cdp 7243 8 37643 2 7 herbie hancock takin off blue note bnla399h2 herbie hancock blue note bst 89907 the best of herbie hancock blue note bst2 84433 various artists the best of blue note, volume 2 blue note j np9020c various artists blue note jazz blue note 451862 herbie hancock watermelon man three bags full. This was accomplished,as stated on the back of this album with the sennheiser vsm201 vocoder,which would allowed herbies voice to be encoded digitally. He has always been an eclectic musician, never adhering to this or that musical ism. Incredible energy on his solos, the most farout voicings, and damn.
Vintage vocoder emulation with 11 bands that emulates the sound of vocoders from the early 80s. Sunlight bass paul jackson 2 drums james levi guitar ray parker jr music by herbie hancock percussion bill summers soprano saxophone bennie maupin words by herbie hancock. For the rabid audiophiles in japan, herbie hancock went to tokyo to record a directtodisc lp that later became one of the worlds earliest cd releases. Completists will find it all well worth their time and investment, but those with only a marginal interest in hancocks later works would. The new standard is the fortieth album by jazz pianist herbie hancock, released in 1996 on verve. After manchild, alas, herbie hancocks american jazzfunk records in the 1970s grew gradually more commercial, less stimulating, and crucially, less truly funky with each release, even as his equipment rack grew larger.
I have been using some free software vocoders talvocoder that sound great, but is there a way of using a vocoder without a keyboard. Read more new herbie hancock interview may 28, 2018 may 28, 2018 8 comments. Es uberzeugt mit hancocks vocals durch einen vocoder sowie auftritte. The video reference is a vocoder in very poor quality as. A conversation with bryan bell kvr audio plugins kvr audio. No means yes bass paul jackson 2 congas raul rekow drums harvey mason percussion bill summers writtenby herbie. Hands, magic windows, lite me up, future shock, sound system and perfect machine herbie accepting his award for best vocoder ever.
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