Quote # 45 by Christina Aguilera
“Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.” – Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and television personality. Just listen to her performance with Herbie Hancock and you understand how great she is. Herbie Hancock […]
Quote # 37 by Jaco Pastorius
“It ain’t braggin´ if you can back it up” – Jaco Pastorius Question to Jaco Pastorius: “Would you ever consider playing a 5 string bass?” Jaco answers: “What for? Low E’s been good enough for the last 200 years, what are you trying to prove?” Jaco Pastorius is one of my absolute […]
Quote # 32 by Bobby Hutcherson
“The whole thing of being in music is not to control it but to be swept away by it. If you’re swept away by it, you can’t wait to do it again and the same magical moments always come.” – Bobby Hutcherson Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941, in Los Angeles, California) is […]
Abraham Laboriel is a master on bass
Abraham (or Abe) Laboriel (born 1947 in Mexico) is one of the masters on electrical bass. Originally a classically trained guitarist, he switched to bass guitar while studying at the Berklee School of Music. Henry Mancini encouraged Laboriel to move to Los Angeles, California and pursue a recording career. Abe started to play on records […]
Patrice Rushen is a wonderful musician
Patrice Rushen is a wonderful musician Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, music director and vocalist. She is best known for the 1982 hit, “Forget Me Nots”, for which she received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Patrice has a […]
Electro Deluxe is a great band from France
Electro Deluxe is a French band founded in 2001. They mixes jazz, funk and hip-hop and plays with joy, feeling and groove. Their influences ranging from Herbie Hancock to Buckshot LeFonque. Until today they have made four albums (and I can recommend all of them): 2005 – Stardown 2007 – Hopeful 2010 – Play […]
Herbie Hancock plays George Gershwin
Herbie Hancock plays George Gershwin (Rhapsody in blue) This post is on request by my good friend Jan Dahlstedt (he knows a lot about good music). Herbert Jeffrey “Herbie” Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet, Hancock helped to […]
Herbie Hancock with Headhunters 1974
Herbie Hancock is a true master! He swings, compose and plays very tasteful. One of many milestones Herbie has made, is with his band Headhunters. There are so many musicians of today (young and old), who are influenced by the way Herbie plays, breath and performs music. This live session with Headhunters is from 1974. […]