Comments on: An Evening With Herbie Hancock

By: Chewy

Chewy — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 05:15:03 +0000

so is it an autobiography? sounds really interesting

By: Island Steve

Island Steve — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 04:47:26 +0000

What a fine encounter it must have been. Thanks for telling us about it. Cheers

By: Joe L

Joe L — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:43:26 +0000

Also got my copy of Maiden Voyage signed. He spoke in Chicago on Friday, which was frankly not convenient, as it was Halloween and thus those of us with small children were out trick-or-treating. Luckily, a good friend of ours went to the event and had Herbie sign MD for me (as well as a lesser copy of Empyrean Isles, which will be framed). Also signed my buddy’s copy of Futureshock, and books for us both. A gentleman.

By: daryl

daryl — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:04:12 +0000

Russ E-S, we were at the Black Dog last night in StP for What Would Monk Do? w/Kenny Horst, Billy Peterson–what a bassist!– and more. I’m thankful for our jazz blessings, just coveting Al’s!

By: Fredrik

Fredrik — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 22:38:02 +0000

maartenkools: thanks so much for the link! I have started watchin’ it, not finished yet, but very interesting.

By: Terry Knapp

Terry Knapp — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 21:12:51 +0000

You live a blessed jazz life. Thanks for including us and greetings from Iowa home of Grinnell where Herbie did some early gigs.

By: DaveS

DaveS — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:16:28 +0000

Maartenkools: Thanks for the Sonny link. Works great. I especially love the part where everything is in English.

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:22:22 +0000

Great score Al !!! He was just promoting the book on a townhall interview on Sirus XM’s Real Jazz station last Tuesday …It reminds me of that wonderful chat I had with Herbie a few years back as well (Made possible in part to Jazz Collector.com I might add). It was just after a set he did here on his “Imagine Project” tour. A real pleasure to meet, and definitely generous with his time that night as well. The two albums you had him sign were certainly the pervibial icing on the cake Al. (I also chose to bring my original copy of Maiden Voyage for him to sign the night I met him as well… A perfect choice, if I do say so myself. Although Empyrean Isles, would have been my second choice, but the cover was too dark and I didn’t have a silver paint pen that evening… That copy of Maiden Voyage still hangs proudly on my office wall to this very day !)

By: maartenkools

maartenkools — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:14:41 +0000

Frederik: couple of weeks ago there was a dutch documentery about Sonny Rollins on dutch tv. They followed him quite some time, did lots of interviews with him… in they end Sonny wasn’t happy ..:) they did not relaese it. There was to much in it about his bad health and hscenes where he takes lots lots of (herbal) medicine pils…i had the idea that the makers of this documentery do not expect him to play again…hmmm… he was composing a lot…
After a year they where able to make a new documantery with his cooperation. let’s say, a bit more how sonny wanted it to look 🙂 here a link, but i am not shure if you can see it in an other country as Holland.
Director: Olaf van Paassen
title: Sonny Rollins- Morgen speel ik beter (tomorrow i will play better)

http://www.npo.nl/het-uur-van-de-wolf-sonny-rollins-morgen-speel-ik-beter/23-10-2014/VPWON_1221913

By: Russ E-S

Russ E-S — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 15:47:44 +0000

Hey Daryl check out Tony Malaby at Icehouse on 11/10 or Anthony Cox’s new band playing 11/5 at jazz central – there is plenty happening here