Stanley Cowell - "New World" (1981)

Hello everyone, I'm back after four months, and hope you'll all still come and visit here.

Stanley Cowell's "New World" - recorded in 1978, and released three years later - represents something of a transitional album for the pianist who co-founded the Strata-East record label with Charles Tolliver.

Cowell's instrumentation had always been about finding the right combination of instruments to create the right textures for particular compositions, whether his own or others. From the moment he burst out in 1969 with "Blues For The Viet Cong" (aka "Travelling Man") and then "Brilliant Circles" , he would embroider a piano trio base with a range of instruments - brass, winds, voices, vibes, strings - to find the instrumental palette to realise each musical vision; the roles of each instrument freely changing between lead and support; the tonalities veering between modal and the avant-garde as suited.

"Brilliant Circles", in particular, reflects the range of influences the pre-solo career Cowell had picked up as a sideman on various albums by Marion Brown, Max Roach and Bobby Hutcherson.

Cowell himself would move between (mainly) acoustic piano, rhodes and sometimes the african kalimba (or "thumb piano"). Some tracks featuring his kalimba have been heavily sampled over the years, notably several of his recordings of his track "Travelling Man" as well as "Smilin' Billy Suite" from the Heath Brothers' "Marchin' On" (1976)

Throughout the 1970s, Cowell would move back and forth between more intimate, piano-led sessions like the beautiful "Illusion Suite" (1972); the solo piano album "Musa Ancestral Streams" (1973) and the electric-acoustic solo album "Waiting for the Moment" (1977); and at other times would venture once again into larger instrumental electric/acoustic groupings on albums like "Regeneration" (1975) and the commercial RnB/jazz album "Talkin About Love" (1977).

In November 1978, Cowell indulged both sides of his musical personality by recording two albums. In the last few days of that month he recorded "Equipoise", a great trio album with Cecil McBee and Roy Haynes; but earlier in the month he recorded a larger group work, "New World" which I'm presenting today.

"Come Sunday" opens with solo piano, before church bells herald the entrance of a full vocal section ( Judy Lacey, Linda Mandolph, Robert Mandolph). Kenneth Nash's percussion enhances the trio of Cowell, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Roy Haynes; with Nate Rubin and Terry Adam's strings enhancing the melodic lines of Cowell's piano.

The gospel-flavoured "Ask Him" features Cowell on both rhodes and piano, with the vocal chorus alternating words and chord backing, and Headhunters Eddie Henderson and Julian Priester contributing brass.

From gospel we move to calypso in the album's dud track, "Island of Haitoo", which not even Cowell's kalimba can save from a fate of bad-travelogue-library resort music. It really needs a video of a cartoon sun going up and down on a blue cellophane ocean .... hmmm move on ...

Up next is a new version of "Trying to Find a Way", first recorded by Cowell on "Regeneration" - he's commonly revisited the same songs across various albums, placing them in new configurations and styles. It's a fairly exuberant version, with the trio backed by full vocal chorus and strings, and features a bass solo by McBee. I do miss Cowell's synth and the vocals by Charles Fowkles and Glenda Barnes from the original, but it's still a good version - almost Steve Reich-ish in the vocal arrangements.

"El Space O" is the standout track, with Priester's growling trombone locking in with McBee's bass to create a platform for Cowell's extraordinary rhodes and prepared piano work, with a subtle wah-wah allowing the keyboards to wind in and out of answering melodies provided by Priester and Henderson. The brass build up in modal chords behind a honking sax solo by Pat Patrick, before embarking on Mwandishi-like wails that lead back to the main melody. A great piece.

The album finishes with the solo piano track "Sienna : Welcome to this New World", and reminds me that I can happily listen to Cowell play the piano anywhere, any time and in any context. "New World" was the last time that Cowell would work with such a broad ensemble of musicians - after this most of his work would focus on the piano.

Hope you enjoy this album, bring on the comments so I know it's worth getting this blogging thing going again :)

TRACKLIST

--> 01. 'Come Sunday' - 8:39 (Duke Ellington)
02. 'Ask Him' - 4:46 (Cowell-McBee)
03. 'Island Of Haitoo' - 4:14 (Cowell-Scott)
04. 'I'm Trying To Find A Way' - 7:27 (Cowell-McLaughlin)
05. 'El Space-O' - 8:20 (Cowell-McBee-Haynes)
06. 'Sienna: Welcome To This New World' - 2:43 (Stanley Cowell)
MUSICIANS
--> Piano, electric piano, prepared pianos, kalimba, hammond organ, orchestra chimes, occasional backing vocals - Stanley Cowell

Bass - Cecil McBee Drums - Roy Haynes Percussion - Kenneth Nash Alto, Tenor and Bass Trombones - Julian Priester Trumpet, Electric Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Eddie Henderson Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone - Pat Patrick Cello - Terry Adams Violin - Nate Rubin Vocals - Judy Lacey , Linda Mandolph , Robert Mandolph

PRODUCTION DETAILS

Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, November 1978 Arranged and Conducted by Stanley Cowell
Producer - Ed Michel Engineer - Baker Bigsby
Assistant - Wally Buck
Mastering - George Horn
Art Direction and Design - Phil Carroll
Photography - Phil Bray
POST CREDITS

Other albums linked to in this post are at Orgy In Rhythm, Musica en Enspiral, Strata-East Fan Club, El Goog Ja, Pharoah's Dance, Nothing Is V2.0, The Changing Same, My Jazz World, Muzikholic.
Please thank these folks if you visit them and download - your "thankyou" makes bloggers realise that people are there, and then they post more ...

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Herbie Hancock - Live at NDR Studios (1971)

(excerpt : first two minutes)

Herbie Hancock Bootleg #45 for the collection :

Well why not a 2nd post in a day for this blog's anniversary ?
Two hours and four minutes of Herbie Hancock and his Mwandishi band, recorded live on August 4th, 1971 at NDR Studios in Hamburg, Germany as a continuous take.

1970-71 saw a seismic change in Hancock's music - after finishing the "Fat Albert Rotunda" album at the end of 1969; his major recordings during 1970 were the Miles Davis albums "A Tribute to Jack Johnson" and "Live Evil", then his studio album "Mwandishi" was recorded on December 31st, 1970. Quite a way to spend New Year's Eve! This session comes eight months later.

In searching for information about this session, I can only see that it's changed hands between traders as a tape and then a 2 CD set for many years; and that the 50 min section of "Ostinato" has sometimes been sold in some places. My version is a Soulseek find @ 192kbps; and I thought it would be good to release this into the blogosphere.

Hope you enjoy it!
... and more Hancock bootlegs here.

TRACKLIST1. Toys (46:44)
2. Speak like a child (27:13)
3. Ostinato (50:36)

MUSICIANS

Herbie Hancock - fender rhodes, acoustic piano
Bennie Maupin - tenor sax, flute, bass clarinet
Billy Hart - drums
Buster Williams - bass
Julian Priester - trombone
Eddie Henderson - trumpet, flugelhorn

DETAILS

NDR Studios, Hamburg, Germany, August 4th 1971
Thanks Max for the details.

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Other albums linked to here are at San Pasquale Ent., Call It Anything, Oufar Khan, Into the Rhythm.
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Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto - "Love, Love" (1974)

Originally posted by Bacoso at "Orgy In Rhythm" August 2007

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Colin Buttimer , BBC Jazz Review :
Let's not beat about the bush. "Love, Love" is a monster of an album. Despite its age (30+ years), it's a must for anybody interested in living, breathing, unexpected music. Julian Priester was an alumnus of Blue Note, Sun Ra and most importantly for this record, of Herbie Hancock's revolutionary Mwandishi group which recorded only three albums in its all too brief lifetime.
Each of those Mwandishi albums was a brilliant melding of the cosmic and earthy, extemporisation and groove.

"Love, Love" was recorded after Hancock dissolved his sextet in order to explore an avowedly populist angle with the hugely successful "Headhunters". Together with trumpeter Eddie Henderson's two post-Mwandishi albums, "Realization" and "Inside Out", "Love, Love" represents one of the late masterpieces of a style later christened "Kozmigroov".

Although comprising two lengthy slabs of music clearly intended to be heard as a suite, it's side one that grabs the listener by the lapels and proceeds to groove remorselessly for a full nineteen minutes. "Love, Love" however is no feelgood piece of happy-go-lucky frippery. Rather, its relentless bass vamp is likely to plough a deep furrow through your consciousness. Spine tingling shaken percussion presages the arrival of Nyimbo Henry Franklin and Ron McClure's basses which well up and sweep forward, singularly intent upon adhering like superglue to the groove.

For the next 18 minutes, a host of players appear and disappear like spacecraft attacking off world teflon-coated targets. synthesist Pat Gleeson, saxophonist Hadley Caliman, guitarist Bill Connors and drummers Eric Gravatt and Leon Chancler are among a host of star contributors.

Side two, "Images/Eternal Worlds/Epilogue" is an ambitious medley that sucks cataclysm, spookiness and melody into close orbit. Less single-mindedly cohesive, it's still a stunning piece of electric jazz, a thrashing, roiling beast that serves to remind how brilliant this shortlived period of hothouse innovation was.

Simon adds :
I'm busy with a few upcoming "extended research" posts, so for now I'll just note some more Julian Priester out there in the blogosphere : Priester headed two albums in 1960, "Keep Swingin" and "Spiritsville". There's a great live Julian Priester date from 1977 over at Elastic Rock which includes a version of "Love, Love".

Also from 1977, there's another ECM album called "Polarization", credited to "Julian Priester and Marine Intrusion". Finally, Call It Anything has "Hints Upon Light and Shadows" (1997) by Priester and Sam Rivers.

I hope you enjoy the spacefunk of "Love, Love", please leave a comment.

TRACKS

1. Prologue / Love, Love (19:22)
2. Images (7.56)
3. Eternal Worlds / Epilogue (10:34)

PERSONNEL

Julian Priester: trombones, baritone horn, post horn, whistle flute, cowbell, small percussion, ARP 2600 synthesizer, Proto-type ARP string synthesizer
Pat Gleeson: ARP 2600 synthesizer, ARP Odyssey synthesizer, Moog III, Oberheim digital sequencer
Hadley Caliman: flute, saxophones, bass clarinet
Bayete Umbra Zindinko: fender rhodes, piano, clavinet D-6
Nyimbo Henry Franklin: fender bass, acoustic bass on all except “Love, Love”
Ndugu Leon Chancler: drums on all except “Love, Love”
Mguanda David Johnson: flute, soprano saxophone on all except “Love, Love”
Kamau Eric Gravatt: drums, congas on “Love, Love”
Ron McClure: fender bass on “Love, Love”
Bill Connors: electric guitar on “Love, Love.”
Recorded June 28 and September 12, 1973 at Different Fur Music, San Francisco.
Released on ECM Records, 1974

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Vinyl rip by Bacoso
Other album links in the post go to manepipoca's music house, My Jazz World, Dark Blue Notes, Call it Anything, Elastic Rock and why doncha.
Please thank these guys if you click through and download their files.

Herbie Hancock - 53 live bootlegs

HERBIE HANCOCK AND THE HEADHUNTERS
Live at @ Ultrasonic Recording Studios, Hempstead, NY , October 1st, 1973



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TRACKS
01. Actual Proof (9.37)

02. Butterfly (12.47)

03. Sly (17.48)

04. Chameleon (15.41)

PERSONNEL
Herbie Hancock: keyboards
Bennie Maupin: reeds
Paul Jackson: bass
Mike Clark: drums

- We're in funky Headhunters territory here ....

HERBIE HANCOCK AND MWANDISHI
Live at Boston, Ma. Jazz Workshop, USA, March 22, 1973

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TRACKS
01. Hornets (43:00)
02. You'll know when you get there (20:11)

PERSONNEL
Herbie Hancock: Keyboards,Pianos
Buster Williams: Bass
Billy Hart: Drums
Benny Maupin: Reeds
Eddie Henderson: Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Julian Priester: Trombone
Dr. Pat Gleeson: Synths
"Scorch": Congas

TAPER'S NOTES
"It was college vacation... i think the music is fantastic.
this will blow the minds of people expecting Herbie in his more pop or jazz modes. - 'Scorch' was a local guy who would sometimes sit in with visiting jazz groups. I dont know his real name or what happened to him. Dont expect the Headhunters on this, folks. This is all Sextant material. Its pretty out there, in the best possible way. Enjoy!

"Tape and transfer details :
WBCN FM>Sony R2R 7"reel @ 7.5ips No Dolby
MR>Akai 6X4000-D>Numark EQ>HHB CDR830 "

HERBIE HANCOCK
Live in Nice, France - July 21st, 1971 



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TRACKS
01. You'll know when you get there / Toys (47:07)

02. Impro/Ostinato (19:13)


PERSONNEL
Herbie Hancock: Rhodes, Synth

Eddie Henderson: Trumpet

Julian Priester: Trombone

Bennie Maupin: Sax, Flute

Buster Williams: Bass

Billy Hart: Drums

- Once again, your more experimental, Mwandishi Herbie.

"Live at NDR Studios" (1971) also @ Never Enough Rhodes

TRACKLIST

1. Toys (46:44)
2. Speak like a child (27:13)
3. Ostinato (50:36)


MUSICIANS
Herbie Hancock - fender rhodes, acoustic piano
Bennie Maupin - tenor sax, flute, bass clarinet
Billy Hart - drums
Buster Williams - bass
Julian Priester - trombone
Eddie Henderson - trumpet, flugelhorn

DETAILS
NDR Studios , Germany, Aug 4th, 1971
Single file, 2 hrs 4 mins, 192kbps

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Herbie Hancock, Piano &
 Electric Piano;

Eddie Henderson, Trumpet, Flugelhorn;
Julian Priester, Trombone;
Bennie Maupin, Tenor Sax, Flute, Bass Clarinet;
Buster Williams, Bass;
Billy Hart, Drums.

1. You Will Know When You Get There 12:30
2. Toys / Wiggle Waggle 24:07
3. Wiggle Waggle 3:51
4. Toys 8:59
5. Maiden Voyage 11:49
FM Broadcast

TIVOLI, COPENHAGEN, 1971

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Herbie Hancock-piano

Eddie Henderson-trumpet
Julian Priester: trombone
Bennie Maupin: sax,flute, bass clarinet
Buster Williams-bass
Billy Hart-drums

CD1
Maiden Voyage 12:31
Sleeping Giant 28:51
Sleeping Giant (continued) 4:12

CD2
Water Torture 19:47
Toys 25:47

KANTONSCHULE, BADEN, SWITZERLAND. MARCH 3, 1972

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Herbie Hancock (p, ky)

Julian Priester (tb)
Eddie Henderson (tp)
Bennie Maupin (ts, bcl, fl)
Buster Williams (b)
Billy Hart (d)

FM intro
You'll Know When You Get There
Toys
Water Torture
Firewater
Maiden Voyage
FM recording

Herbie Hancock "Mwandishi"
Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, Michigan, USA
probably Oct. 8, 1972

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1 - 2 - 3 - 4 

Musicians
Herbie Hancock "Mwandishi" - Fender Rhodes, Percussion
Bennie Maupin "Mwile" - Reeds, Percussion
Eddie Henderson "Mganga" - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Percussion
Julian Priester "Pepo" - Trombones, Percussion
Buster Williams "Mchezaji" - Double Bass, Electric Bass, Percussion
Billy Hart "Jabali" - Drums, Percussion
Patrick Gleeson - ARP 2600 Synthesizer, Percussion

Tracklist
01 Sleeping Giant Part 1 (14:18)
02 Sleeping Giant Part 2 (7:26)
03 Sleeping Giant Part 3 (7:14)
04 Sleeping Giant Part 4 (13:00)
05 Sleeping Giant Part 5 (14:14)
Time : 56min 15sec
Lossless!

Strata Concert Gallery Detroit, February 20, 1973 

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1 -2 

Herbie Hancock - Fender Rhodes, Percussion

Bennie Maupin - Reeds, Percussion
Eddie Henderson - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Percussion
Julian Priester - Trombones, Percussion
Buster Williams - Double Bass, Electric Bass, Percussion
Billy Hart - Drums, Percussion
Patrick Gleeson - ARP 2600 Synthesizer, Percussion

CD1
1. Hidden Shadows 42:35
2. Firewater 19:54
CD 2
1. Revelation 24:45
2. You'll Know When You Get There 15.19

Live at The Boarding House, San Francisco 1974
elsewhere on this blog, click the link.

TRACKLIST
01. Improvisation / Maiden Voyage (14:57)
02. Maiden Voyage / Actual Proof (15:43)

MUSICIANS (PROBABLE)
Herbie Hancock - piano
Bennie Maupin - flute
Paul Jackson - electric bass
Mike Clark - drums

PRODUCTION DETAILS
Recorded at The Boarding House, San Francisco, 1974

Herbie Hancock / Headhunters Live in Kansas City

16 October 1974

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Musicians:

Bennie Maupin - reeds
Herbie Hancock - piano, keyboards
Paul Jackson - bass
Mike Clark - drums
Bill Summers - percussions

Tracklist

01. Palm grease
02. Vein melter
03. Butterfly
04. Watermelon Man
05. Spank-a-lee
06. Bill Summers solo percussions
07. Chameleon

Lineage: FM > n generation tape > Aiwa Tape Deck AD-WX828 > Audigy Soundblaster > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave >FLAC Frontend (level 6)
LDB Special Series #28

Total time: 1:25:10
Radio broadcast
Excellent sound quality !!!
Format: FLAC



Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters
Live at Berlin Jazz Festival, Philharmomie, Berlin
November 3rd, 1974 

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Tracklist
Palm Grease - 14:06
Sly - 15:25
Butterfly - 12:04
Spank-A-Lee - 8:32
Unknown - 7:17

Herbie Hancock & Headhunters
Live in Bremen
Nov. 6, 1974
@ Never Enough Rhodes

TRACKLIST
01. 'Butterfly' (15:30)
02. 'Spank-A-Lee' (6:48)
03. 'Chameleon' (16:46)

MUSICIANS
Herbie Hancock - keyboards
Bennie Maupin - reeds
Paul Jackson - bass
Mike Clark - drums
Bill Summers - percussion

DETAILS / INFO
wma convrted to 192kbps mp3

Omaha Music Hall, Nebraska, Nov 17, 1975

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musicians
Herbie Hancock : Keys
Paul Jackson: bass
Mike Clark: Drums
Blackbyrd Mcknight: guitar
Bill Summers: percussion
Bennie Maupin: Reeds & Lyricon

tracklist
Hang Up Your Hangs Up
Percussion Solo
Steppin' In It
Talk
Watermelon Man
Bubbles

Ivanhoe Theatre, Chicago, Feb 16, 1977
aka Hancock/Pastorius "Live Voyage" (1977) 

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Recorded Live at the Ivanhoe Theater in Chicago on February 16, 1977

Musicians:
Herbie Hancock: keyboards
Jaco Pastorius: bass
Bennie Maupin: saxophones
James Levi: drums

Tracks
1. Introduction (:42)
2. Chameleon (14:49) [H.Hancock, B.Maupin, P.Jackson, H.Mason]
3. Hang Up Your Hang Ups (14:44) [H.Hancock, P.Jackson]
4. Maiden Voyage (7:10) [Herbie Hancock]
5. It Remains To Be Seen (13:35) [David Curry]
6. People Music (7:31) [H.Hancock, P.Jackson, M.Ragin]

Herbie Hancock Quartet with Jaco Pastorius

Live at University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA
February 20th, 1977 

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Musicians:

Herbie Hancock: Keys

Jaco Pastorious: Bass

Bennie Maupin: Saxes, lyricon

James Levi: Drums

Setlist:

Disc 1

01 Hang Up Your Hangups [+90cts] 15:51

02 Gentle Thoughts [+90cts] 12:12

03 It Remains to be Seen [+10cts] 12:53

Disc 2

04 JP Solo>Portrait of Tracy>Third Stone [+90cts] 7:58

05 Maiden Voyage [+90cts] 9:49

06 Chameleon (fade out) [+100cts] 13:22

07 Encore:Spider>Kuru [+75cts] 16:04

Info

Total time : 88.12 min

Audience recording. Lineage: AUD>?>CDr from Trade>EAC>WAV>Track w/ CD Wave>FLAC

> wav > Soundforge 5: speed correction > flac lvl7 w/SBA (530 MB).

Sound quality: B (hissy).

Original provided by mr_mag.

Speed correction by flambay.

Format: FLAC

Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Sept 29, 1978

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Fantastic soundboard quality ...

Herbie Hancock - Electric Piano, Keyboards
Bennie Maupin - Soprano & Tenor Saxophones
Webster Lewis - Keyboards
Paul Jackson - Bass
Bill Summers - Percussion
Alphonse Mouzon - Drums

Tracks:
1. Butterfly
2. Sunlight
3. I Thought It Was You
4. Chameleon
5. Shiftless Shuffle

Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana Special Band
"Live Under the Sky" 
Denen Colosseum, Tokyo, July 22, 1981 

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Herbie Hancock - keyboards

Carlos Santana - guitar
Ron Carter - bass
Tony Williams - drums
Wynton Marsalis - trumpet
David Margen - bass
Armando Peraza - percussion
Raul RekowW - percussion
Oresrs Vilato - percussion

Tracklist
1 Unknown Title
2 Quick Sketches
3 Spartacus
4 Watermelon Man - Evil Ways(Part 1)
5 Watermelon Man - Evil Ways(Part 2)
6 Round Midnight
7 Song For My Brother
8 Europe
9 Saturday Night

"VSOP 3 - Live in Athens" (1985) @ UBU ROI
(dead link) 

Thought I'd make a cover for this one :)

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
Herbie Hancock - piano, keyboards
Ron Carter - bass
Tony Williams - drums

CD1/54:52
1. Footprints (Wayne Shorter) 9:04 [inc, cuts in]
2. It's Only a Paper Moon (12:38)
3. Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock) 16:37
4. Byrdlike (Freddie Hubbard) 16:30

CD2/72:18
1. Ann HH (1:28)
2. Sister Cheryl (Tony Williams) 15:05
3. Night and Day (Cole Porter) 14:08
4. Ann HH > Little Waltz (Ron Carter) 9:27
5. Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock) 20:59
6. Oleo (Sonny Rollins) 11:08

Live at Suntory Hall, Tokyo - 1987

This was at Dr Fusion's original blog ... gone gone gone ...


Musicians
Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock - piano
Ron Carter - bass
Tony Williams - drums

Tracks

Disc One (45:49)
1. DJ Intro - 1:57
2. Dolphin Dance - 20:07
3. Opus 1.5 - 9:26
5. Just One of Those Things - 14:19

Disc Two (46:09)
1. DJ Intro - 1:34
2. Sister Cheryl - 13:02
3. Loose Change - 17:53
4. Maiden Voyage - 13:37

Details
FLAC
Source: FM Tokyo broadcast, "Golden Live Stage," hosted by Makoto Aoki
Lineage:-Master cass >Audiophile USB >Steinberg Clean >WAV > CD Wave>CDR >EAC >WAV >FLAC Frontend -Wavelab 4.0 and SoundForge 6.0 clean-up by Milesian >CD Wave >FLAC Frontend
Photo: Tony Williams

Live in Hamburg

Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany

October 23, 1988

@ Bogard's Jazztapes
(dead link) 

Musicians

Herbie Hancock, p

Greg Osby, as & ss

Buster Williams, b

Al Foster, dr

Tracklist

1. Stella By Starlight

2. Footprints

3. Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock's Headhunters II

Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland

July 19, 1989 [FLAC]

@ Dr Fusio
(dead link) 

Musicians:

Herbie Hancock - piano, keyboards

Bill Evans - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone

Wah Wah Watson - guitar

Darryl "The Munch" Jones - bass

Mino Cinelu - percussion

Leon Ndugu Chancler - drums

Chaka Khan* - vocals

Setlist:

Disc One (62:52):

1. Spider - 02:58

2. Swamp Rad pt. 1 - 14:45

3. Swamp Rad pt. 2 - 14:02

4. Butterfly - 13:12

5. Introductions - 04:18

6. The End of a Love Affair* - 07:19

7. You Got the Love* - 6:16

Disc Two (49:06):

1. Actual Proof - 17:39

2. Hang Up Your Hang Ups - 11:13

3. Chameleon - 20:12

Info :

Source: FM broadcast.

Lineage: FM >DAT >CDR (digital transfer) >EAC (secure) >Trader's Little Helper >FLAC. Thanks to Milesian.

Hancock & Metheny, Juan-Les-Pins, France 1990

@ Jazz Boot Experiment / alternate
(dead links) 

Musicians
Herbie Hancock : Piano, Keyboards
Pat Metheny : Guitar
Dave Holland : Bass
Jack De Johnette : Drums

Tracks
1. Cantaloupe Island (Start Missing)
2. The Batt
3. Parallel Realities
4. Eye Of The Hurricane

details
Length 49:10 min
Soundboard
MP3 @ 256 CBR

Herbie Hancock Quintet - 1992-07-02

Lugano, Switzerland

A Tribute To Miles Davis

@ T.U.B.E
(dead link) 

Musicians

Wallace Roney,tp

Wayne Shorter,ts,ss

Herbie Hancock,p

Ron Carter,b

Tony Williams,dr

Tracklist

01 - So What (9:27)

02 - R.J. (6:16)

03 - Little One (10:23)

04 - Pinocchio (10:07)

05 - All Blues (12:06)

06 - Drum Solo (2:54)

07 - Elegy (11:15)

08 - Orbits - Paraphernalia (13:48)

09 - Eighty One - The Sorcerer (14:58)

10 - Pee Wee (8:36)

Info

Playlist length: 1 hour 39 minutes 50 seconds (FM broadcast mp3@256)

Live in New York, 1993, unknown venue

@ Hook's Gems
(working!) 

tracklist

1. I Love You

2. One Finger Snap

3. Maiden Voyage

4. ?

5. Cantaloupe Island

6. Just One Of Those Things

Musicians

Herbie Hancock - piano

Jeff Littleton - bass

Gene Jackson - drums

Herbie Hancock Quartet : Umbria Jazz Festival 1.7.1996

@ Jazz Boot Experiment
(dead link) 

Lineup

Herbie Hancock : Acoustic piano

Craig Handy : Tenor Saxophone

Dave Holland : Acoustic bass

Gene Jackson : Drums

Herbie Hancock and the New Standard All-Stars

Live in Europe

Stravinski Hall, Montreux

July 14, 1997

was at Smuggled Sounds, currently unavailable

Tracklist

New York Minute

Mercy Street

Thieves In The Temple

You've Got It Bad Girl

Love is Stronger Than Pride

Musicians

Herbie Hancock (P.)

Michael Brecker (S.)

John Scofield (G.)

Dave Holland (Ac.B.)

Don Alias (Perc.)

Jack Dejohnette (Dr.)

Info

MP3 @ 256 , source FM, Sound A+

Herbie Hancock & the Headhunters

North Sea Jazz - Den Haag – July 11, 1998

@ Pathway To Unknown Worlds
(dead link) 

(cover is here only)

Herbie Hancock (keyb)

Bennie Maupin (sax)

Paul Jackson (b)

Mike Clark (dr)

Bill Summers (perc)

tracklist

1. Introduction of the band

2. Introductions continued

3. Skank It

4. Funk Hunter

5. Premonition

6. Bill Summers solo

7. Watermelon Man

8. Frankie and Kevin

9. Tiptoe

78 mins.

Jazzfest Berlin, December 1999 @ Bogard's Jazztapes
(dead link) 

Herbie Hancock, piano

Eddie Henderson, trumpet

Eli Degibri, tenor sax

Ira Coleman, bass

Terry Lyne Carrington, drums

Cyro Baptista, percussion

Tracklist:

1. Blueberry Rhyme

2. Medley: Fascinating Rhythm/ It Ain´t Necessarily So/ St. Louis Blues

3. One Finger Snap

'Directions In Music' live at JazzBaltica 2002, Salzau, Germany, July 6, 2002 @ Bogard's Jazztapes

(dead link) 

Herbie Hancock, piano

Michael Brecker, tenor sax

Roy Hargrove, trumpet

George Mraz, bass

Willie Jones III, drums

Tracklist

1. The Sorcerer

2. Misstery

3. Naima

4. So What/ Impressions

5. D Trane

6. Transition

7. My Ship

8. Pinocchio

Herbie Hancock / Wayne Shorter live at JazzBaltica 2002 Salzau, Germany

July 6, 2002

@ Bogard's Jazztapes

(dead link) 

Wayne Shorter, soprano saxophone

Herbie Hancock, piano

Tracklist

1. Sonrisa

2. Meridianne - a Wood Sylph

3. Footprints

4. Memory of Enchantment/ Maiden Voyage

5. Manhattan Lorelei

Herbie Hancock / Bobby Hutcherson Quartet

Live at the Barbican March 7, 2003

@ Smuggled Sounds

(dead link) 

Musicians

Herbie Hancock - piano

Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphones

Scott Colley - bass

Terri Lyne Carrington - drums

Tracklist

Dolphin Dance

Virtual Hornets

Actual Proof

Footprints

Little B's Poem

Details

Source : FM, Bitrate : MP3 @ 224

Smuggled Sounds Note : "Most of the tracks are linked in a long medley, I have cut the tracks into 7 parts"

Hancock / Holland / DeJohnette live at Montreal Jazz festival June 26, 2003 @ Bogard's Jazztapes

(dead link) 

Herbie Hancock, piano
Dave Holland, bass
Jack DeJohnette, drums

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

There was another version at a dead blog that had extra tracks :

01. For All You Are
02. Seventh D - The Eye of the Hurricane
03. Pastel Rhapsody
04. Shadow Dance
05. One Finger Snap
06. Dolphin DanceLame, CBR 192, 115 MB


Live at the Barbican, London, June 2004

@ Smuggled Sounds

(dead link) 

Herbie Hancock,
Wayne Shorter
Dave Holland
Brian Blade

Tracklist
01 - Sonrisa
02 - Pathways
03 - Footprints
04 - Canteloupe Island

Lame, CBR 224, 105 MB

Live in Perugia, July 18, 2004

(dead link) 

MUSICIANS
Wayne Shorter - tenor & soprano sax
Brian Blade - drums
Dave Holland - bass
Herbie Hancock - piano

TRACKS

01. Sonrisa
02. Visitor from Somewhere, Visitor from Nowhere
03. Pathways

01. Memory of Enchantement
02. Prometheus Unbound
03. Cantaloupe Island

DETAILS

Perugia, Teatro Morlacchi
July 18, 2004
RAI RadioTre broadcast
Lineage: RAI Radio 3 broadcast > Sanyo FMT-3510L FM tuner > Audigy SoundBlaster > HD > Sound Forge 7.0 > CD Wave Editor >
FLAC Frontend (level 6)

AVO Session - Switzerland, November 10, 2006 @ Zona de Jazz 
(working!) 
(cover here only) MUSICIANSHerbie Hancock - keyboards
Nathan East - bass, voice
Lionel Loueke - guitar, percussion, voice
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums

TRACKS

Actual Proof
Watermelon Man
Stitched Up
Maiden Voyage ***
Virgin Forest
Cantaloupe Island
Chameleon Parte 1
Chameleon Parte 2
Chameleon Parte 3

DETAILS

Herbie Hancock Avo Session
Messe Base, Suiza
10 Noviembre de 2006 .
Emitido el 27 de Enero de 2007 por el Canal Suizo SF DRS2.

Herbie Hancock Quintet

Britt Amphitheater, Jacksonville, OR, USA

June 18th, 2007 [FLAC]

@ Dr Fusion

(dead link) 

Musicians:

Herbie Hancock: Piano & keyboards

Nathan East : Bass

Lionel Loueke : Guitar

Vinnie Colaiuta: Drums

Setlist:

01. intro crowd

02. Butterfly > Actual Proof

03. Watermelon Man with seventeens

04. Stitched up

05. Virgin Forest

06. Maiden Voyage

07. I just called to say I love you

08. When Love comes to town

09. Cantaloupe Island

10. Band Introductions

11. (encore) - Chameleon (started from backstage)

12. Chameleon

Info :

A Lossless Legs GEMS Production . Recorded by: ArchivalAudio. Audience Recording. Master Info: 20' from stage dead center seated. Lineage: Rode NT-5's (hat rig) > MOTU Ultralite 24/44.1 > iBook G4 1.25mhz/1.2GB ram (via firewire) > AudioDesk 2.04

Transfer info: (raw SDII files opened into) Peak 4 (G4+) to track and perform fades saved as wave file - saved as 16 bit files - and regions exported .wav xACT v1.58 to FLAC (level 8) generate ffp and len output.

Herbie Hancock Quintet – “Live at Confederation Park”

Ottawa Jazz Festival, Ottawa, Canada

June 22nd, 2008 [FLAC]

GONE - was at Dr Fusion old blog

LINE-UP:
Herbie Hancock: Keys
Dave Holland: Bass
Chris Potter: Saxophone
Lionel Loueke: Guitar
Vinnie Colaiuta: Drums
Sonya Kitchell: Vocals
Amy Keys: Vocals


TRACKS :
01 [07:27] Herbie Talks #1
02 [13:39] Actual Proof
03 [02:36] Herbie Talks #2
04 [07:15] River
05 [06:43] When Loves Come To Town
06 [01:16] Herbie Talks #3
07 [07:25] Edith and the Kingpin
08 [06:30] Bass Solo
09 [12:56] Piano Solo
10 [02:13] Herbie Talks #4
11 [06:17] All I Want
12 [07:19] A Song For You
13 [10:18] Guitar Solo
14 [14:51] Chameleon
15 [16:20] Encore 1
16 [10:50] Encore 2

TECH:

Source: Mics: DSM-6S/M > PA-6LC3 > iHP-120(wav @ 4Source: Mics: DSM-6S/M > PA-6LC3 > iHP-120(wav @ 44.1 KHz 16 bit) Transfer: USB2 > Computer Hardrive > CD WAVE > FLAC (level 8) Recorded by: Zaid Khan/flipzoso Recording Notes: Recorded approx 12 feet from right stack (facing stage) with mics in hat about 6 feet off ground.

Live at Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC

June 20, 2008

[FLAC]

Was @ DR FUSION old blog, now gone

The band:

Herbie Hancock: Keys
Dave Holland: Bass
Chris Potter: Saxophone
Lionel Loueke: Guitar
Vinnie Colaiuta: Drums
Sonya Kitchell: Vocals
Amy Keys: Vocals

Set list:
01. Herbie Intro
02. Actual Proof
03. River
04. When Love Comes To Town
05. Edith And The Kingpin
06. Bass Solo
07. Piano Solo
08. All I Want
09. Guitar Solo
10. Drum Solo
11. Cantaloupe Island

Encore:
12. Chameleon
13. ?
14. ?

Tech :
Total time: 116.47 / Recorded by: kdj / Lineage: STC-11 > STC-9000 > iHP-120 > FLAC

Vienna, France , June 30th, 2008

@ T.U.B.E

(dead link) 

Musicians

Herbie Hancock (piano, keyboards)

Chris Potter (tenor sax)

Dave Holland (double bass, el - bass)

Vinnie Colaiuta (drums)

Lionel Loueke (guitar, vocal)

Sonya Kitchell (vocal)

Amy Keys (vocal)

126:44

"The River of Possibilities Tour"

Set list:

01 - Introduction (3:29)

02 - Actual Proof (14:00)

03 - River (7:49)

04 - All I Want (5:55)

05 - When Love Comes to Town (8:53)

06 - Bass Intro (4:57)

07 - Maiden Voyage (15:14)

08 - A Song for You (8:19)

09 - Virgin Forest (11:20)

10 - Cantaloupe Island (16:37)

11 - Chameleon I (19:54)

12 - Chameleon II (10:13)

Info

(TV broadcast DVD rip, mp3@256)

Live at JazzFest Berlin,

Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany

9th November 2008

@ Bogard's Jazztapes

(dead link) 

Line-up:
Herbie Hancock, p
Terence Blanchard, tp
James Genus, b
Grégoire Maret, harmonica
Kendrick Scott, dr

Setlist:
01 intros 03:21
02 Actual Proof 10:34
03 Speak Like A Child - V (The Visitor) 29:16
04 Seven Teens 26:18
05 Chameleon 12:31

TT: 1:22:00
Format: Mp2
DVB-S@320, 48kHz > raw data > ProjextX > mp3DirectCut > mp2
(lossy recording seeded in its original broadcast codec)

DOWNLOADABLE PODCASTS from ROPEADOPE

1. BELDEN ON HERBIE
Concentrates on Hancock's session work from 1965-70

2. HERBIE / HEADHUNTERS 1973-1974
Live recordings, including some of the shows above.

3. HERBIE HANCOCK 1975-1980
Live recordings.


TORRENTS, TORRENTS, TORRENTS
At least ten more live 70s Herbie Hancock shows are to be found via torrent at Dime-A-Dozen. You need to create a (free) account there.

WHY NOT BECOME REALLY OBSESSIVE ?
There are no file links here - db.etree is a database of live music bootlegs, including many Herbie Hancock shows, showing tracks and personnel. Users can leave messages seeking a particular show. Clicking the above link will take you to listings for all live Herbie Hancock bootlegs from 1966-2007.

CAN YOU HELP?

See all the dead links ?

Do you have them ? Did you download them? Can you upload them?

Thanks in advance for any help .... though no-one ever responds to re-up requests, hmmm

Comments are always appreciated too ....