Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Herbie Hancock - 'Man With a Suitcase' - comp. 20






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Hello. Yes, it's been 18 months, so I thought I'd get an entry in for what's left of 2015. 

I was listening to the blistering Herbie Hancock rhodes solo in Joe Farrell's fantastic cover of Stevie Wonder's "Too High", and decided to compile some of my favourite Hancock electric piano tracks from other people's albums - so here's a selection from 1968-1978. The compilation title refers to the portable "suitcase" Fender Rhodes. 

Of course, there are endless Miles Davis tracks from this period with Hancock on rhodes, and I didn't want to get bogged down there, but I've included 1968's "Stuff" because you can hear Hancock in transition, using the Rhodes in a raw state, referencing his acoustic piano style while he learns the new instrument. This continues throughout the turn of the decade through tracks like Joe Henderson's "Black Narcissus"; Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay" and Miroslav Vitouš' "Infinite Search".

Within a few years, Hancock''s already developed his clustered chord structures and adjusted the amplification for a punchier, rhythmic style on tracks like Joe Farrell's "Too High" and Milt Jackson's "People Make the world Go Round". He's also exploring the in-built chorus, tremelo, delay and panning effects, and incorporating them in his writing and playing style on tracks like Eddie Henderson's "Scorpio-Libra"and Norman Connors' "Blue"and "Revelation".

The latest track here is Quincy Jones' beautifully-orchestrated 1978 version of Hancock's "Tell Me a Bedtime Story". Jones has scored Hancock's rhodes solo from the 1969 original version for strings, then brought Hancock in to create new textures around that arrangement. 

TRACKLIST

01 Miles Davis - Stuff (1968)
02 Joe Henderson - Black Narcissus (1969)
03 Miroslav Vitouš - Infinite Search (1970)
04 Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (1970)
05 Norman Connors - Blue (1972)
06 Milt Jackson - People Make The World Go Round (1973)
07 Norman Connors - Revelation (1974)
08 Freddie Hubbard & Stanley Turrentine ‎– Hornets (1974)
09 Eddie Henderson - Scorpio-Libra (1973)
10 Harvey Mason - Hop Scotch (1975)
11 Joe Farrell - Too High (1974)
12 Norman Connors - Carlos II (1974)
13 Quincy Jones - Tell Me A Bedtime Story (1978)
14 Eddie Henderson - Ecstasy  (1978)
15 Miroslav Vitouš - Epilogue (1970)

It seems that Divshare has died, so all of the previews on previous posts are gone, grrrrr .... I'd appreciate any advice about other players I can use - even during the writing of this post, Soundcloud has deleted a few of my preview excerpts because they sensed what they were. I've re-upped all previews on the blog three times now, and I realise that nothing ever lasts. 

For those of you who are new, there are more rhodes compilations here,  there's a large selection of live Herbie Hancock 1970s bootlegs here, or just browse through the blog for other stuff - it's all active ... for now .... 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this 20th rhodes compilation - grab it from the links at the top of the post, and please say hi in the comments below, so I know that I'm not just talking to myself.

107 comments:

  1. Super awesome!!!! Thanks so much- this in my best Christmas present (no, really) !!!

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  2. thank you, this is very much appreciated!
    love your comps, really great stuff. merry christmas

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  3. I think the reason there aren't more comments at this point is that most people didn't think to RSS-subscribe to the comments for Rhodes #3 as I did. So most people don't know about it yet. But they will over time. This is the gift that keeps on giving. ;) Thanks again…

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  4. Much appreciated
    Merry Christmas
    Happy New Year

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  5. thank you Simon for this great christmas gift as I'm a great Herbie Hancock fan!!
    @KimH,you are right,I haven't checked blogs for at least a year,and I luckily found never enough rhodes blogwatch,and I check it daily:)

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  6. Great blog! Keep up the good work.

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  7. Props. The Herbie joints have always been killer.

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  8. Beautiful. I'm enjoying hugely. Thanks and Happy Christmas.

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  9. Hey man thanks so much for all of this amazing music! Just want to say it's much appreciated! Really feeling the love! Hope you have a wonderful holidays!!

    Best,

    Chris

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  10. Thank you very much for the latest post. Always appreciated. Everything you post is always spot on. Happy christmas.

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  11. Great to see you back. Solid comp - much better than X-Mas music. Thank you.

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  12. Thank you for this blog! It's a great inspiration! Happy X-Mas!

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  13. Hi,

    now I"m sure, Santa exists !!!

    Merry Christmas

    Dominique

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  14. Thanks a million for this. Sean

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  15. THANK YOU FROM ITALY.

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  16. Thankz Brother Simon. Happy Holidays....

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  17. Beautiful post Simon!
    Great to hear these old favourites in new juxtapositions.
    Holiday greetings and all the best!!

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  18. Thanks TN and everyone for the comments, good to see you're enjoying this one :)

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  19. Holy sh*t, Simon is back on the airwaves!! (So to speak) This is a Christmas present indeed... DLing now and can't wait to hear the mix you've curated. Thanks man!

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  20. Really great to hear from you again - best wishes - good health and lots of love for you and your loved ones grtz from Chris (Belgium)

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  21. Nice! I've discovered a lot of new & excellent music thanks to your blog.
    Thanks large!

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  22. A huge thank you again for your excellent work!
    Tasty, accurate, inspiring...

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  23. Great to see you're still alive and well. As always, an awesome compilation. Love how you refer to it as a "portable" suitcase. That sucka was heavy! Keep on keepin' on, best wishes for a great 2016, and keep the Rhodes work coming!

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  24. Brilliant selection again, great to see you are still on it! Hope you can come again in 2016, best wishes for the new year

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  25. Wonderful site! Grabbing your comp #20 now (even tho I think I have all the songs already!) and looking forward to the Herbie Hancock boots you have listed. Thanks from a new user!

    -Bri

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  26. I haven't been here long time. Thank you so much!

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  27. You aren't talking to your self, haha. Great work hope to see you continue to keep this site alive - thanks!!

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  28. This Herbie Hancock comp looks crazy good... thanks for what you do, Simon! Really enjoying perusing your blog.

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  29. This is a remarkable compilation. I am sure I have heard all of these but to have them together is quite delightful! Thanks so much for this effort!!!

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  30. Great to see the blog is still live.. looking forward to checking this out. Thanks!

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  31. Welcome back, and thank you for such a thoughtfully curated and sequenced comp. You are the man.

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  32. super, thank you so much

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  33. Thanks very very very much!!!!
    I love this blog and I love Fender Rhodes!!!
    Long live to Never Enough Rohdes!!!

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  34. Thanks for this post. I have about half of the records on this comp already, but I really want to hear the other half. I also enjoyed looking through some of the historical posts and sampling some Herbie boots. cheers.

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  35. heyyyyyyy love your stuff, i'm pleasantly surprised to see if you're still active! keep up the good work

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  36. Great to see so many of you here, thanks for the comments folks :)

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  37. Great to see you back. I just tried to reproduce the playlist in Spotify and it's all there except the two Eddie Henderson tracks.
    Thanks for the great selection!

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  38. can't thank you enough for these compilations!

    please keep it up, even if it's once every couple of years =)

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  39. Yessssss! Another killer compilation. Thank you!

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  40. This is awesome, thanks a lot!
    I have discovered your blog recently and I'm really loving it, not just for the downloads but also for the wealth of great information. Please don't wait another 18 months for the next post.
    Best regards from Spain,
    Shakin' David.

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  41. What the.. Boy am I ever late to the party. I'm chagrined that I missed this but you know I'm on board for this, the tracklist is great. And I definitely need to get more of those boots.

    I also have not found an alternative for Divshare just for streaming tracks. YouTube seems to have nearly everything now so I use that a lot, but I liked having that discrete little music player applet embedded in a post.

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  42. YO!!! My dear friend in Jazz. I've been a fan of your work since probably 2010 when I first found your blog. Countless life changing items. I wanted to reach out - I host a jazz radio show here in Houston. I was looking for a copy of Harold Vick's Steppin' Out! (Blue Note) but it directs to Ile Oxumare - another amazing blog that I've been locked out of for a long time, which has been a heartbreaker. Any idea how I get invited to that blog? I'm on Instagram at "mingus.sushi" and email is sbarb84@gmail.com. Thanks for all your great work man!! Much appreciated. Big fan forever. I posted about you and your brethren on IG a while back (found a Frank Strazzeri you posted about a long time ago, recently). If you need anything that I may have that you don't, which is a long shot, just let me know. PEACE!!!!

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  43. Hi Flabbergast, good to see you :) Hi Bink - I'm sorry, I don't have a copy of that, and I know that Ile Oxumare is not active, he's just kept the blog there in case he wanted to start it up again sometime in the future. Anyway I dug around and there seems to be one here : http://uploaded.net/file/lyziaj6k

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  44. So good to see you back posting - and this is just a fabulous compilation.

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  45. awesome - glad to see life here! this looks superb. thanks.

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  46. hi there! i just wanted to say a big thank you because i found heaven with your compilations :-) i am a huge fan of the fender rhodes sound, my favourite release of all times is "realization" by eddie henderson with the mighty herbie on the rhodes , backed up by the also great dr. gleeson on synthies. but surely you know this one :-) thanx again and best wishes from graz, austria! walter

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  47. Bonjour,
    On the rhodes again !
    Avec plaisir

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  48. dear sir
    your work is awesome! the amount of effort and dedication you put in th is blog is just phenomenal and deserves agnolegdement!
    thank you very much,
    this is priceless.

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  49. Great compilation Simon,always good music!
    Thanks a lot :)
    Enjoy life
    Peace
    Soul Gentleman

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  50. I don't know if you are talking to yourself or not, but I heard you, and thanks! - Bill Hayes

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  51. Fabulous mixtape! Much love and many thanks.

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  52. Thanks for all the comments folks :)

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  53. Super Sweet! Thanks from Seattle. Came from Aquariam Drunkard

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  54. The more I listen to this, the more I love it.

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  55. good to se that you're still alive simon. the eddie henderson is my favorite. peace and much love to you

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  56. Compilation's kickin

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  57. Thanks Simon... looking forward to this - I'm sure it'll be up to your usual (very) high standards.

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  58. Thank You for so much music! Motivates me to spend my money at Diskogs :)
    Greetings from Germany

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  59. so so so so so so good

    thanks for maintaining the links and the info and the generous good cheer.

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  60. So pleased to discover you are still compiling brilliant rhodes music Simon.

    This is another stellar selection.

    Thank you Thank you Thank you.

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  61. Great compilation! And in wav format. Thank you from Istanbul!

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  62. Never enough neverenoughrhodes. The joke is stupid and certainly very very old but it's absolutely true. Thanks for this gold mine!

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  63. thanks for the herbie... be listining.

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  64. Very nice collection! I've only heard a few of these tracks before so most of it was new to me. Great stuff all around. Thanks for posting.

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  65. Just a note to let you know that this is the bomb. I've been listening to it pretty steady for the last two months, and i've taken trips down all the different passages, too. Deep thanks.

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  66. thanks for the nice comments folks, glad you're getting into it.

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  67. Your work is highly appreciated, thanks a lot!

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  68. if you want to use a site for uploading try...mixcloud.com

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  69. Your work is still alive and appreciated. Can't wait to dive deep into this.

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  70. Thanks for this. A nice perspective on a varied collecction. I put it together as a Spotify playlist (minus two unavailable tracks) which anybody can listen to here:

    https://open.spotify.com/user/davidwalterhall/playlist/6u1dK8TG97gpwmvASJc9np

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  71. Muchas gracias, publicasa cosas muy buenas: Me fascina el sonido del Rhodes. Un abrazo desde las islas Canarias

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  72. Gracias El Canario, estoy feliz de que usted está disfrutando de la música :) Thanks also to J.Nvrmind and David for your comments.

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  73. Great, just great! Great selections, speechless, luv it!
    Find it back on my mix page https://www.mixcloud.com/ODEZZA/
    Waiting for new ;) !!!

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  74. Many thanks! Keep it up Simon!

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  75. It really is a great compilation. I already knew some the tunes but also many have been new to me. thank you very much!

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  76. Thanks Bernd & others, glad you're enjoying it.

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  77. Thanks for the great selection!
    Waiting for Compilation #21...

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  78. Love me some rhodes,so this one really looks tasty.:)

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  79. It's been too long since you've dazzled us with one of your great collections. There are plenty of great tunes you've already made available - I don't NEED any more - but want you to know how much you're appreciated. Thanks for 20 amazing playlists.

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  80. Beautiful collections and vibes Simon, thanks for a rare treat. Hope to hear more in 2017, best wishes

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  81. Hey Simon, it's been a while. Nice compilation, I'm listening to it now!

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  82. It's 2017 and the link still works! THANK YOU and hello! I can't wait to listen to this one.

    All the best.
    K
    USA

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  83. beauty! thanks!
    Doug Riley had a band called Dr Music who made an alb titled after Herbie's tune Bedtime Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAgC48KD3gM
    and his lovely solo alb Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkTspw4oxbQ

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  84. Thanks very much.


    I too am anonymous.

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  85. You're not talking to yourself. Thank for all the links and great music

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  86. YOU ARE NOT ALONE, MY FRIEND. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECORD AND GREETINGS FROM BUENOS AIRES!!!! NOS VEMOS!!! GRACIAS!!!

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  87. Holy crap, this site is awesome. Thanks for all the work collating these.

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  88. Still loving this compilation along with all the others my friend. Thank you with all my heart.

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  89. its great having all these tracks in one place
    thank u
    robert

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  90. Hell Yes!!!
    Love your compilations
    thanks man

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  91. Hello Hello! Time to come back! WE NEED THIS MUSIC! William Marschall

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  92. oh well, I'll try again (meant well with my last attempt to comment!).

    wonderful resource of fantastic quality vinyl rips.
    thanks for keeping it online for everyone.

    Marc

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  93. Please, keep it coming!
    best music blog!!

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  94. Simon, please get back with the blog!!! :D

    Greetings from Brasil

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