Herbie Hancock: Crossings (1972)
Kronomyth 11.0: STAR TREK. Herbie Hancock continued his experiments in fusion by mixing jazz, funk and electronic space music on Crossings. While I…
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Herbie Hancock: Mwandishi (1971)
Kronomyth 10.0: I CHANT BE GONE LONG, YOU COME TOO. Untethered and touching all of the cosmos at once. That’s the impression I…
Chick Corea/Herbie Hancock/Keith Jarrett/McCoy Tyner (1976)
This elpee was a source of speculation for years, as I wondered what such a serendipitous summit of ivory merchants might sound like…
Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles (1964)
Kronomyth 4.0: EMPIRICAL MILES. This is the first truly great Herbie Hancock record, featuring the current Miles Davis lineup with Freddie Hubbard as…
Herbie Hancock: My Point of View (1963)
Kronomyth 2.0: BLIND WATERMELON. Herbie shuffles the lineup but plays pretty much the same cards on My Point of View. His second album…
Herbie Hancock: Future Shock (1983)
Kronomyth 35.0: SHOCK A KHAN. You wake up one morning, wash your face, turn on the idiot box and find that the revolution…
Wayne Shorter: Etcetera (1980)
Kronomyth 11.3: COLLEC2BL. There are days when I’m convinced the United States hasn’t contributed anything to the world except for jazz and a…
The Best of Herbie Hancock (1979)
Kronomyth: DA BEST OF DEFUNCT. In the second half of the Seventies, Herbie Hancock put most of his energy into advancing the state…
Herbie Hancock: Speak Like A Child (1968)
Kronomyth 7.0: NOW WE ARE SIX. You never forget the first time you have a sextet. Herbie Hancock had poured most of his…
Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage (1965)
Kronomyth 5.0: WATER YOU’RE WAITING FOR. If time had been a kinder mistress, I might have waxed soft and eloquent about so many…
Herbie Hancock Discography
At the moment, I’d be inclined to call Herbie Hancock the greatest jazz pianist of his generation. The early Blue Note recordings are…
Joe Zawinul: Zawinul (1971)
A way bitchin’ solo album/tone poem from Z that pre-dates the Weather Report gig and features Miroslav Vitous, Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock.
Wayne Shorter: Adam’s Apple (1966)
Kronomyth 7.0: SAX APPLE. The earlier Blue Note albums (Juju, Speak No Evil, The All-Seeing Eye) basically amounted to program music around the…
Herbie Hancock: Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
Kronomyth 3.0: AVANT GOURD. Herbie Hancock’s third album, and first since joining the Miles Davis Quintet, finds the pianist in an experimental mood…