Miles took a "bad" chord and made it music - Herbie took that moment and made it wisdom for the rest of us. I salute this, and hope others can keep building on it.
@@etiennemiemczyk7081 Start a Satanic jam band. Not doom metal or anything, just normal jamming but everything very consistently sounds like agonizing garbage.
*"Do not fear mistakes. There are none."* - Miles Davis, _Miles: The Autobiography_ I relied a lot on this quote by Davis to center myself during the days when I struggled with anxiety attacks.
If you fear mistakes in music, then you will never have the courage to experiment, which is trial and error. Also i have gotten pretty good at covering "mistakes" or more accurately unintended events by repeating them and using them as starting points like miles did. But I doubt Miles even heard it as a mistake
"Miles didn't heard it as a mistake, he heard it as something that happened, just an event, and so that was part of the reality of what was happening at that moment, and he dealt with it", nice concept there.
Miles was like, when Herbie fell over the piano, aa that's an #F minor #11 sus 2 with B in the bass, really inovative Herbie. Not like those butter notes you played earlier.
@@Roxanneredpanda And you literally don’t know what order those words should be in, so maybe you should stop trying to correct other people’s grammar, eh?
@@aweik4937 you literally don't understand the possessive case by leaving an apostrophe off "people's" so you shouldn't correct other people correcting other people's posts.
This is one of the most important and key things to being a musician/playing in a band, being able to follow each other and adapt to what each person is playing.
I was fifteen when Future Shock came out, still have it on cassette. As I got older and more into jazz mind was blown on the rest of his career. Awkward being born in 1967, much of my first exposure to Beatles songs was in the awful Sargent Pepper movie, talk about a screwed up initial world view.
Isn't that what Jazz is all about. Spontaneity, thinking out of the box, taking something standard and embellishing upon it to create a stylized version of the original. Musical resourcefulness baby !
People criticized Miles Davis but could not be more accommodating than he was. All musicians of all races speak highly of him. The man was simply a genius, always reinventing himself and his music!
This was a demonstration of his generosity at that particular moment, I consider this something very important, especially in art. I am grateful to Miles for sharing his music and Herbie for giving such a meaningful statement.
Honestly, as profound as the lesson is, I think it takes a certain type of intellect to appreciate the fullness of the situation. So, major props to Herbie, and Miles, off course.
Wow! Not only does that "wrong" chord show what a great musician Miles was, but also the depth of philosophical prospective Herbie was able to glean from it. I wonder if Miles recognized that aspect of his playing. Thanks for the post!
I don't belong in the conversation. But I say it to my kids, "If you are the better man, be the better man. And if you aren't, then why are you complaining." Thank you for the perspective.
I heard Vinnie C.,tell a story about playing with Herbie where he was so blown away by a solo part Herbie played, he stopped playing altogether. After the song or gig, Vinnie told Herbie what happened and Herbie said, “I thought sitting out was your contribution to the song at that moment”. So, it seems Herbie treats his fellow musicians the same way… Class.
I recall the tape recorder thing from Miles' book which is one of the best reads I had in my life. I love Herbie, he's such a music scientist with huge heart and soul.
"Remember, there are no mistakes, only new parts." - Rush's Geddy Lee to audience. "I don't call 'em mistakes, I 'em call happy accidents." -Bob Ross "Worship the Glitch" -Coil
I love Herbie Hancock. How can you not? I'm a middling pianist with failing hands, but he just makes me love what I CAN do. His brilliance brings me joy and is never at the expense of my own parameters.
I saw Herbie and Wayne Shorter a few years ago in Tokyo and sat about 20 feet from the stage. Watching them live is mesmerizing... it's more than a concert or gig. They were still incredible (and tireless) at 77 and 84 years old. Esperanza Spalding was on bass and Terri Lyne Carrington on drums. It felt like watching history being made.
It's so crazy watching the laid back Herbie talking about this reunion of giants, where he of course belonged, and make it sound so intimate and enjoyable for all of them.
+Brewsk Litovsk I think you mean "tapes". Herbie taped everything in those days according to his autobiography. I'm sure he treasures them to this day. This interview looks like early-mid 80s so Miles was still alive. Joe Zawinul worked with a cassette recorder to record his improvisations and transcribe his tunes from those. At his death there were over 600 tapes, which went to his son. Maybe some day those and Herbie's will be available.
@@Studio-62 The last thing I want if for Herbie, another jazz great, to pass away. So I can't help feeling guilty that I am excited for those tapes to be released haha....
I had heard that Myles Davis believed that there are "no wrong notes...just different choices". Well I guess this is a perfect example of his theory. Amazing story.
Yes...this is something I read is Miles' Bio where he said Dizzy and Bird taught him that what determines a bad note during improvising is the very next note(s) you play. Miles said they taught him how to make something magical out of what first was thought to be a mistake. Life lesson for sure!
A very meaningful experience on stage sounds like a metaphor for life. I have been listening to classical and jazz from Herbie for many years, and also play classical guitar as a hobby. Miles Davis is another unique great artist. Thank you Herbie.
Miles was one of the greatest musician of all time I’ve been listening to Miles since I was in the womb!!! My father listen to all of my life so I understand his greatness!!!
People throw the word genius around pretty lightly these days, but Both Herbie and Miles were and are special as musicians beyond any normal ability or achievement. Great story...
When you revolutionize your field - you are usually, technically considered a genius in the creative sense of the word. Miles did that two or three times ...
"Miles could make sound right what was wrong" I've always thought that... his recordings are full of such points - even with mistakes of his own. I've always thought it was one of his most amazing qualities
This quartet was amazing, so rooted, talented, full of energy, spiritual energy and creativity. When listening back to late concerts from around 1967 I get the feeling that they are on another planet, so good and special.
Wow. I did not expect to gain a tremendous life lesson out of this video, but I sure did. This applies way beyond just playing jazz. There are no mistakes in life, just changes (badum-tish) that you can either adapt to or resent.
Wow ... just discovered that Herbie is 80 years young! It caught my ear that he was playing a gig in the early 60s with Miles ... so Herbie would have been 23ish. Uh ... wow again.
Perfect anecdote to describe what made jazz unique. An adjustment like Miles' can't happen in a classical concert, and no one would care if a wrong note was played in a rock, bluegrass, country, or pop concert (happens a lot, & with no adjustment).
I have not been afraid of "wrong" notes since about 1957. I don't even call them wrong notes. I just regard them as notes premature or delayed notes or misplaced notes.
So what I got out of this is that Mr. Hancock must be sitting on an absolute gold mine of stereo reel-to-reel tapes of gigs with this outfit from back in their glory days.
this makes a lot of sense to me. ive listened to a lot of jazz, and the greats really knew how to bang out the oddest notes and make it work, even if it takes 10 more notes to fit it in. cheers
Reminds me... I was playing a jazz solo on tenor in a little club in San Jose Calif, and I had my tape recorder going. I was solidly in the zone, not knowing or caring what key we were in or the names of the notes I was playing. My horn was scat singer. There was no me. All of a sudden, a note popped out that was not anticipated. I snapped me out of the zone and let out a yelp - a sort of apology. Surprisingly, members of the audience echoed the yelp. They thought it was enthusiasm.. I played on. At solo's end, the crowd went nuts. I never thought about it until just now, but maybe what I played after the yelp made the wrong note right. What I do know is that when I listened to the tape, the phrase ending with the mistake was wonderful, blue, jazzy. The yelp wasn't bad either.
There are 150 people that disliked this video. Why? What's wrong with them? Herbie is nice and a genius and is giving a great piece of advice learned from another genius. And overall he tells it really nice. What's wrong with you that you can't you love it?
@@OdaKa A Pointless, irrelevant, arrogant and stupidly reactionary comment. So you like the extremely rich owning everything, taking more and more, not paying taxes, living above the law, turning the police into a violent militarized racist occupation force and removing our democracy for oligarchy as both the GOP and DNC (twice sabotaged Sanders) filth do? And you blame poor and desperate and the victims of this? Pathetic self glorification ('I am a hard working real man' as though there are not others out there working harder for less or not enough to live properly) reactionary garbage by Mr self Righteous! Oh btw I studied and jammed with Musicians who played with Miles Davis and I love his genius work if not his personality.
@@vladdrakul7851 Oh, btw, I studied and jammed with Musicians who played with Freddy Fortnoy and we all how important that was. And, oh, btw, no one "sabotaged" Bernie, he sold out. Check his bank acct. and home ownership before and after the Clinton/Trump fiasco. Politicians are not heroes, they are arses, "upon whom everyone has sat, except a man." e. e. cummings
@@farshimelt first Freffie Fortnoy is nothing while Miles Davis is an important GENIUS.. 2ND YOUR cheap shallow parrot DROPPINGS are just MSM rhetoric, Tulsi GABBARD DID NOT SELL OUT AND IT CHANGES NOTHING about the fact THAT THE DNC DID WRONG, sabotaging the process of democracy and primaries as well as screwing over yes a cowardly weak Bernie. HOW TIRESOME SUPERFICIAL TOOLS LIKE YOU ARE. ANOTHER POINTLESS COMMENTBY ANOTHER superficial fool. Free Assange! watch and learn. *Biden Will Shut Down Left Voices w/Chris Hedges*
It sounds like he’s describing this performance at just over 40min: ua-cam.com/video/kJq3j4rA0o0/v-deo.html Different tune, but the minute long pause he took that he was talking about is there
So awesome! I've seen evidence for this with rythm... On electric bass I've been able to fix rhythmic mistakes(events) on the other Instruments, by rushing or slowing my next couple of beats. I've seen a drummer do it to fix my bad bass notes rhythmically after I've already played them. I cant imagine being able to do it harmonically like Miles Davis. Awesome interview, thanks for the Koan!
I'm not at the level of musicianship yet where I could do something like that myself, but I've had other people helping me like that when I went a little off the rails in a solo or something for example when I was trying to play a quintuplet hemiola but didn't quite hit it
I cannot even imagine what it would be like to be Herbie! I could listen to his Miles Stories for Hours. The Magic he has witnessed, created, and performed, cannot be topped. To actually be a part of “So WHAT”, on Stage, with the greatest Jazz
Just came to this after watching the 1988 interview with Miles where he gives his POV - that there are no bad notes, and the next note can correct the "bad" note. So good. Mind expanding.
It is alway amazing to hear geniuses discuss situations with other geniuses. Thanks once again Mr. Hancock....p.s the recent concert at the Hollywood Bowl was awesome. (2019)
Great musicians are always ready to improvise and should always be prepared to recover from any mistake.. Miles was a Professional Musician about the whole situation.. Genius !!
I am so fortunate that I was able to be in the audience (front row middle seat balcony) at the Chicago Theater '88. My birthday present to me. 2 1/2 hrs. straight with no actual intermission! Band members took individual breaks and solos! Miles would come and go, mainly come out to play during before and after the soloists and full band! Purely magical !
What a great story. So glad Herbie is here to tell positive tales, about these older legends, with whom he got to play. And they were lucky to have him, as the bridge over generational divergence. I would love to hear him reflect on working with Grant Green. Thank you, Mr Hancock.
Herbie Hancock - Miles Davis. A very experienced musician who loves music and what he does as a musician is capable of turning the incorrect piano chords into the right chord through improvisation. Very very true artists. Quite sure Herbie Hancock can do that too. That quintet was and is the best ever. Linda Beth Lawson,
I almost bailed out on this story because of the long intro, and I am so thankful I hung on to hear this profoundly beautiful story about a man I thought was talented but cold. Herbie, I have ALWAYS loved you!
Playing in a band involves an insane amount of team work. Team work means that you help your fellow musician, even if they made a mistake during your feature. You'll learn a lot from yourself by making mistakes live. And I mean A LOT!
After he said “I’ve got so many stories I could tell about Myles Davis,” he smiles for a sec, as if he knows a lot of stuff that wouldn’t be appropriate to share lol
This just shows how in tune he was with his band and his environment. Learning that he recorded the soundtrack for the French movie Elevator to the Gallows as he's WATCHING the film just amazes me!!!
That was really cool....... I was having a down day before I listened to this. Herbie, you’re a wise man. Every setback is an equal or greater opportunity.
That is right! Miles Davis took it as an event, dealt with it and responded in a harmonious way, hence the word responsibility - the ability of a player to respond.
It's funny that there is a legendary clip on UA-cam during the era of this story where Herbie interrupted Miles' Solo. Its astounding that we even have such an amount of information to cross reference moments from these times.
Miles took a "bad" chord and made it music - Herbie took that moment and made it wisdom for the rest of us. I salute this, and hope others can keep building on it.
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Yes, if one wants a great example of the oh so cliche "win-win", there it is
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"Pura verdade"
The man who never made mistakes never made anything.
Love this
Man that very profound
BEAUTEEEEEEEFUUUULLL.
A única vez que errei foi quando achei que tinha cometido um erro.
“Anything played wrong twice in a row is the beginning of an arrangement.”
~Frank Zappa~
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@@muhammadaryawicaksono4232 THAT SOUNDS TAUTOLOGICAL.
Thats why I tune my guitar a semitone flat
@@etiennemiemczyk7081 Start a Satanic jam band. Not doom metal or anything, just normal jamming but everything very consistently sounds like agonizing garbage.
@@squatchjosh1131 fantomas
*"Do not fear mistakes. There are none."*
- Miles Davis, _Miles: The Autobiography_
I relied a lot on this quote by Davis to center myself during the days when I struggled with anxiety attacks.
If you fear mistakes in music, then you will never have the courage to experiment, which is trial and error. Also i have gotten pretty good at covering "mistakes" or more accurately unintended events by repeating them and using them as starting points like miles did. But I doubt Miles even heard it as a mistake
"There are no accidents."
-Master Oogway
"Miles didn't heard it as a mistake, he heard it as something that happened, just an event, and so that was part of the reality of what was happening at that moment, and he dealt with it", nice concept there.
Yep
Miles was like, when Herbie fell over the piano, aa that's an #F minor #11 sus 2 with B in the bass, really inovative Herbie. Not like those butter notes you played earlier.
Miles after Herbie messes up: Finally, some good fucking music
you spelt literally F# wrong
@@Roxanneredpanda And you literally don’t know what order those words should be in, so maybe you should stop trying to correct other people’s grammar, eh?
@@aweik4937 😂😂
@@aweik4937 you literally don't understand the possessive case by leaving an apostrophe off "people's" so you shouldn't correct other people correcting other people's posts.
I came here for a cool Miles David story and I’m leaving feeling better equipped to face life.
Me too 🤓🎯👍
Me three 🎺
Me David
every preseason, we vikings fans need to collect anything that will help us face life. except an o line, obviously.
@@Dylpostino 😂
"There's no bad note, the note next to the one you think is bad, corrects the one in front." - Miles Davis 1988.
I was surprised to hear Hancocks comments, especially as a musician. Everyone knows jazz is about improvisation, no?
A related jazz insight from Miles I heard him say once was "If you play the wrong note, do it again like you meant it". Top tip!
This is pure jazz zen.
This is one of the most important and key things to being a musician/playing in a band, being able to follow each other and adapt to what each person is playing.
i remember when Herbie made the scene with Rockit on MTV in the early 80s and he was described as musical newcomer ! Can you imagine that?!
Lmao 😂🤦🏻♂️
Dear god hahaha 🤦♂️😂
I was fifteen when Future Shock came out, still have it on cassette. As I got older and more into jazz mind was blown on the rest of his career. Awkward being born in 1967, much of my first exposure to Beatles songs was in the awful Sargent Pepper movie, talk about a screwed up initial world view.
This is what is important for people to know about Jazz. Open minds, open hearts, and understanding.
Isn't that what Jazz is all about. Spontaneity, thinking out of the box, taking something standard and embellishing upon it to create a stylized version of the original. Musical resourcefulness baby !
People criticized Miles Davis but could not be more accommodating than he was. All musicians of all races speak highly of him. The man was simply a genius, always reinventing himself and his music!
The music changed but Miles was himself, consistently, throughout his recorded career. His solos on all his recordings sound like him.
This was a demonstration of his generosity at that particular moment, I consider this something very important, especially in art. I am grateful to Miles for sharing his music and Herbie for giving such a meaningful statement.
Didn't expect this message when I clicked on the link but I'll never forget it now that I'm here! Thanks Mr. Hancock and Mr. Davis.
The main thing Mr. Hancock learnt is actually a fantastic lesson for life. Excellent!
What a privilege to see an interview with Herbie Hancock
Honestly, as profound as the lesson is, I think it takes a certain type of intellect to appreciate the fullness of the situation. So, major props to Herbie, and Miles, off course.
Wow! Not only does that "wrong" chord show what a great musician Miles was, but also the depth of philosophical prospective Herbie was able to glean from it. I wonder if Miles recognized that aspect of his playing. Thanks for the post!
Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Grover Washington jr. are some of the greatest musicians that our country has ever had.
So he's saying he played a wrong chord and Miles was like "so what?"
LOLOLOL
Yes, he was "miles ahead" of the rest of us.
I think Miles was thinking: "Wow!"
Kind of
Touché
I don't belong in the conversation. But I say it to my kids, "If you are the better man, be the better man. And if you aren't, then why are you complaining." Thank you for the perspective.
I heard Vinnie C.,tell a story about playing with Herbie where he was so blown away by a solo part Herbie played, he stopped playing altogether. After the song or gig, Vinnie told Herbie what happened and Herbie said, “I thought sitting out was your contribution to the song at that moment”.
So, it seems Herbie treats his fellow musicians the same way… Class.
I recall the tape recorder thing from Miles' book which is one of the best reads I had in my life. I love Herbie, he's such a music scientist with huge heart and soul.
"Remember, there are no mistakes, only new parts." - Rush's Geddy Lee to audience.
"I don't call 'em mistakes, I 'em call happy accidents." -Bob Ross
"Worship the Glitch" -Coil
“One of the big problems Miles had with me…” tells you a lot about the nature of their relationship. Herbie is very graceful and tactful person.
I love Herbie Hancock. How can you not? I'm a middling pianist with failing hands, but he just makes me love what I CAN do. His brilliance brings me joy and is never at the expense of my own parameters.
Tony Williams, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Miles. HOLY SH@! what a band!!!
The lakers of jazz music
The only one that might rival that is the Jazz at Massey Hall quinet which was Bird, Diz, Charles Mingus, Buddy Rich, and Max Roach
🔥
I saw Herbie and Wayne Shorter a few years ago in Tokyo and sat about 20 feet from the stage. Watching them live is mesmerizing... it's more than a concert or gig. They were still incredible (and tireless) at 77 and 84 years old.
Esperanza Spalding was on bass and Terri Lyne Carrington on drums. It felt like watching history being made.
My Japanese Prof used to say ''that's not the exact translation ,but it still has a meaning.''
It's so crazy watching the laid back Herbie talking about this reunion of giants, where he of course belonged, and make it sound so intimate and enjoyable for all of them.
Herbie just described a master musician.
Reminds me of Monk who said "the piano ain't got no wrong notes..."
Where did you hear or read that? I'm curious! Thanks for the quote
Monk - " bad performance tonight. I played the wrong wrong notes".
First time I've heard Herbie Hancock talk. If first impressions are important, he just nailed this first impression with me.
You should check out the six part series of lectures he did a couple of years back. There on UA-cam. Really eye opening
No one:
UA-cam: you wanna watch Miles Davis nostalgia?
Me at 3am: yes
Herbie Hancock is 80 now dude still looks amazing.
He does! Saw him in March 2020 before the lockdown and we all were saying the same thing. He’s got the energy of a millennial.
Miles, a true artist. A famous painter once said; "When i make a mistake, my next thought is, should i repeat this or not."
"Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one beautiful one." M. Davis
nice
He never gets old. This is a classic video YES but at 80 something he still is strong.
I love how the story ended up having nothing to do with the tape recorder haha. Anyway, great words Herbie.
vyse75 -- Yeah, that's true; anyway, I wonder what happened to that tape?
+Brewsk Litovsk I think you mean "tapes". Herbie taped everything in those days according to his autobiography. I'm sure he treasures them to this day. This interview looks like early-mid 80s so Miles was still alive. Joe Zawinul worked with a cassette recorder to record his improvisations and transcribe his tunes from those. At his death there were over 600 tapes, which went to his son. Maybe some day those and Herbie's will be available.
@@Studio-62 The last thing I want if for Herbie, another jazz great, to pass away. So I can't help feeling guilty that I am excited for those tapes to be released haha....
I had heard that Myles Davis believed that there are "no wrong notes...just different choices". Well I guess this is a perfect example of his theory. Amazing story.
Yes...this is something I read is Miles' Bio where he said Dizzy and Bird taught him that what determines a bad note during improvising is the very next note(s) you play. Miles said they taught him how to make something magical out of what first was thought to be a mistake. Life lesson for sure!
A very meaningful experience on stage sounds like a metaphor for life. I have been listening to classical and jazz from Herbie for many years, and also play classical guitar as a hobby. Miles Davis is another unique great artist. Thank you Herbie.
Miles was one of the greatest musician of all time I’ve been listening to Miles since I was in the womb!!! My father listen to all of my life so I understand his greatness!!!
People throw the word genius around pretty lightly these days, but Both Herbie and Miles were and are special as musicians beyond any normal ability or achievement. Great story...
When you revolutionize your field - you are usually, technically considered a genius in the creative sense of the word. Miles did that two or three times ...
That story about “the wrong chord” and Miles’ running with it is the mark of a mastermind. “There are no mistakes-just opportunities”!
"Miles could make sound right what was wrong" I've always thought that... his recordings are full of such points - even with mistakes of his own. I've always thought it was one of his most amazing qualities
This quartet was amazing, so rooted, talented, full of energy, spiritual energy and creativity. When listening back to late concerts from around 1967 I get the feeling that they are on another planet, so good and special.
If you’re lucky enough to have played an instrument, you realize how incredible some players are. There are levels to this shit.
In jazz there are no mistakes ; only opportunities.
Nice!
Wow. I did not expect to gain a tremendous life lesson out of this video, but I sure did. This applies way beyond just playing jazz. There are no mistakes in life, just changes (badum-tish) that you can either adapt to or resent.
Ditto
Much more than just a comment about Miles Davis, this is a moment of wisdom of Herbie Hancock. So happy for listen his story.
Miles Davis - Trumpet, Herbie Hancock - Piano, Tony Williams - Drums, Ron Carter - Bass and Wayne Shorter - Sax = Sublime Heaven On Earth.
Wow ... just discovered that Herbie is 80 years young! It caught my ear that he was playing a gig in the early 60s with Miles ... so Herbie would have been 23ish. Uh ... wow again.
Tony Williams was 19 when he went with Miles. Miles was 20 when he played with Bird, Mozart was composing before he was 12.
Perfect anecdote to describe what made jazz unique. An adjustment like Miles' can't happen in a classical concert, and no one would care if a wrong note was played in a rock, bluegrass, country, or pop concert (happens a lot, & with no adjustment).
I have not been afraid of "wrong" notes since about 1957. I don't even call them wrong notes. I just regard them as notes premature or delayed notes or misplaced notes.
Salvador Dali once said, "All mistakes are divine." Sounds like Miles knew that too.
Miles carries that down to a t
I met Salvador Dali once.
As he passed by, I said "Hello Dali" and he ignored me . . . but his face twitched a little.
So what I got out of this is that Mr. Hancock must be sitting on an absolute gold mine of stereo reel-to-reel tapes of gigs with this outfit from back in their glory days.
“It’s all just information. Don’t judge it.”
- my mentor
This has to be one of the greatest story ever told.
Sure, Miles was genius, but Herbie is genius and kindness. Deep respect.
this makes a lot of sense to me. ive listened to a lot of jazz, and the greats really knew how to bang out the oddest notes and make it work, even if it takes 10 more notes to fit it in. cheers
Herbie: Plays wrong chord.
Miles: Hold my beer.
*Hold my butter notes*
With how his voice sounded, he was probably saying: hold my water 😂
I was so impressed when he said that Miles fixed it and then he blew me away when he said it wasn’t even a mistake to miles
Reminds me... I was playing a jazz solo on tenor in a little club in San Jose Calif, and I had my tape recorder going. I was solidly in the zone, not knowing or caring what key we were in or the names of the notes I was playing. My horn was scat singer. There was no me. All of a sudden, a note popped out that was not anticipated. I snapped me out of the zone and let out a yelp - a sort of apology. Surprisingly, members of the audience echoed the yelp. They thought it was enthusiasm.. I played on. At solo's end, the crowd went nuts. I never thought about it until just now, but maybe what I played after the yelp made the wrong note right. What I do know is that when I listened to the tape, the phrase ending with the mistake was wonderful, blue, jazzy. The yelp wasn't bad either.
There are 150 people that disliked this video. Why? What's wrong with them?
Herbie is nice and a genius and is giving a great piece of advice learned from another genius. And overall he tells it really nice. What's wrong with you that you can't you love it?
Maybe they feel like the world owes them a living deedle deedle deedle deedle dum
Eze KB :I am checking for the 21k! That like the video....151 is negligible
@@OdaKa A Pointless, irrelevant, arrogant and stupidly reactionary comment. So you like the extremely rich owning everything, taking more and more, not paying taxes, living above the law, turning the police into a violent militarized racist occupation force and removing our democracy for oligarchy as both the GOP and DNC (twice sabotaged Sanders) filth do? And you blame poor and desperate and the victims of this? Pathetic self glorification ('I am a hard working real man' as though there are not others out there working harder for less or not enough to live properly) reactionary garbage by Mr self Righteous! Oh btw I studied and jammed with Musicians who played with Miles Davis and I love his genius work if not his personality.
@@vladdrakul7851 Oh, btw, I studied and jammed with Musicians who played with Freddy Fortnoy and we all how important that was. And, oh, btw, no one "sabotaged" Bernie, he sold out. Check his bank acct. and home ownership before and after the Clinton/Trump fiasco. Politicians are not heroes, they are arses, "upon whom everyone has sat, except a man." e. e. cummings
@@farshimelt first Freffie Fortnoy is nothing while Miles Davis is an important GENIUS.. 2ND YOUR cheap shallow parrot DROPPINGS are just MSM rhetoric, Tulsi GABBARD DID NOT SELL OUT AND IT CHANGES NOTHING about the fact THAT THE DNC DID WRONG, sabotaging the process of democracy and primaries as well as screwing over yes a cowardly weak Bernie. HOW TIRESOME SUPERFICIAL TOOLS LIKE YOU ARE. ANOTHER POINTLESS COMMENTBY ANOTHER superficial fool. Free Assange! watch and learn. *Biden Will Shut Down Left Voices w/Chris Hedges*
Wow such a great story. Thank You Mr. Hancock. I love hearing Miles Davis stories.
I would kill to see the actual live footage of this.
it's mostly uneventful, just a dissonant chord and Miles playing off it. I highly doubt anyone except Herbie heard it as a mistake
It sounds like he’s describing this performance at just over 40min: ua-cam.com/video/kJq3j4rA0o0/v-deo.html
Different tune, but the minute long pause he took that he was talking about is there
@@the4thstring nah that’s not it. Miles is mad at herbie for comping poorly over his solo and stealing his thunder or something like that
So awesome! I've seen evidence for this with rythm... On electric bass I've been able to fix rhythmic mistakes(events) on the other Instruments, by rushing or slowing my next couple of beats. I've seen a drummer do it to fix my bad bass notes rhythmically after I've already played them. I cant imagine being able to do it harmonically like Miles Davis. Awesome interview, thanks for the Koan!
I'm not at the level of musicianship yet where I could do something like that myself, but I've had other people helping me like that when I went a little off the rails in a solo or something for example when I was trying to play a quintuplet hemiola but didn't quite hit it
My Japanese teacher has yoga classes with Herbie Hancock in New York lmfao
The man is 80 years old. That must be an interesting class haha
Senor Studly I was just thinking the same thing hahaha
He lives in LA now. I’ve met him
Hilarious?
Senor Studly L.A. how long he’s been there probably has. Places in both.
I cannot even imagine what it would be like to be Herbie! I could listen to his Miles Stories for Hours. The Magic he has witnessed, created, and performed, cannot be topped.
To actually be a part of “So WHAT”, on Stage, with the greatest Jazz
So happy I heard Herbie say these words, such a profound insight. Thanks for sharing.
Herbie Hancock masterclass ad before the video. Thank you UA-cam
lmao i laughed at that
@@sc000f thank you thank you. Ill be here all week
I always get the impression that Herbie Hancock could play in any situation and be awesome. He also seems an extremely cool guy.
Just came to this after watching the 1988 interview with Miles where he gives his POV - that there are no bad notes, and the next note can correct the "bad" note. So good. Mind expanding.
Miles really said “So What” to a mistake in So What
It is alway amazing to hear geniuses discuss situations with other geniuses.
Thanks once again Mr. Hancock....p.s the recent concert at the Hollywood Bowl was awesome.
(2019)
Herbie Hancock. One of the greatest musicians living today.
Great musicians are always ready to improvise and should always be prepared to recover from any mistake.. Miles was a Professional Musician about the whole situation.. Genius !!
I am so fortunate that I was able to be in the audience (front row middle seat balcony) at the Chicago Theater '88. My birthday present to me. 2 1/2 hrs. straight with no actual intermission! Band members took individual breaks and solos! Miles would come and go, mainly come out to play during before and after the soloists and full band! Purely magical !
michael wertzy what I’d give to have been in that crowd
I could listen to Herbie Hancock telling stories all day!
nice interview, what a humble dude
Yes it is!
The "mistake" anecdote starting at 2:01 is pure gold.
What a great story. So glad Herbie is here to tell positive tales, about these older legends, with whom he got to play. And they were lucky to have him, as the bridge over generational divergence.
I would love to hear him reflect on working with Grant Green.
Thank you, Mr Hancock.
Awesome story. As Herbie Hancock says: it's a story about life. I really like Herbie's interviews!
you can tell herbie is a really intelligent man
You think?
Herbie Hancock - Miles Davis. A very experienced musician who loves music and what he does as a musician is capable of turning the incorrect piano chords into the right chord through improvisation. Very very true artists. Quite sure Herbie Hancock can do that too. That quintet was and is the best ever.
Linda Beth Lawson,
Sketches of Spain will forever be one of my favorite albums..
I almost bailed out on this story because of the long intro, and I am so thankful I hung on to hear this profoundly beautiful story about a man I thought was talented but cold. Herbie, I have ALWAYS loved you!
Miles was a musical genius. I love this story by another great genius. Thanks for sharing this musical insight.
Playing in a band involves an insane amount of team work. Team work means that you help your fellow musician, even if they made a mistake during your feature.
You'll learn a lot from yourself by making mistakes live. And I mean A LOT!
Powerful lesson from a brilliant man!
After he said “I’ve got so many stories I could tell about Myles Davis,” he smiles for a sec, as if he knows a lot of stuff that wouldn’t be appropriate to share lol
This just shows how in tune he was with his band and his environment. Learning that he recorded the soundtrack for the French movie Elevator to the Gallows as he's WATCHING the film just amazes me!!!
That's a more common occurrence than you would think.
Herbie Hanckok, so intelligent, so handsome, such a genius...Miles Davis (another incredible genius) really knew how to pick his musicians!!
Miles didn't just say "There are no mistakes." He lived it.
That was really cool....... I was having a down day before I listened to this. Herbie, you’re a wise man. Every setback is an equal or greater opportunity.
That is right! Miles Davis took it as an event, dealt with it and responded in a harmonious way, hence the word responsibility - the ability of a player to respond.
It's funny that there is a legendary clip on UA-cam during the era of this story where Herbie interrupted Miles' Solo. Its astounding that we even have such an amount of information to cross reference moments from these times.
Shock and awe, what a powerful story and lesson. Thank you.