Thank you Professor Hancock. I started (trying) to play the guitar after hearing Grant Green and you on "Feeling' the Spirit"! The words of wisdom which you have imparted are acknowledged and accepted.
@@andrewweatherhead4127 I respectfully Thank you Sir! After hearing "Go Down Moses", I went home and picked up a broom, imagining that I was playing the guitar.
What an incredibly noble & inspiring soul you are, Herbie Hancock. Thanks for sharing a glimpse of the greatness that made Miles Davis far more than just an extraordinary trumpet player.
I love this. Hearing the back stories. It reminded me of when I was in a band with Louis Fasman, and one evening we raced our cars the same way, only we got caught. Two trumpet players in court. Louis had his mouthpiece, and was buzzing with it all the time. He later went on to be Maynard Ferguson's lead player.
What a formidable human being. An inspiration and aspirational presence for us to follow. Thank you, Herbie. I’ll make sure my offspring listen to your music and words.
@Tony Sheesh, it's music autobiography, you can't expect any to be Marcuse, or Heidegger....Is that how you pick any and every read? You criteria for picking a book are for it to be 'challenging' ...Ok, how about the Bhagavad Gita, and The Mahabharata, Sanskrit version, is that challenging enough for you?
What can I say, If I already had very high regards for Herbie Hancok as a musician, I can only say, now I can also respect him as a great human being. I had just also heard an interview of Carlos Santana about Miles, this lecture also enlighten my knowledge and respect for Miles. Congratulations for this great and informative Lecture!!!
Listen...listen to Mr Hancock...listen.....he repeats it often....listen...listen to the music...listen to the words, listen to the sounds....listen to the wisdom....listen to your soul...love Hancock.....love the music...love the sound....love the Hancock....love Miles....
This a wonderful to make a noble lecture about the music of a man that changed the course of music more than once.History should remind us of those who dared to challenge the norm the times.Let us see the past as it was only to see the possibilities of the future.Funding in the schools should be replenished , for our children.Art and music is essential to growth well being.Promotion for the arts and humanities is losing ground at this time.Lectures like this is highly regarded in that it will enlighten those who need to be aware of artists that belived in new ideas.Let us not forget the past.Let us move forward with optimism.
I couldn't even remember how the Chameleon bass line went yet it soon came back due to muscle memory - then those butter notes were raised. Suddenly a whole new sound opened up once they were left out - thank you for the much needed inspiration Mr Hancock 👍😊
Stumble on this, not my mistake, guess GOD wants me to hear and learn something from this. Brilliant lecture, from a brilliant man. Thanks to you all, that pave the way for coming generations of blacks both male and female. The likes of you make us proud. GOD bless and keep you all in Jesus name Amen✌
47:45 - "Often what motivates people toward evil, is a distorted view of the reality of life , and our relationship between ourselves and external environment, coupled with one's own sense of powerlessness, insecurity, and the feeling of lack of self-worth." -- He just described most of Harvard.
Great anecdotes about Herbie's inspirational teachers and mentors. Loved his introduction about himself. Thank you Herbie. Had the privileges of attending your concert in Bangkok at a Royal Performance. It was special and memorable concert.
I have loved Miles' music - in particular the 2nd quintet - and have winced when hearing all the negative stuff about him (much of it written by and about himself in his awful autobiography). This offers a corrective, a tribute to his musical genius.
I agree Robert, about Miles Autobiography. I have many biographies by artists of different genres. Miles is probably the worst. I gave it to a charity shop. Hope they managed to get a few cents for it!
Very interesting about the advice from Davis to "leave out the butter notes." It's a little like atonal composers wanting to "liberate dissonance." Replacing more familiar 3rds and 7ths with other notes makes you compose and listen more contrapuntally, and to hear different notes as colors or textures in their own right. It's also not totally unlike Chopin, with some of his notes I heard described as "non-functional harmony." Chopin's music is rooted in dance and bel canto, but it's also channels the potential of the instrument.
When Herbie tells his Cobra Maserati story, he mentions Miles saying, cute, when he sees Herbie's car. He said it to me, too. Stage door exit after a show at the San Francisco Opera House. I was there in the hallway holding some artwork I did of Miles made of cut out pieces of paper, rephotographed onto a 14x20 print. Miles had changed clothes when he walked out into the back door lobby. He had on a leather jacket that seemed to be three layers thick. Collars inside collars. I said nothing, but held up the artwork. He stopped, raised his glasses, looked at it, said, "Cute", dropped his glasses, and walked out.
I would assume that people brining up Mile’s drama don’t understand much about powerful Art or being locked in a vision to constantly create. Once you contribute something even slightly close or once you get recognized as the first perfect human being in history I look forward to your RUclips series!
James Welckle when was the last time you were assaulted for the color of your skin? When was the last time you created a cultural movement? Not trying to dismiss you as a person. But I mean since you appear to be some kind of judge with a fascinating vocabulary I am curious what gives you the right to defame an important historical figure.
James Welckle well I get it, but I think there is more to the story. I can be a crotchety piece of work too. But I mean That is only one tiny dimension of who I am.
I hate this audience! 33:35 Reaction(s) to the "Butter" comments but 33:56, crickets. I cringed for HH. I guess he shouldn't have expected applause there?
What do people want to hear and what will will sell? That you have "infinite potential"? or that your a human being and as a result will inevitably come up against innate, human limitations"?, the exception being Miles Davis and perhaps J. Hendrix.
How is it possible that Herbie Hancock is the first African American Norton Professor? Langston Hughes? Maya Angelou? Oh well... can't be surprised. Herbie Hancock is one of the greats. If someone has to be (way overdue) first, might as well be him.
45:00 It dawned on me, I live in a country that was already lived in by Natives.....My ancestors fucked em over and took 99.99% of it and more from them. And yet, In school, we were barely taught anything about them. Sad. Everyone in America owes thanks and at least thoughts to the Natives. We can never right the wrong that was done to them..... American history is complex and insane. But I wouldn't wanna live anywhere else. It's 2020 people. Time to stop polishing the brass on the Titanic and figure out how to get her floating again. So many amazing minds in history, silenced. Black Americans (sorry, you aren't anymore African than me at this point, we're all Americans now and it's time we act it) have contributed some things to society that are dear to my heart and I am forever grateful that they had the spirit to keep going despite the obvious.
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"Always be a student" that's the crucial lesson in music and life as a whole.
I love the fact that Herbie gives such respect to Donald and then to miles… I’m in love with the love… and the touch!
I feel the same way.
Donald Trump?
I can’t wait for this guy to quiet down
@@jimmaculate5 I wasn't sure whether you were kidding but in case you weren't I think shane was referring to Donald Byrd, the trumpeter.
Can't help but crying watching this. Herbie has a big heart, and I am thankful that he is sharing so much wisdom.
This is an incredibly inspirational and provocative masterpiece of storytelling, wisdom and leadership. Thank you, Herbie!
"I always listen to what I can leave out..." Miles...WOW! Thank you Herbie!
Yeah. That one stuck with me, too.
What an amazing talk.....such an intelligent, articulate and compassionate man.
I was not aware what deep thinker and excellent speaker HH is.
Thank you Professor Hancock. I started (trying) to play the guitar after hearing Grant Green and you on "Feeling' the Spirit"! The words of wisdom which you have imparted are acknowledged and accepted.
One of my favourite records.
My introduction to the brilliant Grant Green.🙏
@@andrewweatherhead4127 I respectfully Thank you Sir! After hearing "Go Down Moses", I went home and picked up a broom, imagining that I was playing the guitar.
Love You Herbie! As Polack in NewYork feel very Close Freiend with You and all Our Music! Michal Urbaniak & Urnanator!
What an incredibly noble & inspiring soul you are, Herbie Hancock. Thanks for sharing a glimpse of the greatness that made Miles Davis far more than just an extraordinary trumpet player.
Herbie is incredible! An absolute master musician, and a great human being. A great example for anyone!
Heaven is filled with wholesome people such as this.
8:14 Good place to start the lecture.
Ovation stops and Hancock begins speaking at 9:25 .
The beginning I believe is the best place to start...😁
Out of context, it's funny, but yeah, watch the whole thing.
Totally unexpected from a British intellectual!
I love this. Hearing the back stories. It reminded me of when I was in a band with Louis Fasman, and one evening we raced our cars the same way, only we got caught. Two trumpet players in court. Louis had his mouthpiece, and was buzzing with it all the time. He later went on to be Maynard Ferguson's lead player.
"There is no plan B" my new mantra! Inspiring record!
What a formidable human being. An inspiration and aspirational presence for us to follow.
Thank you, Herbie. I’ll make sure my offspring listen to your music and words.
Herbie is the man. His autobiography 'Possibilities' is a great read.
What a great title...
I have not have the time to read it, what with Proust and Tolstoy.........
@@vova47 It's relatively short and quite easy to read, not dense and heady and long as Proust and Tolstoi.
@Tony Sheesh, it's music autobiography, you can't expect any to be Marcuse, or Heidegger....Is that how you pick any and every read? You criteria for picking a book are for it to be 'challenging' ...Ok, how about the Bhagavad Gita, and The Mahabharata, Sanskrit version, is that challenging enough for you?
What can I say, If I already had very high regards for Herbie Hancok as a musician, I can only say, now I can also respect him as a great human being. I had just also heard an interview of Carlos Santana about Miles, this lecture also enlighten my knowledge and respect for Miles. Congratulations for this great and informative Lecture!!!
This is what i mean a superb lecture! Thank you Mr Hancock. Greetings from Brazil!
what an amazing lecture , for life, art music and love. thank you .
Incredible and gripping talk, beautifully prepared.
Gee, what a wise and humble man!
What a beautiful lecture. The most inspirational and emotive talk I have heard.
Listen...listen to Mr Hancock...listen.....he repeats it often....listen...listen to the music...listen to the words, listen to the sounds....listen to the wisdom....listen to your soul...love Hancock.....love the music...love the sound....love the Hancock....love Miles....
This a wonderful to make a noble lecture about the music of a man that changed the course of music more than once.History should remind us of those who dared to challenge the norm the times.Let us see the past as it was only to see the possibilities of the future.Funding in the schools should be replenished , for our children.Art and music is essential to growth well being.Promotion for the arts and humanities is losing ground at this time.Lectures like this is highly regarded in that it will enlighten those who need to be aware of artists that belived in new ideas.Let us not forget the past.Let us move forward with optimism.
Admire and love Herbie - Miles Davis’ music and personality leave me COLD
Feel sorry for u…get a blankie
The essence of Jazz is to Make whatever happens work.
Wise, emotional, well spoken. I wish you many students!
What a wonderful speaker and story teller. Right off the cuff. No notes.
I couldn't even remember how the Chameleon bass line went yet it soon came back due to muscle memory - then those butter notes were raised. Suddenly a whole new sound opened up once they were left out - thank you for the much needed inspiration Mr Hancock 👍😊
@45:18 - had to rewind, because I wasn't sure if he really said that. It's pretty deep what he says there.
Stumble on this, not my mistake, guess GOD wants me to hear and learn something from this.
Brilliant lecture, from a brilliant man.
Thanks to you all, that pave the way for coming generations of blacks both male and female.
The likes of you make us proud.
GOD bless and keep you all in Jesus name Amen✌
Miles sounds so mysterious lol what a GOAT
One-True-Hero....One-Pillar- A Human 🙏🏽
Love this Wisdom. Thank you Mr Hancock.
Great talk by Herbie.
47:45 - "Often what motivates people toward evil, is a distorted view of the reality of life , and our relationship between ourselves and external environment, coupled with one's own sense of powerlessness, insecurity, and the feeling of lack of self-worth." -- He just described most of Harvard.
A complete Genius!
Great anecdotes about Herbie's inspirational teachers and mentors. Loved his introduction about himself. Thank you Herbie. Had the privileges of attending your concert in Bangkok at a Royal Performance. It was special and memorable concert.
@Hello Sam how are you doing?
Brilliant man, Herbie Hancock! My respect and admiration. (Also, he doesn't age!!!)
I agree. He looks like he's in his 50's not in his early 80's.
So happy to have found this! Herbie Hancock is amazing!
I would sum up this lecture in one word, beautiful .
this is so awesome
Ayee Gami
4btğ
Brilliant human being.
what a great introduction. insightful.
We need posts like these every week , if not everyday
Thank you Herbie, a fantastic lecture Bravo!
I sure hope the next five will be posted.
I mean, they are: ruclips.net/video/T9LiaVJzuw4/видео.html&start_radio=1
The man Herbie givin us what we need
I have loved Miles' music - in particular the 2nd quintet - and have winced when hearing all the negative stuff about him (much of it written by and about himself in his awful autobiography). This offers a corrective, a tribute to his musical genius.
I agree Robert, about Miles Autobiography. I have many biographies by artists of different genres. Miles is probably the worst. I gave it to a charity shop. Hope they managed to get a few cents for it!
Miles autobiography isn't awful: it is just honest, for good and for bad.
Miles was rough…bio gives u a window into how Miles perceived his life
What a gem! Thank you for sharing this wisdom!!
This cat can play some wild chords man
This is eternal wisdom
No superlatives can describe how amazing this is. Thank you!!!❤️❤️❤️
Very interesting about the advice from Davis to "leave out the butter notes." It's a little like atonal composers wanting to "liberate dissonance." Replacing more familiar 3rds and 7ths with other notes makes you compose and listen more contrapuntally, and to hear different notes as colors or textures in their own right. It's also not totally unlike Chopin, with some of his notes I heard described as "non-functional harmony." Chopin's music is rooted in dance and bel canto, but it's also channels the potential of the instrument.
@Hello Chris how are you doing?
Slaves gate the door of no return in Ghana port gonslaves,steel pulse made a song about that place, I forgot.
"Don't play the butter notes" - Miles Davis
Oh boy, just founded a very inspiring fellow buddhist as I'm making my first step in music at 50, great, great lecture, thank you :)
What a human being!
So many rabbit holes I've fallen into with RUclips to find a gem.
WOW! Mind blowing!!! ❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🙏🙏
Thank you, master.
Thank you for the inspiration!
What a guy!
Thank you for such wisdom and rich information, Herbie.
Amazing grace
greatness.
When Herbie tells his Cobra Maserati story, he mentions Miles saying, cute, when he sees Herbie's car. He said it to me, too. Stage door exit after a show at the San Francisco Opera House. I was there in the hallway holding some artwork I did of Miles made of cut out pieces of paper, rephotographed onto a 14x20 print. Miles had changed clothes when he walked out into the back door lobby. He had on a leather jacket that seemed to be three layers thick. Collars inside collars. I said nothing, but held up the artwork. He stopped, raised his glasses, looked at it, said, "Cute", dropped his glasses, and walked out.
Such a generous, giving soul he was eh? Treating a fan like that, physically abusing his own band members
watching the whole video = a lesson for life
Thank You, Herbie.
9:00 . you are welcome
thanks
Yikes who was that blatherer, and why do these gasbags always manage to steal some of the limelight away from the real geniuses?
thank you !
Newlaroekoe, you saved everyone
Wow, read his book but his speaking ability is pretty fantastic.
Brilliant lecture
@Hello Navroze how are you doing?
i did do and will really love miles davis
"I was really in a nut, in a rut..." Marvelous "slip" of the tongue...creativity yearning to burst forth,
Thanks Herbie
@Hello Tim how are you doing?
I would assume that people brining up Mile’s drama don’t understand much about powerful Art or being locked in a vision to constantly create. Once you contribute something even slightly close or once you get recognized as the first perfect human being in history I look forward to your RUclips series!
Miles is a crotchity ol bitch. Grow up.
James Welckle when was the last time you were assaulted for the color of your skin? When was the last time you created a cultural movement? Not trying to dismiss you as a person. But I mean since you appear to be some kind of judge with a fascinating vocabulary I am curious what gives you the right to defame an important historical figure.
@@alexsalinas32381 look bud, callin em how’s I see em. Are you doing anything different here in the comment section on youtube?
James Welckle well I get it, but I think there is more to the story. I can be a crotchety piece of work too. But I mean That is only one tiny dimension of who I am.
That must be whelming, being so faceted.
I hate this audience! 33:35 Reaction(s) to the "Butter" comments but 33:56, crickets. I cringed for HH. I guess he shouldn't have expected applause there?
Save the cringe. This man has a Masters degree in crowd experience. Given his history of improvising, I highly doubt much could shake him on stage
thank you, Master Hancock!
Amazing
Wonderful
45:34 yessir. nam myoho renge kyo Herbie
Leave out the 3rd and 7th, you sorta get the Middle Ages or a Debussy passage.
Wonderful man..sensitive, smart ...although huge in modesty
Herbie Hancock is about to teach me a lot more. Thanks for this upload (subscribed).
What do people want to hear and what will will sell? That you have "infinite potential"? or that your a human being and as a result will inevitably come up against innate, human limitations"?, the exception being Miles Davis and perhaps J. Hendrix.
How is it possible that Herbie Hancock is the first African American Norton Professor? Langston Hughes? Maya Angelou? Oh well... can't be surprised. Herbie Hancock is one of the greats. If someone has to be (way overdue) first, might as well be him.
LOVE YOUR GLASSES
Garth Webber
Garth Webber
3 years ago
Thank you for such wisdom and rich information, Herbie.
can denzel washington play this man in a biographical film please?
O'Yes! he'll nail it.✌
Brilliant.
Thanks so much for posting
(Dannie devito + Dennis miller)/2 = the guy who introduced Herbie
Beautiful
Love this...
how greatness you have
fantastic
Thank you great man!
45:00 It dawned on me, I live in a country that was already lived in by Natives.....My ancestors fucked em over and took 99.99% of it and more from them. And yet, In school, we were barely taught anything about them. Sad. Everyone in America owes thanks and at least thoughts to the Natives. We can never right the wrong that was done to them..... American history is complex and insane. But I wouldn't wanna live anywhere else. It's 2020 people. Time to stop polishing the brass on the Titanic and figure out how to get her floating again. So many amazing minds in history, silenced. Black Americans (sorry, you aren't anymore African than me at this point, we're all Americans now and it's time we act it) have contributed some things to society that are dear to my heart and I am forever grateful that they had the spirit to keep going despite the obvious.
Read "Christianity and colonization" by Howitt if you really want to know the full extent of the depravities that went on in the "new world"
This is good content I learned a lot!