Imo this is the best version of Chameleon on RUclips. The more bombastic hip hop influenced drummer (who's excellent) really lights a fire under their asses in this one
That drummer was soooooo pocket!! My God, pure talent! Bass player is straight funky! Herbie is genius, as usual! And the saxophonist has a piece of Coltrane soul in him! Awesome solo!
THIS IS THE BEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!!! I WAS ALREADY A FAN OF CHAMELEON (HIS SOLO, MOST IMPORTANTLY),,,, ...BUT HE DID ....WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT.... PURE GENIUS!!! #HERBIEHANCOCK #BESTPIANISTEVER
Extraterrestrial: simply extraterrestrial!! A SCORCHING, SOULFUL sax solo POURED out by Bennie, followed by Herbie the Goliath himself. This is the LONGEST solo that I'm e ever heard him play -- a variation on his classic "4th movement from the 1973 album. All I can say -- as invariably when listening to the Maestro's playing -- is that he seems virtually untouchable; as way out in front in terms of SHEER PUNCH as he was during the early '70s - a seamless blend of classically trained excellence, pure JAZZ FEELING as deep and hot as this planet's core, and a seemingly INSTINCTIVE grasp of hard-driving fuck. (Having got ALL THAT off my chest, words just fail me!! 🤪😎🤩)
This is IMPOSSIBLY FUCKING BRILLIANT, 21 YEARS AFTER this EXTRATERRESTRIAL GENIUS composed one of the most amazing compositions in the history of music. He EVEN SURPASSES HIMSELF!!! (Zeus, I'm DESTROYED!! HOW does he DO it?)😅
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at 12:58...leading to the 6/8 section... it is amazing how a series of chord changes like that can bring a person to their knees in tears...
Imo this is the best version of Chameleon on RUclips. The more bombastic hip hop influenced drummer (who's excellent) really lights a fire under their asses in this one
That drummer was soooooo pocket!! My God, pure talent! Bass player is straight funky! Herbie is genius, as usual! And the saxophonist has a piece of Coltrane soul in him! Awesome solo!
Don't forget that Bennie COMPOSED Chameleon as much as Herbie. He's certainly playing WILDER on this version than on the original Headhunters album!
That Chorus!!! the piano is on FIRE! Herbie did it again!!
THIS IS THE BEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!!!
I WAS ALREADY A FAN OF CHAMELEON (HIS SOLO, MOST IMPORTANTLY),,,,
...BUT HE DID ....WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT....
PURE GENIUS!!! #HERBIEHANCOCK #BESTPIANISTEVER
ABSOLUTE genius!! TOTALLY unmatched!
Herbie is brilliant the bass line is the funkiest l have ever heard
He touches my hearth and soul with his musicians thanks a lot Herbie Hancock!!! I am Rui Anacleto from Manaus in the center of the jungle!!!
Extraterrestrial: simply extraterrestrial!! A SCORCHING, SOULFUL sax solo POURED out by Bennie, followed by Herbie the Goliath himself. This is the LONGEST solo that I'm e ever heard him play -- a variation on his classic "4th movement from the 1973 album.
All I can say -- as invariably when listening to the Maestro's playing -- is that he seems virtually untouchable; as way out in front in terms of SHEER PUNCH as he was during the early '70s - a seamless blend of classically trained excellence, pure JAZZ FEELING as deep and hot as this planet's core, and a seemingly INSTINCTIVE grasp of hard-driving fuck.
(Having got ALL THAT off my chest, words just fail me!! 🤪😎🤩)
Terri Lyne C is a wonderful drums
This is insane!
OUT of this F....... WORLD. Esp. Herbie's solo beginning around 8 minutes in. Even rivals the album version! Wow! WOW!! (I say again!)
Herbie Hancock: A Monstrously Magnificent Musician & Composer whom , evidently Has Outdone Himself, Here,...(there is nobody else WHO CAN!!??!!)....
You're DEAD RIGHT! NOBODY!!!
This is IMPOSSIBLY FUCKING BRILLIANT, 21 YEARS AFTER this EXTRATERRESTRIAL GENIUS composed one of the most amazing compositions in the history of music. He EVEN SURPASSES HIMSELF!!!
(Zeus, I'm DESTROYED!! HOW does he DO it?)😅
un petit bonjour aussi à Terri Lyne ! bisou merci Herbie c'est très fort...
That's the BEST version of this Song
Wow Mike Clark in drums sure looked different that night!!!
I love the way they keep reminding us that this tune is watermelon man
Terry Lynn Carrington is way over the top with her drumming
ma questa non è Watermelon Man !!
Why herbie never took a Real cuban conga player has Always wondered me !!!!!
Is there Paul Jackson ?,best bassist ever.
".... che si apriva con 'Watermelon Man'..."
Ma questo è tutto scemo