Because people (including me) are tired and scared and freaking, I’m focusing on music that can both soothe and elevate. The third piece here is also homework, sort of, and one of my favorite recordings. First, via Aquarium Drunkard, a live performance by Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin, Julian Priester, Eddie Henderson, Buster Williams, and Billy Hart—the Mwandishi Band. This half-hour set was recorded on March 23, 1972 at Studio de Joinville le Pont in Paris. Everything this lineup did was cold-pressed magic, lithe and unfuckwithable. In this clip—which is as good as any of
Herbie Hancock + Robert Ashley
Herbie Hancock + Robert Ashley
Herbie Hancock + Robert Ashley
Because people (including me) are tired and scared and freaking, I’m focusing on music that can both soothe and elevate. The third piece here is also homework, sort of, and one of my favorite recordings. First, via Aquarium Drunkard, a live performance by Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin, Julian Priester, Eddie Henderson, Buster Williams, and Billy Hart—the Mwandishi Band. This half-hour set was recorded on March 23, 1972 at Studio de Joinville le Pont in Paris. Everything this lineup did was cold-pressed magic, lithe and unfuckwithable. In this clip—which is as good as any of