Life’s Paradox

In light of Herbie Hancock’s Album of the Year Grammy Award for his album River - The Joni Letters, I give you this appearance of Herbie on Sesamie Street in what seems like a galaxy a long time ago. The YouTube description reads, “Herbie Hancock and the Fairlight Synthesiser on Sesame Street, featuring a young Tatyana Ali of Fresh Prince of Bel Air fame.” The Fairlight is the first sampling synthesizer ever (popularly we saw a later version of the same concept in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off where he samples flu symptoms), something computer musicians take for granted today.

One of my all-time favorite jazz records is Herbie’s Head Hunters and he has been no slouch in musical experimentation such as his (in my opinion) amazing Dis is Da Drum release in the mid-90’s where at one point he uses a grasshopper to keep the beat.

“Hi Clive!”

~ by Eric Lee on February 15, 2008.