Saturday Jazz
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In the late 60's Miles Davis' second great quintet was breaking apart as Miles was heading into ambience, rock n roll, and funk. His bandmates were headed for great things, includng Herbie Hancock.Hancock's music of the period ranges from the clearly funky to the murky waters of the fusion he was still playing on some of Miles' records such as _In A Silent Way_ and _Bitches Brew_.His groundbreaking album _Mwandishi_, a Swahili word for writer was recorded on December 31, 1970. This album, along with _Crossings_ and _Sextant_ remain the most experimental and spacey of Hancock's lenghty discography.The influence of Miles is clear, in fact the album _Mwandishi_ sounds as if it could be comprised of outtakes from the _Bitches Brew_ sessions. Hancock had his own sextet, though they only remained together for these three albums. Herbie's fascination with electronic instruments and gadgets become introduced into his music with these recordings and would remain for much of the decade. Liberated from Blue Note records and their control over the stylings of his music, Hancock breaks free here and introduces us all to Space Funk. Enjoy.
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