Review: Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock 'Possibilities': Aidin Vaziri | Herbie Hancock is through being cool; now he wants a nice car. How else to explain this brazen Santana-esque marketing move, in which he enlists a set of seemingly random collaborators with an intent to crash the charts? Scene- stealing spots from guests like John Mayer, Christina Aguilera and Joss Stone may rope in young record buyers, but few of them will walk away with any kind of impression of Hancock, who is pushed further back on each track. Meanwhile, veterans like Paul Simon, Sting and Annie Lennox are respectful enough to let the piano player get the spotlight, but end up dragging things down by the very virtue of being Paul Simon, Sting and Annie Lennox. Fortunately, ex-Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, who knows a thing or two about jam etiquette, makes up for most of the missteps with a truly beatific collaboration on "Gelo No Montana."
posted by Aidin at Monday, August 29, 2005
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