Music

So, man, Herbie Hancock. Thoughts:

It was a great lineup, for starters. It was a quartet with Vinnie Coaliuta, Lionel Loueke, and some bassist who plays with the SNL house band and whose name I forget. They were all really good.

The setlist was... interesting. They played a few Headhunters tunes, which were all great (esp. Watermelon Man), but they also did a tune from Sunlight where Herbie sang with a vocoder! That was probably the last thing I was expecting them to play haha. It was good, though.

What I didn't like was Herbie's solo spot in the middle of the set, which started off promising but quickly devolved into keyboard wank and lasted for like 15 minutes.

Herbie just doesn't know when to end a solo in general. Most of the tunes had me checking my watch thanks to him. Frustrating. I would've liked to have heard the rest of the band more.

On the plus side, Lionel Loueke did this really unique West African solo guitar/vocal performance, which was TOTALLY out of left field and probably the most memorable part of the night.

So, overall: Not what I was expecting, but still good!


Also: Unrelated, but I read recently that Herbie is apparently collaborating with Flying Lotus. Huh.