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A Tribute to Miles is a tribute album recorded by the then surviving members of the Miles Davis "Second Great" Quintet: pianist Herbie Hancock, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams. Taking the Davis role was trumpeter Wallace Roney. [1]
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. [2] He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound.
Herbie Hancock. December 22, 2023 at 10:28 AM ... and life took a huge turn at 23 when I had the honor of joining The Miles Davis Quintet. ... some notes and turned what I imagined was a mistake ...
E.S.P. is an album by Miles Davis, recorded on January 20–22, 1965 and released on August 16 of that year by Columbia Records.It is the first release from what is known as Davis's second great quintet: Davis on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony Williams on drums.
You've got to expect the unexpected with Herbie Hancock.. It's a key reason, less than 10 days shy of turning 84, that he's a music legend, from playing in Miles Davis' quintet to collecting 14 ...
Mobley, Kelly, Chambers, and Cobb all left Davis by the end of 1962, and during 1963 he struggled to maintain a steady line-up. By the late spring, he had hired the core of the Second Quintet with Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony Williams on drums. [9]
Davis was born on May 26, 1926, to an affluent African-American family in Alton, Illinois, 15 miles (24 kilometres) north of St. Louis. [13] [14] He had an older sister, Dorothy Mae (1925–1996) and a younger brother, Vernon (1929–1999).
A version of this story originally appeared in the December 1991 issue of SPIN. We've republished it on what would have been Miles Davis' 95th birthday. I loved watching Harry Reasoner’s ...