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SATURDAY JUNE 22,8 p.m.

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Herbie Hancock, and synthesizers

Herbie Hancock

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Long before the term "early adopter" Though this is ostensibly a solo sophomore year he had changed his came into common parlance, pianist/ recital, he'll hardly be alone on stage. major and dedicated himself to music. keyboardist and composer Herbie ln addition to a grand piano, Hancock made his recording debut Hancock was known for seeking out he has been honing new, custom- at 21 with trumpeter the latest innovations. A devoted designed software designed to pare on the 1961 Blue Note Royal technophile since his childhood in down his electronic aear, which has Flush, and before long he signed on , he was one of the first gotten unruly with five iPads. He's with jazz's leading independent label,' musicians to embrace synthesizers (on been working with sound designer recording his hugely successful record his 1973 hit album ), and Eric Persing and programmer Takin' Off. While Hancock continued encouraged his colleagues to start Andrew Pask to streamline his gear to record prolifically for Blue Note as a checking out personal computers after and "to personalize some software, and a leader throughout the acquiring an Apple ll in 1977. His love making it possible for me to access decade, in 1963 recruited of new technologies isn't confined to Omnisphere through my personal him for his , which became one the bandstand and recording studio: interface," Hancock says, referring of the most influential small bands He recently bought a Tesla S (among to the potent "virtual synthesizer" in jazz history with the addition of sports car aficionados Hancock is program by Spectrasonics. . When Davis started renowned as the longest original "For this concert, we are working on making the transition to {usion the late owner AC of an Cobra, a car he some special things utilizing surround 1960s with and purchased from the showroom with sound," Hancock says. "Some things ln A Silent Way, Hancock's facility on the first royalty check for his 1962 hit are still up in the air, but hopefully electric piano proved crucial for the "Watermelon Man"). it's a precursor to some future trumpeter's evolving sou nd. "The Telsa's got the speed and developments." He pursued his own sonic experiments performance, and it's great for the Born and raised in Chicago, Hancock as a bandleader in the early 1970s, environment," Hancock says from his was something of a prodigy. He recording a series of classic office in Los Angeles. "lt's right on the performed with the Chicago with , a band largely based cutting edge, and that's where I like to in Bay Area. Symphony at '1 1 (one of Mozart's the After assimilating Sly be, pushing toward the future." piano concertos), and by high school, Stone's , he changed courses with For his Stanford Jazz Festival debut, jazzhad caught his ear. He entered Headhunters, a band that combined Hancock is going to be introducing at '16 as an electrical his pioneering synth work on the Arp some of his latest experiments. engineering major, but by his String Ensemble with the East Bay grease of bassist and l|f,!,,,'uo. drummer Mike Clark and the world worked for lBM, back in the day when doesn't get & (who cards, my sister in way q*K percussion of they had punch and the of went on to co-{ound Los Hombres was also in data processing. She and connecting with an

Ca I ientes). Moving effortlessly two other women helped design audience, as Hancock is a master between progressive R&B, fusion, and the ATM. Tech is part of what we at contructing a set for maximum acoustic post-bop settings, Hancock Hancocks do." drama. has earned numerous Grammy As a composer, Hancock has written "There is a general flow that I think Awards while continuing to pursue nearly a dozen bona fide jazz about," Hancock says. "Usually I like his passion for breaking in new standards, including "Butterfly," to start with something dynamic, inventions. "Dolphin Dance," "Eye of the and for solo shows it's usually a Hailing from a family of engineers Hurricane," and the oft-sampled piece I recorded as a duo with and artists, he grew up obsessed "Cantaloupe lsland." ln recent years Wayne Shorter that l've had partly with science and technology. While he's performed mostly in the context orchestrated with the synth. Then encouraged in his investigations, his of his band with guitarist Lionel I play something that's on acoustic curiosity sometimes got him into hot Loueke. drummer , and pianq. Then I move on to something water at home when he "took apart bassist , but he has also more rhythmic that uses a rhythm clocks and watches or my electric taken advantage of the opportunities track I build live in front of the trains," Hancock recalls. "l couldn't provided by solo recitals to integrate audience. One or two pieces may be always put them back and that's when new instruments and software. ln tunes I make up right then. And l'll my father got mad at me. l'm the first addition to his piano and synth, he end up with some other pieces that guy to get whatever the new thing is. wields a , a a keyboard worn like my fans would want to hear. l've got It's part of my DNA. My older brother a guital and an iPad. The techology lots of freedom."

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