New York - In the past, "says Herbie Hancock, he identified himself primarily as a musician. "Today I see myself as a person who makes music. But also the neighbor, husband and son. "
The self has liberated him, and it has cultivated his creativity, the world famous jazz pianist, the music journalist Christian Broecking once said in Berlin. Broecking took the text of the conversation now with six more interviews together into a narrow band, "Herbie Hancock - Interviews." He appeared briefly before the 70th Birthday of jazz musician, 12 April in the book trade.
The book is a gem for those who like jazz, or want to
know more about jazz - and it inspires. Hancock has a slope to the unknown, as he says. "If a terrain is ausdefiniert or it is too narrow, because since all the romp - then it is" time to change. Hancock is open to any kind of music and is always looking for new ideas. For gentlemen who prefer to stay in the "comfort zone," he has little understanding.
Hancock also raises the accusation against his compatriot Wynton Marsalis. The trumpeter and artistic director of the New York facility is Jazz at Lincoln Center for the jazz purists who do not speak well for Hancock. This (Hancock) replied: "Everything that has the whiff of bigotry and narrowness, is not my thing. It hinders the imagination, creativity and above all the inspiration that comes from outside. "
"There are people who would like to lock up myself in the jazz box," he said Broecking 2007th "But to me it is exactly the opposite: there is an indefinite number of ways to see life and to master. And I try to "even with the music.
Using them is constantly reinvents Hancock - and appeals to a wide audience. In 2008 he succeeded even steal his much younger colleague Amy Winehouse and Kanye West's Grammy hoped. The award for best album of the year was just under the then 68-year-old for his album "River: The Joni Letters awarded." Overall, Hancock has already 12 Grammy Awards, Broecking writes in the foreword. There, he also mentions that the pianist, whose name stands at around 200 record labels, has taken over this year as artistic director of Jazz at the Philharmonic program of Los Angeles.
Broecking includes interviews with two longtime friends from Hancock in the print edition: the jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassist Ron Carter. The author introduces himself as a music journalist, radio writer and university lecturer. He has published volumes of the last "Each note rescue one" and "Ornette Coleman. Sound of freedom ".
New York - In the past, "says Herbie Hancock, he identified himself primarily as a musician. "Today I see myself as a person who makes music. But also the neighbor, husband and son. "
The book is a gem for those who like jazz, or want to
Hancock also raises the accusation against his compatriot Wynton Marsalis. The trumpeter and artistic director of the New York facility is Jazz at Lincoln Center for the jazz purists who do not speak well for Hancock. This (Hancock) replied: "Everything that has the whiff of bigotry and narrowness, is not my thing. It hinders the imagination, creativity and above all the inspiration that comes from outside. "
"There are people who would like to lock up myself in the jazz box," he said Broecking 2007th "But to me it is exactly the opposite: there is an indefinite number of ways to see life and to master. And I try to "even with the music.
Using them is constantly reinvents Hancock - and appeals to a wide audience. In 2008 he succeeded even steal his much younger colleague Amy Winehouse and Kanye West's Grammy hoped. The award for best album of the year was just under the then 68-year-old for his album "River: The Joni Letters awarded." Overall, Hancock has already 12 Grammy Awards, Broecking writes in the foreword. There, he also mentions that the pianist, whose name stands at around 200 record labels, has taken over this year as artistic director of Jazz at the Philharmonic program of Los Angeles.
Broecking includes interviews with two longtime friends from Hancock in the print edition: the jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassist Ron Carter. The author introduces himself as a music journalist, radio writer and university lecturer. He has published volumes of the last "Each note rescue one" and "Ornette Coleman. Sound of freedom ".