Southbank Centre, London
Listen: Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel)
Listen: Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel)
Herbie Hancock (piano; ex-Miles Davis); Lionel Loueke (guitar); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards, vocals; ex-Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Toto, Phil Collins); Trevor Lawrence Jr (drums); James Genus (bass; ex-Chick Corea, Saturday Night Live band); Kristina Train (vocals, violin);
Actual Proof; Imagine (John Lennon); Watermelon Man & Improv; Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel); The Times They Are a' Changin (Bob Dylan); A Change is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke); Space Captain, Chameleon;
What a drummer! Heavy metal-fast and powerful, but jazz-intricate. Very experimental, very avant-garde, the kind of music that makes you forget about time passing by; and before you know it, two and a half hours of legendary Herbie Hancock jazz are gone.
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