PostBop » Best of http://postbop.com ergo propter bop Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:04:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 John Beasley’s Compelling Tribute to Herbie Hancock http://postbop.com/2008/12/john-beasleys-compelling-tribute-to-herbie-hancock/ http://postbop.com/2008/12/john-beasleys-compelling-tribute-to-herbie-hancock/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:12:35 +0000 Bill http://postbop.com/?p=268 Letters to Herbie by John Beasley Letters to Herbie, by pianist John Beasley, presents a number of well-known Hebie Hancock songs in a fresh light, with a little help from Christian McBride on bass and Jeff “Tain” Watts on drums. I especially love “ 4 A.M.,” with McBride channeling Jaco Pastorius’ original performance, and “Eye of the Hurricane,” but it’s all good! I think it’s also one of the best jazz recordings of 2008.

The CD also contains “Bedtime Voyage,” an interesting combination of Herbie’s “Tell Me a Bedtime Story” and “Maiden Voyage.” The YouTube video below features a version recorded in April 2008 by Beasley with Trevor Ware on bass and Bill Wysaske on drums:

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