Review
by Jim Newsom
In the 1970s, Herbie Hancock created a successful blend of jazz improvisation and contemporary funk rhythms in a succession of albums beginning with the classic Head Hunters. On Dis Is Da Drum, Hancock once again takes a dive into contemporary rhythms, in this case mid-'90s hip-hop. While the blend was not as commercially successful this time around as his crossover forays of twenty years earlier had been, the resulting music still proves to be well worth checking out.
Employing cohorts like Bennie Maupin, Wah Wah Watson and multi-percussionist Bill Summers from the old days, and combining them with a huge roster of contemporary jazz, rap and hip-hop musicians, Hancock creates a surprising album full of samples, sequences, drum loops, and rhythm armies. Layered across the top are a variety of solos from Hancock himself, flutist Hubert Laws, trumpeter Wallace Roney, saxophonist Maupin and vocal snippets from various sources. The release of this album was delayed because of disagreements between the artist and his record company over the final mixes. It is, nonetheless, a recording that rewards repeated listening, from the updated version of "Butterfly," which made its first appearance on 1974's Thrust, to such irresistible gems as "Mojuba," "Bo Ba Be Da" and the title track.
Not for jazzers whose ears and minds are closed to new sounds and ideas, but proof that jazz is a continually evolving music capable of absorbing the sounds of each new era and expanding its vocabulary as a result.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/dis-is-da-drum-mw0000644324
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Reseña
por Jim Newsom
En los años 70, Herbie Hancock creó una exitosa mezcla de improvisación jazzística y ritmos funk contemporáneos en una sucesión de álbumes que comenzó con el clásico Head Hunters. En Dis Is Da Drum, Hancock vuelve a sumergirse en los ritmos contemporáneos, en este caso el hip-hop de mediados de los 90. Aunque esta vez la mezcla no tuvo tanto éxito comercial como sus incursiones en el crossover de veinte años antes, la música resultante sigue mereciendo la pena.
Empleando a cohortes como Bennie Maupin, Wah Wah Watson y el multipercusionista Bill Summers de los viejos tiempos, y combinándolos con una enorme nómina de músicos contemporáneos de jazz, rap y hip-hop, Hancock crea un sorprendente álbum lleno de samples, secuencias, bucles de batería y ejércitos rítmicos. Por encima se intercalan diversos solos del propio Hancock, el flautista Hubert Laws, el trompetista Wallace Roney, el saxofonista Maupin y fragmentos vocales de diversas fuentes. El lanzamiento de este álbum se retrasó debido a desacuerdos entre el artista y su compañía discográfica sobre las mezclas finales. No obstante, es una grabación que merece la pena escuchar repetidamente, desde la versión actualizada de "Butterfly", que apareció por primera vez en Thrust de 1974, hasta joyas irresistibles como "Mojuba", "Bo Ba Be Da" y la canción que da título al disco.
No es para los jazzistas cuyos oídos y mentes están cerrados a nuevos sonidos e ideas, sino la prueba de que el jazz es una música en continua evolución capaz de absorber los sonidos de cada nueva era y ampliar su vocabulario como resultado.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/dis-is-da-drum-mw0000644324
Tracks:
1 - Call It 95
2 - Dis Is Da Drum
3 - Shooz
4 - The Melody (On The Deuce By 44)
5 - Mojuba
6 - Butterfly
7 - Juju
8 - Hump
9 - Come And See Me
10 - Rubber Soul
11 - Bo Ba Be Da
12 - Butterfly (Remix)
Credits:
Art Direction – Michael Bays
Art Direction, Design – Étsuko Iseki
Artwork [Digital Cover Art], Photography By – Sanjay Kotari
Co-producer – Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson*, Darrell Smith, Will "Roc" Griffin*
Engineer – Michael Schlessinger*
Engineer [Assistant] – Darrell Roamer
Engineer [Chief] – Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson*, Darrell Smith
Executive-Producer – Guy Eckstine
Mastered By – "Big Bass" Brian Gardner*
Photography By – Caroline Greyshock
Producer – Bill Summers, Herbie Hancock
Recorded By, Mixed By – Bill Summers, Darrell "Bob Dog" Robertson*, Darrell Smith, Herbie Hancock, Will "Roc" Griffin*
Sound Designer [Sound Design], Other [Sweetening] – Mars Lasar
Technician [Chief] – Will Alexander
Album Recorded at Garage Sale Studios in L.A., CA
Additional Recording : Studio 55 in L.A., CA
Label: Mercury – 528 185-2
Country: Europe
Released: 1994
Genre: Hip Hop, Jazz
Style: Post Bop, Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Contemporary Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/1906409-Herbie-Hancock-Dis-Is-Da-Drum
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