What a great story by Herbie....and, what an all-star band he rattles off that was backing Miles! It's cool to hear how Miles didn't pull a tyrant/prima-donna routine (which we probably would've accepted, if not expected) when Herbie made his boo-boo....I don't know enough about the Davis personality, but I'm hoping his roll-with-the-punches reaction, here, was the norm for him! Thanks for this, Nic!
I also like Herbie Hancock's humble yet deeply philosophical (perhaps even spiritual) reflection on this event. It must have been at most a second or two, yet it stayed with him since the early sixties, and seems to have contributed definitively towards how he sees and experiences life... nothing is a mistake, and there's a lesson in everything. Simple. Perfect.
Well, and it all happened in Herbie's working milieu, not surprisingly. Without looking up their ages, I'm guessing, at this point, Miles was the over-seeing "father" figure, and Herbie (soon to be a band leader and employer his own self!) was the still-learning youngster! ....Who would soon join Miles on Columbia, as it happens!
Just checked....had to! In '64, Herbie was 24, and Miles was 38. How talented must Herbie have been at 24 (and younger, of course) for Miles to recruit him for his band?!? We'd find out in time! Herbie's 83 now.
What a great story by Herbie....and, what an all-star band he rattles off that was backing Miles! It's cool to hear how Miles didn't pull a tyrant/prima-donna routine (which we probably would've accepted, if not expected) when Herbie made his boo-boo....I don't know enough about the Davis personality, but I'm hoping his roll-with-the-punches reaction, here, was the norm for him! Thanks for this, Nic!
I also like Herbie Hancock's humble yet deeply philosophical (perhaps even spiritual) reflection on this event. It must have been at most a second or two, yet it stayed with him since the early sixties, and seems to have contributed definitively towards how he sees and experiences life... nothing is a mistake, and there's a lesson in everything. Simple. Perfect.
Well, and it all happened in Herbie's working milieu, not surprisingly. Without looking up their ages, I'm guessing, at this point, Miles was the over-seeing "father" figure, and Herbie (soon to be a band leader and employer his own self!) was the still-learning youngster! ....Who would soon join Miles on Columbia, as it happens!
Just checked....had to! In '64, Herbie was 24, and Miles was 38. How talented must Herbie have been at 24 (and younger, of course) for Miles to recruit him for his band?!? We'd find out in time! Herbie's 83 now.