Future 2 Future
Future 2 Future | ||||
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Jazz, electronica, jazz fusion | ||||
Label | Transparent, Columbia (Japan) | |||
Producer | Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock | |||
Herbie Hancock chronology | ||||
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Future 2 Future is the thirty-eighth album by
Content
Hancock reunited with producer/bassist
Besides
After releasing the album Hancock formed a band (with
For the coupled out song "The Essence", a driving drum and bass track that features Chaka Khan on vocals, several remixes were produced by DJ Krush, LTJ Bukem, and Joe Claussell. They were released on different 12" EPs combined with the original version and sometimes adding "This Is Rob Swift."
Future 2 Future and the EP output are the only productions Hancock released on Transparent Music, a label he created in the late 1990s with Chuck Mitchell (one time president of Verve Records) and David Passick (Hancock's manager).
Critical reception
- AllMusic gave a positive 3/5 review, stating that while the album fails to live up to expectations, it is "an enjoyable exercise in watching one of the greats in jazz music redefine himself with the times once again."[4]
- Grove Dictionary of Music gave 3/5.[5]
- JazzTimes gave no numeric rating, stating that the album lacks focus and the performances are uninspired. The best tracks are the last four instrumentals ("Ionosphere", "Kebero Part II", "Alphabeta", "Virtual Hornets").[6]
Track listing
">" indicates a segue directly into the next track.
- "Kebero Part I" (Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Carl Craig, Gigi) - > 3:10
- "Wisdom" (Hancock) - > 0:33
- "The Essence" (Hancock, Laswell, Chaka Khan) - > 4:54
- "This Is Rob Swift" (Hancock, Rob Swift, Laswell, Jack DeJohnette) - 6:55
- "Black Gravity" (Gerald Simpson, Hancock, Laswell) - 5:29
- "Tony Williams" (Hancock, Tony Williams, Laswell, Dana Bryant) - 6:09
- "Be Still" (Hancock, Laswell, Imani Uzuri) - 5:12
- "Ionosphere" (Hancock, Laswell, Karsh Kale) - > 3:59
- "Kebero Part II" (Hancock, Laswell, Craig, Gigi) - 4:47
- "Alphabeta" (Hancock, Laswell) - 5:29
- "Virtual Hornets" (Hancock, Laswell) - 8:51
Future 2 Future Live DVD
- "Wisdom" - 5:45
- "Kebero" - 9:59
- "This Is DJ Disk" (a.k.a. "This Is Rob Swift") - 10:10
- "Dolphin Dance" (Hancock) - 21:30
- "Virtual Hornets" - 14:37
- "The Essence" - 6:55
- "Butterfly" (Hancock, Bennie Maupin) - 6:02
- "Tony Williams" - 5:30
- "Rockit" (Laswell, Hancock, Michael Beinhorn) - 5:04
- "Chameleon" (Hancock) - 17:41
Personnel
- Herbie Hancock – keyboards
- Charnett Moffett – double bass (3, 7, 11)
- Bill Laswell – bass guitar (4, 6)
- Jack DeJohnette – drums (4, 7, 10, 11)
- Karsh Kale – drums (3, 8), program beats (8)
- Tony Williams – drums (6)
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone (6, 7, 11)
- Guest musicians
- Carl Craig – programming, beats (1, 9)
- Grandmaster DXT – turntables (3)
- Rob Swift – turntables, programming (4)
- A Guy Called Gerald – programming, beats (5)
- Gigi – vocals (1, 9)
- Elenni Davis-Knight – spoken vocals (2)
- Chaka Khan – vocals (3)
- Dana Bryant – vocals, words (6)
- Imani Uzuri – vocals (7)
Concert tour lineup (resp. DVD)
- Herbie Hancock – keyboards
- Darrell Diaz – keyboards, vocals
- DJ Disk – turntables
- Wallace Roney – trumpet
- Matthew Garrison– double bass, bass guitar
- Terri Lyne Carrington – drums, vocals
References
- ^ Theakston, Rob (2011). "Future 2 Future - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
Transparent Music
- ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Herbie Hancock". Tom Hull. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ All Music Guide - Herbie Hancock "Future 2 Future" review
- ^ Oxford Music Online
- ^ Porter, Christopher (1 January 2002). "Herbie Hancock: Future 2 Future - JazzTimes". JazzTimes. Retrieved 16 July 2018.