Just chillin' drinking some wine, hanging out with Quincy and Herbie, 2 of the greatest musical minds ever. And on top of it, a room full of the best synthesizers ever made. Wow.
"A synthesiser can be a tool to really hurt people's ears and interfere with their lives or it can be a tool to make a really nice sounding instrument that can really affect people in a positive way. It all depends on the person who is using them. People blame machines very often," oh it's the machines fault". The machines fault? We have to plug it in!!!!" Legend
THIS is what makes TH-cam worth having in the world!!!! And Herbie started out as one of the BEST pianists playing for Miles and Blue Note records. What growth!!
Boy, Herbie sure can articulate when he talks. Most musicians fall apart in front of a camera, Herbie speaks like hes talking right to you. Awesome video, man I wish I had all of those vintage synths and samplers.
Wow! Touch screen with a pen. Deep! Two "ahead of their time bros." at work. The room would have exploded if Dexter Wansel stepped in, Stevie stopped by, and Prince wandered into the room. Those are just a few of the "keyboard geniuses" of the electronic synth age!!
RIP Quincy. I'm a white British man who will be always indebted to you and your music. Most people won't have the first clue about the music you were behind sir. As a young man, preparing for Friday and Saturday night in East Devon, England, we didn't have big clubs like the cities but I saw proper Funkateers that couldn't travel. As I said RIP Quincy...legend is an over used word.....not this time.
Nothing cheesy about them indeed! A lot of folks would kill to have those exact sounds to build with, it’s so much potential in them depending how they’re used
Nice combination, producer, composer, ochestra leader and coolest dude on the block, Quincy Jones and one of the best keyboard players ever, Herbie Hancock. And the most underrated synthesizer ever, the Fender Chroma Polaris and the most difficult of them all, the CMI Fairlight. It took experienced producers like Trevor Horn and Herbie Hancock a dedicated engineer to operate it. But the digital-analog converters on this machine were second to none (even up to today's standards), providing it a very rich sound. You could make an enitre album on a Fairlight. And many did, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Trevor Horn, Art of Noise, Thomas Dolby, and many others.
This is one of my favorite through back vids. 2 greats for one thing. And on top of that enjoying technology back when it was taboo to do such. Herbie was so ahead of his time with realizing what was to be. He was an artist that could be playing with a classical Jazz trio one night and the next night do some interstellar Funk vibes. Open minded with music and the art. Ahead of it all to this day. And still doing great pieces for the Planet.
Herbie was trappin' before Timbaland and that ASR10/ Motif, Pharell, Ryan Leslie stuff. Hearing Quincy and Herbie laughing and being so giddy about new technology during that grooving jam session is priceless. Pure musical enjoyment. These guys are LEGENDS of music. Such a sick video! Thanks for sharing! That 2:30 mark where they set up the jam and laugh in excitement is such a cool feeling. Quincy bouncing on the floor. As the kids say, "That's what's up."
I think this is from a Documentary called "I Love Quincy" made by some French guys. Its a brilliant behind the scenes look at production and Quincy Jones life as it was then (early 80's) Ray Charles , Henry Mancini , James Ingram , Ralph MacDonald,Patti Austin and Michael Jackson of course, are a few of the Artists i remember included. This was one of my favourite clips Thanks for putting it up
There's still something very special about the Fairlight CMI. The dynamic range of it's output stage alone makes it sound like nothing else. Wonderful to see this video. Thanks very much for uploading.
Love that classic '80s sounding patch and progression HH plays @ b0:09-33. I believe Herbie wrote in his auto biography that Quincy actually bought one of the very first ones for something like 80 grand, whereas Hancock himself initially passed due to its cost but then relented and got his. The Fairlight CMI was arguably the top shelf early sampler/work station of the mid 1908s along w/ the even more rare and costly New England Digital Synclavier (which if I'm not mistaken ended up going bankrupt due to the high costs). Lower down the food chain were the E-mu Emulator II and the Kurzweil 240.
this is amazing. who would've thought that years later everything that herbie is doing in this video can be done through ONE piece of equipment like those keyboards with the built in computers from Neko Labs (haha if thats how you spell it) this really makes you wonder how music is gonna sound like 20 or 30 years from now
I watched this clip on TV back in the 80's, have seen it many times since, and still love watching it to this day. And as for that funky bass riff that Herbie plays...its SO damn good!
A close friend of his once told me how amazing it was to see Herbie work, how involved he got in his music making process, thats love right here, for the work and craft of making music. Remember kids, software and computers dont make you a musician. Herbie was a musician first, and it takes work and dedication.
And very same hardware sampler ever. And software sampler. And romplers, and sample playback synths. Everything we use now is based on that sequencing and sample technology. Than god for the fairlight!
Herbie makes some keen observations about Man vs Machine.He's also prophetic about the future innovations. He's is absolutely correct and uses simple logic for all to understand. He" broke it down!!!" These cats need to see this again. I'll bet they'll laugh till the sun comes up!!
wow, herbie is a genius. That groove is just amazing and to do this at that time, i'm very impressed of his skills. This was the time when music came on a natural way threw analog synthesizers and not threw imulations and it also was the time when music was composed and not just "made".
I just need to say that this synth is one that I wanted to have, but never could have. Yet still today with all these fancy computer instruments this brings back some serious memories.
this is absolutely spectacular. you can see the happiness happening there. thata perfect moment. its awe inspiring. two inspirational people doing and having incredible amounts of fun and making things that havent been made before. this is the essense of the future. even 2 decades later. i bow my head to this segment.
Really interesting vid! I remember some of HH's work from the past. Clever guy! Actually the Fairlight has been put to good use on 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' - by Darren Hayes (out August). He got it off of eBay!!!!!
Thanx, Herbie and Q; and thank God for people as gifted and open and intelligent as they are...if He's [extant in the 1st place] there, watching/listening, but it's Godlike to create, so I'll keep the phrase 'thank God'] There is so much I agree with that they said, especially H.H., about the poor condition of music being blamed on "bad tools" i.e., electronics. What people do with their tool ability [as ever] can be for well or for evil. That iin particular is a great thought.
Amazing what these guys bring out of plain electric signals:-) Met HerbieHancock back in 1997 in Dresden when he played with WayneShorter at the "Tonne" - a most energizing concert!
just amazing! hear these synth sounds.. so much power and soul .. i'm happy that i feel familiar with these times. so much good and interesting music has been made in this era. thank and bless these brothers!
@stagesixx Well the Fairlight was one of the first samplers. if we don't count the mellotron. This was state of the art back then, such state that Quincy did the right thing and let a talent like Herbie introduce it to him. To call the Fairlight CMI only a sampler wouldn't do it justice though. You can add synthesis to anything you sample. Later there was the Synclavier (Frank Zappa, Philip Glass, Stevie Wonder). Did about the same thing only much more compact. Good luck.
I do to these people change direction of music for ever,so much talent and creativity.and not just that,theres a message in all that music they created,the message of make us feel good.just amazing how they innovated.this is a must see for EVERY musician
Utterly brilliant! Two musician's both in their own right willing to accept technology and use it to expand their creative musings. Interesting how so many jazz musicians thumbed their noses on electronics like Keith Jarrett who still makes his stale crusty snore-fest brand of jazz today while Hancock has a catalog of innovation in jazz and crossover music. A testament to Hancock's brilliance.
In any given genre, it is important to have musicians that really focus on the traditions because they are the ones that keep those traditions alive in their more pure form. They are the ones that give the innovators a foundation to build on. If you don't have those traditionalists, you don't really have anything. It is all a ecosystem where each part requires the others.
When I was 7 I heard Future Shock when it first came out and have been a huge follower of Herbie's works since. I wish real musicians like Herbie received more attention for their talents and abilities.
epic understatement lol tens and tens of thousands, back in '84 this was state of the art technology, and there are some analogs in there that are still highly sought after.
Just chillin' drinking some wine, hanging out with Quincy and Herbie, 2 of the greatest musical minds ever. And on top of it, a room full of the best synthesizers ever made. Wow.
Also doing some coke lol
I know! I think I saw a Yamaha gx1 prophet 5 Rhodes you name it. I wanna know the patch he used for that solo
I'd pay any ticket price to have been there.
So talented
@@drewjitsu Lmfaooo
6:14, Herbie "It doesn't program itself--yet" wow these guys are ahead of their time in so many ways. Amazing people!
0.38 i'm loading a program. Now we do almost nothing else.
Him saying that at our time, let alone saying that at his time, is simply profound.
Now with AI it can program itself at least a bit haha
"A synthesiser can be a tool to really hurt people's ears and interfere with their lives or it can be a tool to make a really nice sounding instrument that can really affect people in a positive way. It all depends on the person who is using them.
People blame machines very often," oh it's the machines fault".
The machines fault? We have to plug it in!!!!"
Legend
It is technically the loudest instrument known to man for obvious reasons like it producing pure waveforms.
"The funk will prevail"
"The funk will prevail!" -Quincy Jones
That is simply awesome! Two real musicians at work! RIP Quincy.
THIS is what makes TH-cam worth having in the world!!!! And Herbie started out as one of the BEST pianists playing for Miles and Blue Note records. What growth!!
Boy, Herbie sure can articulate when he talks. Most musicians fall apart in front of a camera, Herbie speaks like hes talking right to you. Awesome video, man I wish I had all of those vintage synths and samplers.
REST IN POWER QUINCY JONES 🙏🏽
Absolute legend, RIP
Wow! Touch screen with a pen. Deep! Two "ahead of their time bros." at work. The room would have exploded if Dexter Wansel stepped in, Stevie stopped by, and Prince wandered into the room. Those are just a few of the "keyboard geniuses" of the electronic synth age!!
RIP Quincy. I'm a white British man who will be always indebted to you and your music. Most people won't have the first clue about the music you were behind sir. As a young man, preparing for Friday and Saturday night in East Devon, England, we didn't have big clubs like the cities but I saw proper Funkateers that couldn't travel. As I said RIP Quincy...legend is an over used word.....not this time.
Wow. Its easy to sometimes write the tones off as "cheesy" and "80s", but those grooves are NASTY. Two geniuses at work...
Nothing cheesy about them indeed! A lot of folks would kill to have those exact sounds to build with, it’s so much potential in them depending how they’re used
Nice combination, producer, composer, ochestra leader and coolest dude on the block, Quincy Jones and one of the best keyboard players ever, Herbie Hancock. And the most underrated synthesizer ever, the Fender Chroma Polaris and the most difficult of them all, the CMI Fairlight. It took experienced producers like Trevor Horn and Herbie Hancock a dedicated engineer to operate it. But the digital-analog converters on this machine were second to none (even up to today's standards), providing it a very rich sound. You could make an enitre album on a Fairlight. And many did, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Trevor Horn, Art of Noise, Thomas Dolby, and many others.
Juan Espinosa don't forget Geoff Downes ;)
Juan Espinosa Malcolm Cecil.
Hounds of love is still a cracking fairlight based album. Full of emotion. And Linn drums!
And stevie wonder
They indeed needed a dedicated engineer - and his name was J.J. Jeczalik! 😁
Well, more often than not, anyway.
The little lick at the beginning was straight gold.
This never gets old, Quincy still jamming and geeking out up there in heaven..
This is one of my favorite through back vids. 2 greats for one thing. And on top of that enjoying technology back when it was taboo to do such. Herbie was so ahead of his time with realizing what was to be. He was an artist that could be playing with a classical Jazz trio one night and the next night do some interstellar Funk vibes. Open minded with music and the art. Ahead of it all to this day. And still doing great pieces for the Planet.
Herbie was trappin' before Timbaland and that ASR10/ Motif, Pharell, Ryan Leslie stuff. Hearing Quincy and Herbie laughing and being so giddy about new technology during that grooving jam session is priceless. Pure musical enjoyment. These guys are LEGENDS of music. Such a sick video! Thanks for sharing! That 2:30 mark where they set up the jam and laugh in excitement is such a cool feeling. Quincy bouncing on the floor. As the kids say, "That's what's up."
Anybody else notice Quincy is drinking wine and chewing gum? ..Dude has *always* been gangsta! ;-)
he's drinkin chewing gum??? really??
@@haraldkienzl9256 lololol lololol lololol so funny LOLOL LOLOL
Well spotted!!
I think this is from a Documentary called "I Love Quincy" made by some French guys. Its a brilliant behind the scenes look at production and Quincy Jones life as it was then (early 80's) Ray Charles , Henry Mancini , James Ingram , Ralph MacDonald,Patti Austin and Michael Jackson of course, are a few of the Artists i remember included.
This was one of my favourite clips
Thanks for putting it up
Link? Where can we watch it?
@@rsherid Parts of it are in TH-cam mainly clips featuring Michael Jackson. Never had a DVD/Video release probably because of various music rights
That's correct - "I Love Quincy" briefly resurfaced on TH-cam a few years ago but got pulled down.
If I could play like that, I would never leave home
Indeed!
Facts!
There's still something very special about the Fairlight CMI. The dynamic range of it's output stage alone makes it sound like nothing else. Wonderful to see this video. Thanks very much for uploading.
Thanks for the upload! Not a lot of things are better than happy people making music.
Love that classic '80s sounding patch and progression HH plays @ b0:09-33. I believe Herbie wrote in his auto biography that Quincy actually bought one of the very first ones for something like 80 grand, whereas Hancock himself initially passed due to its cost but then relented and got his. The Fairlight CMI was arguably the top shelf early sampler/work station of the mid 1908s along w/ the even more rare and costly New England Digital Synclavier (which if I'm not mistaken ended up going bankrupt due to the high costs). Lower down the food chain were the E-mu Emulator II and the Kurzweil 240.
I agree with you 1000%. I can watch this video over and over and never get tired of it. Two true genius minds at work, a rare find today.
The funk will prevail. Words to live by.
I like to come back to this every once in a while. One of my favourite inspirations for both music, and general creative positivity. Charming!
this is amazing. who would've thought that years later everything that herbie is doing in this video can be done through ONE piece of equipment like those keyboards with the built in computers from Neko Labs (haha if thats how you spell it)
this really makes you wonder how music is gonna sound like 20 or 30 years from now
I can just imagine Herbie calling Quincy over the phone like "come over and see this funky shit i've got!!!"
This clip is awesome, and made me happy!
I watched this clip on TV back in the 80's, have seen it many times since, and still love watching it to this day. And as for that funky bass riff that Herbie plays...its SO damn good!
Most beautiful video I have seen in a long time.
A close friend of his once told me how amazing it was to see Herbie work, how involved he got in his music making process, thats love right here, for the work and craft of making music. Remember kids, software and computers dont make you a musician. Herbie was a musician first, and it takes work and dedication.
fairlight is the great grandfather of Reason, Fruity Loops, Ableton, Logic and pro tools
And very same hardware sampler ever. And software sampler. And romplers, and sample playback synths. Everything we use now is based on that sequencing and sample technology. Than god for the fairlight!
Amiga Protracker is.
Damn lol
All hail the fairlight
You forgot the Daddy of this lot, Cubase.
This was a great 'one off' show, which I recorded onto vhs when it was first screened on Channel 4 back in 1984...omg!! :/
Two geniuses of music.......amazing guys. Thanks so much for all your wonderful production and music over the last 40 years.
So many jewels in this video. The knowledge of these two and the very wise words of Herbie Hancock
Both Herbie and Stevie Wonder were ahead of their time
Herbie makes some keen observations about Man vs Machine.He's also prophetic about the future innovations. He's is absolutely correct and uses simple logic for all to understand. He" broke it down!!!" These cats need to see this again. I'll bet they'll laugh till the sun comes up!!
Still relevant!
Relevent now!!
Fantastic clip! Made me feel great!
wow, herbie is a genius. That groove is just amazing and to do this at that time, i'm very impressed of his skills. This was the time when music came on a natural way threw analog synthesizers and not threw imulations and it also was the time when music was composed and not just "made".
The Fairlight synthesizer was the first digital one, it was a vst in a box.
2:30 - 5:10 -- Why the 1980s were AWESOME!
Yess
I just need to say that this synth is one that I wanted to have, but never could have. Yet still today with all these fancy computer instruments this brings back some serious memories.
Seeing these two guys just having so much fun and this kind of just positive relationship is so motivating, and so fun to see!
daaaammmnn that beat at 1:30 though.
Yeah I'm loving that. I want to hear that in a hip hop song.
These two are legendary musicians and producers of modern music! All from Chicago and major influences!
this is absolutely spectacular. you can see the happiness happening there. thata perfect moment. its awe inspiring. two inspirational people doing and having incredible amounts of fun and making things that havent been made before.
this is the essense of the future. even 2 decades later. i bow my head to this segment.
This video has been on TH-cam almost as long as I've been alive. Neat.
These two already had 40 years of music experience between them at this point and they still invented the sound of 80s R&B and jazz
I feel very fortunate to be able to watch this. Don't take this for granted!
Man, that Rhodes Chroma sounds amazing!!!!
Really interesting vid! I remember some of HH's work from the past. Clever guy!
Actually the Fairlight has been put to good use on 'This Delicate Thing We've Made' - by Darren Hayes (out August). He got it off of eBay!!!!!
The happiness talking about the programs... feelings never change!
Man, the groove and melody he creates around 3:00 is AWSOME;
Just saw Herbie live in "Vitoria-Gasteiz(Spain) jazz festival", totally awesome.
I can't believe that this is 83, and 25 years later, Quincy presents Herbie with the Album of the Year. Amazing.
I can’t believe your comment was 15 years ago 😮❤
Thanx, Herbie and Q; and thank God for people as gifted and open and intelligent as they are...if He's [extant in the 1st place] there, watching/listening, but it's Godlike to create, so I'll keep the phrase 'thank God'] There is so much I agree with that they said, especially H.H., about the poor condition of music being blamed on "bad tools" i.e., electronics. What people do with their tool ability [as ever] can be for well or for evil. That iin particular is a great thought.
Two (much talented) friends having fun in the studio, beautiful, RIP Q.
its so beautiful to see, how delighted Quincey sits down next to Herbie as soon he hears how he ist hitting the chords
The more I watch these Fairlight demonstrations, the more I have to have one! And Quincy and Herbie would be perfect teachers, kudos to them!
There are some great vst's.
Amazing what these guys bring out of plain electric signals:-)
Met HerbieHancock back in 1997 in Dresden when he played with WayneShorter at the "Tonne" - a most energizing concert!
this video is one of the most incredible displays of talent i have ever seen in my life...inspiring
Both legends! Very interesting and entertaining video!
Legendary footage
Greatest producer of all time. What a long fruitful life 🤎
Thk god someone recorded this sweet moment - two geniuses at work
just amazing! hear these synth sounds.. so much power and soul .. i'm happy that i feel familiar with these times. so much good and interesting music has been made in this era. thank and bless these brothers!
Due uomini straordinari all'opera!!! Marvellous video, thx for sharing man...
quincy jones: "the funk will prevail".. hehe, epic :)
***** too bad you can't dance
***** it's always funny when stupid people open their mouths. very common on youtube.
+Zapp Rogerstein Actually its very stupid.
what a pair of absolute legends!!!!
@stagesixx Well the Fairlight was one of the first samplers. if we don't count the mellotron. This was state of the art back then, such state that Quincy did the right thing and let a talent like Herbie introduce it to him. To call the Fairlight CMI only a sampler wouldn't do it justice though. You can add synthesis to anything you sample. Later there was the Synclavier (Frank Zappa, Philip Glass, Stevie Wonder). Did about the same thing only much more compact. Good luck.
Doesn't get better than this!
Fairlight! Australian!!
Saw this on tv a long Time ago. Good to See it here again. Tuns.
this is incredible!! so happy this is on youtube!
gooodness gracious..this is so gaddamn funky!
Fred Koke,thank you so much for this!!!
History in the making right here! Now I have to check out the entire doc.
i hate commenting on the dislikes on vdeos... but how could you possibly dislike this? 2 legends being informative
This makes me happy on so many levels!
Two legends in the same room doing music and an interviewer that is not pushy. This video is phenomenal 🔥
Now thats ol skool funkylicious man his music is off da hook i used to break with his beats all the time one of the best songs is Rock it!!!!
I do to these people change direction of music for ever,so much talent and creativity.and not just that,theres a message in all that music they created,the message of make us feel good.just amazing how they innovated.this is a must see for EVERY musician
me too theyre making history there plus having a good time the vibe in there is like DAMMN I cant wait to go to the studio
2 of my favorite artists/arrangers of ALL time!!
One of my mentors !!! back in the day . awesome stuff !
♡♥♡♥♡♥♡XOXOX! !!!
I just came! These guys need more respect!
So wonderfully inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Utterly brilliant! Two musician's both in their own right willing to accept technology and use it to expand their creative musings. Interesting how so many jazz musicians thumbed their noses on electronics like Keith Jarrett who still makes his stale crusty snore-fest brand of jazz today while Hancock has a catalog of innovation in jazz and crossover music. A testament to Hancock's brilliance.
In any given genre, it is important to have musicians that really focus on the traditions because they are the ones that keep those traditions alive in their more pure form. They are the ones that give the innovators a foundation to build on. If you don't have those traditionalists, you don't really have anything.
It is all a ecosystem where each part requires the others.
Herbie H. se fue con Óscar...Keith J. manos vacias
Yes, these guys are coooool!
Very interesting, great Studio.
RIP Quincy...
Two musical geniuses at work
When I was 7 I heard Future Shock when it first came out and have been a huge follower of Herbie's works since. I wish real musicians like Herbie received more attention for their talents and abilities.
I love this man. Thanks Herbie!!!
Just great guys with great equipment! Really nice video!
Wow, INCREDIBLE video. THANK YOU! Awesome music. Hancock is killer!
I can't understand how someone could thumbs down this.....These cats are legendary ("" My Enfluences (""
OMG! Two legends just chillin' and groovin' on down! Superb! Check out the equipment!
epic understatement lol
tens and tens of thousands, back in '84 this was state of the art technology, and there are some analogs in there that are still highly sought after.
Pure quality. The best of the best....
amazing footage genius , beautiful, rich!
Great to see these legends as regular dudes playing with stuff :-)