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Herbie Hancock - The New Standard (1995) Genre: Jazz

THE NEW STANDARD is a collection of reinterpretations of modern pop songs by Nirvana, Prince, The Beatles, Sade and others.

Cduniverse.com:

The voices are instantly recognizable. Jack DeJohnette's percussive timekeeping has an unmistakable feel to it--full, tight, busy. John Scofield's bright and warm guitar always slides left into the groove. And Herbie Hancock's mastery of the piano--exquisite voicings, inventive lines and precise time--combines with his and Bob Belden's insightful arrangements. The songs are standards, but not like you've ever heard them before.

Herbie Hancock has truly created THE NEW STANDARD, and it makes perfect sense. One wonders why, in an age of incestuous contemporary jazz, no one has successfully mined the wealth of recent American popular music. After all, one of the foundations of jazz itself has been the recycling and reinterpreting of "standards" taken from the great American songbook--tunes by Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Rodgers & Hart, Johnny Mercer, et al. These icons were responsible for much of the popularity of jazz in the past. Yet one of the problems with jazz today is that most of its listeners weren't even alive when these masters were...

Allmusic.com:

On first glance this record would not seem to have much promise from a jazz standpoint. Herbie Hancock performs a set of tunes which include numbers from the likes of Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, Sade, Paul Simon, Prince, the Beatles ("Norwegian Wood") and Kurt Cobain. However by adding vamps, reharmonizing the chord structures, sometimes quickly discarding the melodies and utilizing an all-star band, Hancock was able to transform the potentially unrewarding music into creative jazz. Hancock, who sticks to acoustic piano, shows that he is still in prime form, taking quite a few fiery solos. With Michael Brecker on tenor and surprisingly effective soprano, guitarist John Scofield, bassist Dave Holland, drummer Jack DeJohnette and percussionist Don Alias (along with an occasional horn or string section that was dubbed in later), the results are often quite hard-swinging and certainly never predictable. Although it is doubtful that any of these songs will ever become a jazz standard, Herbie Hancock has successfully created a memorable set of "new" music. Well worth investigating.

Personnel:

Herbie Hancock - piano

Don Alias - percussion

Oscar Brashear - trumpet, flugelhorn

Gene Cipriano - oboe, English horn

Maurice Spears - bass trombone

Suzette Moriarty - French horn

Also: Michael Brecker, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Gary Herbig, Sam Riney

Tracks:

1. New York Minute - Henley, Kortchmar, Winding 8:33

2. Mercy Street - Gabriel 8:36

3. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - Lennon, McCartney 8:04

4. When Can I See You - Edmonds 6:15

5. You've Got It Bad Girl - Wonder, Wright 7:13

6. Love Is Stronger Than Pride - Adu, Hale, Matthewman 7:57

7. Scarborough Fair - Garfunkel, Simon 8:25

8. Thieves in the Temple - Prince 7:30

9. All Apologies - Cobain 5:04

10. Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love) - Hancock 4:05

Total Time: 71:42

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