The Herbie Hancock Group on Danish TV, 1976

Herbie Hancock and his band perform cuts from the albums “Man-Child” and “Secrets”:

1. Hang Up Your Hang Ups (from Man-Child, 1975)
2. Gentle Thoughts (from Secrets, 1976)
3. Spider (from Secrets, 1976)

This rare, well preserved (!) recording was made for Danish television in 1976.

Herbie Hancock
with
Melvin “Wah Wah Watson” Ragin
Bennie Maupin
Paul Jackson
James Levi

[brodjefferson]

1. Hang Up Your Hang Ups (from Man Child, 1975) 00:00
2. Gentle Thoughts (from Secrets, 1976) 14:28
3. Spider (from Secrets, 1976) 24:37

[natsix]

Wah Wah Watson is the reason why we put www on the internet before every search, never forget that...

[djcoolcliff]

Wah Wah is my uncle! Melvin Ragin is real name! He has played on everybody hit Miss you Unc and I know you somewhere funking it

[fewmer]

you know how some pockets have a smaller pocket inside them? yeh, that's these guys right here

[LolaMaria]

Respect to everyone watching this. You all know what a good time is 💛

[Daniel-konk]

6:35 the call n response between herbie n Paul is exciting to watch

[gunnardahlgaard]

Herbie H. played at Copenhagen Jazzfestival 2022, great concert, the audience were thrilled and excited. As the concert was at the end and the musicians was about leaving Herbie H. turned around and said " oh, yes, and there is this" and the concert ended with an extended version of Chamelon. Thank you mr. Hancock.

[disconnectpub]

The Danish video team deserves respect. pre/post vid production was phenomenal

The way they recorded and controlled the video feeds for this live event - astounding.

[chrisgreenejazz]

Props to Herbie’s road crew for lugging all those heavy ass keyboards to this taping. 😂

[johnr]

This band was and is absolutely incredible. Wah Wah Watson is so slept on but real ones really know!

[lyrixandlicks]

This is literally the best thing I’ve seen on YouTube in years. Funkin RIGHT!

[floydthompson]

In the 80s when some of my friends were getting into hip-hop, they thought I was odd for collecting HERBIE HANCOCK cassettes. I still have my cassette and CD collection by the way, in 2023.

[johnkennethmccloskey]

Paul Jackson is a bad mother!! One of the most UNDER RATED bassists ever!!

[sandrexca]

Herbie takes these little magical sneaky, delicious, diminished chorded tickly notes...nobody can do this. A pure magician and alchemist!

[achenarmyst]

Wah wah‘s fun of playing is absolutely infectious. 😍

[ewetoo]

you know they're in the zone when they're kind of staring off and their hands are transmitting the funk from within

[mattpierce]

Been on youtube since it started in the mid 2000s, and in that whole time I've never had a video I come back to as much as this one. And I only found it like a month ago! This is just such a badass performance, it hits every note for me in presentation, style and talent, I love the 70s analog video effects, I love every musician's intensity and joy... just the perfect live show.

[matthew-thomasplant]

The call and response between herbie and the bassist around the 7 minute mark 🫨 I could watch this stuff all day

[blitzebill]

I got to the fusion party a little late; by 1975 the Headhunters got my attention. Funky fusion at its finest. His earlier work on Man-Child and Thrust never get old. Herb(ie Hancock) is my fusion drug of choice. Love the creative cinematography.

P.S. thanks for uploading this. American TV in 1976 would have never considered airing something like this; only the Danish and other European cats appreciated this.

[soundcheckstudios]

this is one of the best things I have seen in my entire life. absolute peak Herbie.