Herbie Hancock on Austin City Limits 'Cantaloupe Island'

The jazz legend performs one of his best-loved compositions on Austin City Limits. Catch Herbie Hancock's episode premiere on January 20, 2018. Check your local PBS listings.

About the Episode
Thrill to an hour with legendary keyboardist and composer Herbie Hancock. The jazz innovator surveys his decades-long career in his ACL debut.

About Austin City Limits

[pwg]

One of THE most incredible Herbie concerts ever, if not THE most. What I find so amazing but instructional also was it's like Herbie is there saying, fiction of course, but "Here's Cantaloupe Island and the form. But now, here's a totally new form/tune with original changes based on Cantaloupe Island." And Actual Proof on this same concert was even more outlandish. Like I'm Herbie throwing you curve balls already with outside improv over the form, but here's a totally new tune also with its own form. Constant reinvention blowing all our minds, good luck transcribing, all I can say, and proof that one shouldn't in certain instances!

[Seemygloss]

Just this weekend in Syracuse n.y I witness some serious playing by this band and believe me, they were on fire, in fact we're still trying to put it out.

[pputnam]

MY God this bass player is fantastic..>!! And of course, Vinnie takes this to another level, holy shite, the cool little twists they throw in are outrageous!!! Wow, I recommend listening to this with good headphones on, otherwise you're really missing out.

[fgb]

Herbie Hancock es un gran pianista de jazz y UN TRABAJADOR INFATIGABLE.!!
Hace 30 años estaba aburrido por las calles de mi ciudad Huelva (Andalucía, Spain) en un pequeño teatro se anunciaba que en media hora actuaba Herbie Hancock, ERA EL MISMO MÚSICO DE MIS DISCOS DE VINILO.!!!, en una ciudad insignificante para los grandes espectáculos de música.
Entré en el pequeño y bonito patio de butacas y ante un grupo de aficionados a la música jazz actuó el maestro internacional Herbie en Huelva ¡¡ es un recuerdo imborrable en mi vida. Gracias por ser un trabajador infatigable y llegar hasta mi pequeña ciudad, le deseo lo mejor y grandes éxitos.... 🎹🎼

[KingShahede]

Vinnie holdin it down on the skins. 🥁 Genus is becoming more familiar to me and always funky, 🎸 I may do some homework on him soon. Terrace Martin 🎷 displaying his wherewithall when it comes to this great American craft by getting bluesy, bend notes to display emotion and coloring outside the lines. Y'all know Herbie wouldn't have anyone up there who didn't know what they're doing.

Go relisten to it and if you need appreciating any of their contribution, I'll provide context best I can.

[joelbetts]

Herbie, Billy Cobham, Pat Metheney, what pillars of now's jazz. This is the stuff!

[mabelchanchorra]

GENIAL!!! Muchísimas gracias!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇧🇪Ⓜ️

[brentdavis]

James Genus is a genus of cool man cool here

[n_b]

It's disappointing they don't list the names of the other ensemble players in the description.

[fordhamdonnington]

Do you know why Austin City Limits sounds so good? Look at the floor.

[shruggzdastr-facedclown]

When you can see that the drummer is sweating, you know that they are cooking up some serious gumbo!!

[bernardwallace]

"Dip trip. Flip fantasia"
Ha! It took me a minute to put my finger on that

[RudyAnderssonstar]

The nstruments from Herbie an Co. are really talking to eachother

[AllanOlsen]

Im so sorry for beeing noob, but whats the name of the bassplayer ? (some of the channels always name the players on the video they paste, good reading! :)

[hihats]

I'm gonna say it...Vinnie Colaiuta is the greatest drummer of all time

[Лесник]

Если б басист подошёл ко мне на улице ночью, мне бы почему-то захотелось бы отдать ему все свои деньги

[benalexander]

what an amazing performance. one thing i noticed is the sax has no expression. just notes

[patrickdamico]

Doù il sort le batteur mixer; on dirait moi quand j'étais jeunot.

[frankhudek]

Herbie and the rhythm section are fantastic but the saxophone sounds out of tune.

[darrylredwood]

saxophone in the style of Wayne Shorter.