Herbie Hancock Live!
– Watch the entire video (songs and performers will be announced at different points throughout)
– The intro paragraph should explain which concert you chose, the date of the concert, the place, the name, and why you picked it
– Write a paragraph describing the musicians as they appear in the video. Don’t just list them. No biographical information is needed. Make it interesting!
– Write a single paragraph for each song, describe this song, and what you thought of it
– Your closing paragraph should summarize your overall impression of the concert
– The paper should be written in third-person
– State “who”, “what”, and “where”
– Paper must be 8-12 paragraphs
– Include details about the venue, each song, and each musician
Sample Solution
The final stretch of “Herbie’s World,” Herbie Hancock’s hybridized JVC Jazz Festival concert at Carnegie Hall on Friday night, was as good as one could hope for. Following three other setups, Mr. Hancock, the pianist, came on stage with an acoustic quartet that included the saxophonist Wayne Shorter, the bassist Dave Holland and the drummer Brian Blade. The performance only lasted half an hour, but they played an enormous amount of music. Not notes, but music. This was the abstract, volatile end of the jazz mainstream, perfectly well-practiced and coherent: these same four musicians toured together two years ago, and Mr. Hancock and Mr. Shorter helped redefine jazz’s mainstream during the mid-1960’s with Miles Davis, and later in other projects. There were three tunes, technically speaking, but they kept changing color and character. In just about every bar there was a mystery door leading to some striking new idea.
