What Miles Davis Taught Herbie Hancock In Music, as in Life, There Are No Mistakes, Just Chances to Improvise
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News Summary
- The Beastie Boys left in a jumpy needle intended for a smooth scratch on “ The Sounds of Science ” Radiohead left in Jonny Greenwood’s warm-up chord that became essential to “ Creep.
- In this very short video based around an interview with pianist Herbie Hancock, the master improviser Miles Davis honored Hancock”s mistake as a hidden intention by playing along with it.
- “It taught me a very big lesson not only about music,” says Han cock, “but about life.”
One of my favorite Brian Eno quotes, or rather one that became an Oblique Strategy, is Honor Your Mistake as a Hidden Intention.
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