What Miles Davis Taught Herbie Hancock In Music, as in Life, There Are No Mistakes, Just Chances to Improvise

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  • 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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