Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall

Not to be confused with Jazz at Massey Hall.
Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
Live album by
Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove
ReleasedMay 2002
RecordedOctober 25, 2001
VenueMassey Hall, Toronto
GenreJazz, post-bop
LabelVerve
ProducerHerbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Jason Olaine and Todd Fraracci
Herbie Hancock chronology
Future 2 Future
(2001) 		Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
(2002) 		Possibilities
(2005)
Michael Brecker chronology
Nearness of You: The Ballad Book
(2001) 		Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
(2002) 		American Dreams
(2002)
Roy Hargrove chronology
Moment to Moment
(2000) 		Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
(2002) 		Hard Groove
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[1]

Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall (subtitled, Celebrating Miles Davis & John Coltrane) is a live recording by pianist Herbie Hancock, tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpeter Roy Hargrove. It was recorded on October 25, 2001 in Toronto and was Brecker's eighth and Hancock's forty-fourth album. The band is rounded out by bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade.

It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group in 2003. The track "My Ship" won the Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo that same year. This album was mixed by Jay Newland.

Track listing

  1. "The Sorcerer" (Herbie Hancock) – 8:53
  2. "The Poet" (Roy Hargrove) – 6:35
  3. "So What"/"Impressions" (Miles Davis)/(John Coltrane) – 12:51
  4. "Misstery" (Michael Brecker, Hancock, Hargrove) – 8:16
  5. "Naima" (Coltrane) – 7:29
  6. "Transition" (Coltrane) – 10:26
  7. "My Ship" (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin) – 8:40
  8. "D Trane" (Brecker) – 15:09

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

References

  1. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 644. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.