Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (2006)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Directors:

Doug Biro
Jon Fine

Release Date:

14 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

A film about jazz pianist Herbie Hancock.

Plot Keywords:

Trey Anastasio | Musician | Character Name In Title

Cast

Christina Aguilera	...	Herself
Trey Anastasio	...	Himself
Brian Eno	...	Himself
Herbie Hancock	...	Himself
Lisa Hannigan	...	Herself
Angélique Kidjo	...	Herself
Jonny Lang	...	Himself
Annie Lennox	...	Herself
Lionel Louke	...	Himself
John Mayer	...	Himself
Raul Midon	...	Himself
Greg Phillinganes	...	Himself
Damien Rice	...	Himself
Carlos Santana	...	Himself
Wayne Shorter	...	Himself
Paul Simon	...	Himself
Sting	...	Himself
Joss Stone	...	Herself

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Company:

HDNet Films

Exploring beyond the classics

This is a very good documentary about one of our outstanding living jazz pianists. Herbie Hancock, best know for his "Cantaloupe Island" and "Watermelon Man" nowadays ubiquitous classics, reveals in this film how versatile and adaptable a musician he is. We witness Hancock creating music pieces with the great like Sting, Annie Lennox, Santana and Angélique Kidjo but his most interesting experiments are pulled off with young, lesser known talents from Ireland and Santa Monica. Raul Midón had us rush to check him out after the performance. While the documentary focuses on the interaction of Hancock with living musicians, Miles Davis could not have been left out given his great influence on Hancock in the "second great quintet" years. After showing the portrait of a talented music experimentalist the documentary attempts, with less success, to show us the man delving in his own soul. It would have been better to show this side of Hancock throughout the film rather than treating the issue somehow separately towards the end.