https://www.herbiehancock.com/

Herbie Hancock
Symphony Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
2025-10-26

Taped by:
EnglishSkylarking
https://etreedb.org/EnglishSkylarking
https://www.youtube.com/@EnglishSkylarkingLive
https://archive.org/details/@englishskylarking

Location:
RoC lower balcony

Gear:
> Audio-Technica AT943/Sound Professionals SP-CMC-8 w/ 4.7k mod
> Sony PCM-A10 (Input level 9, 24/48 WAV)

Processing:
> iZotope RX 11 (Phase adjustment, claps attenuated with declick module, 24/48 WAV)
> Audacity 3.7.7 (Some cheers manually ducked, 24/48 WAV)
> Sound Forge Pro 16.1.4 (Minor EQ, minor limiting, normalization, right channel advanced 3 samples, fades, 24/48 WAV)
> CD Wave 1.98 (Tracking, 24/48 WAV)
> TLH 2.8.4.185 (FFP)
> Sound Forge Pro 16.1.4 (Resampled, dithered, 16/44 FLAC)
> TLH 2.8.4.185 (SBE fixed, FFP)

On this night Herbie Hancock's band was:
Herbie Hancock - piano, keys
Terence Blanchard - trumpet, some keys
James Genus - bass
Lionel Loueke - guitar
Jaylen Petinaud - drums

Play Time - 02:03:46
-program intro-
-Herbie intro-
Prehistoric Predator
Overture (Medley)
-banter, band intros-
Footprints ~
-banter-
Actual Proof
-banter-
Butterfly
-banter-
Vocoder Improv
Secret Sauce
-banter-
Hang Up Your Hang Ups/Spider/Rockit
Chameleon
-outro-

~ Wayne Shorter

Notes:
First time seeing this legend! He had a great band with him with a couple old heads and a couple
young bloods who had no problem hanging on stage with 'em. "Actual Proof" is the stand-out for me
with all the solos. Footprints is pretty good, too. Enjoyed Blanchard's use of pedals. Herbie's
banter drags a little bit sometimes. Good recording, although being further back from the stage
in the middle of the balcony there's a lot of room sound, and the bass and drums are a bit veiled.

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