Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall

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.

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Track listing

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

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

Michael Brecker – producer
Jason Olaine – producer
Todd Fraracci – producer
Herbie Hancock – executive producer
Scott Southard – concept management
Doug Doctor and Rob Griffin – recording
Jay Newland – mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City, USA

References

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

External links

Hancock-Brecker-Hargrove at Verve Records

v t e Herbie Hancock
Discography (As a sideman or guest artist)
Studio albums	Takin' Off My Point of View Inventions & Dimensions Empyrean Isles Maiden Voyage Speak Like a Child The Prisoner Fat Albert Rotunda Mwandishi Crossings Sextant Head Hunters Dedication Thrust Man-Child Secrets Third Plane Herbie Hancock Trio Sunlight Directstep The Piano Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Monster Mr. Hands Magic Windows Herbie Hancock Trio Lite Me Up Quartet Future Shock Sound-System Village Life Perfect Machine A Tribute to Miles Dis Is da Drum The New Standard 1+1 Gershwin's World Future 2 Future Possibilities River: The Joni Letters The Imagine Project
Live albums	Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz Flood V.S.O.P. The Quintet (V.S.O.P.) Tempest in the Colosseum (V.S.O.P.) An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (V.S.O.P.) Jazz Africa Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall Live: Detroit/Chicago
with Bob Brookmeyer	Bob Brookmeyer and Friends
with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams	Out of This World (Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet) Chant Royal Flush Free Form A New Perspective
with Miles Davis	Seven Steps to Heaven My Funny Valentine Four & More E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Jack Johnson On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It
with Jack DeJohnette and Pat Metheny	Parallel Realities
with Joe Farrell	Moon Germs Penny Arcade Upon This Rock Night Dancing
with Freddie Hubbard	Hub-Tones Straight Life Red Clay
with Joe Zawinul	Zawinul
Compilations	Treasure Chest (Herbie Hancock album) The Best of Herbie Hancock Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock
Compositions	"Watermelon Man" "Cantaloupe Island" "Maiden Voyage" "Chameleon" "Rockit"
Soundtracks	Blow-Up Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert The Spook Who Sat by the Door Death Wish A Soldier's Story Round Midnight Action Jackson

v t e Michael Brecker
Discography
As leader	Cityscape (1982) Michael Brecker (1987) Don't Try This at Home (1988) Now You See It… (Now You Don't) (1990) Tales from the Hudson (1996) Two Blocks from the Edge (1998) Time Is of the Essence (1999) Nearness of You (2001) Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall (2002) Wide Angles (2003) Pilgrimage (2007)
Steps Ahead	Steps Ahead (1983) Modern Times (1984)
Brecker Brothers	The Brecker Bros. (1975) Back to Back (1976) Don't Stop the Music (1977) Heavy Metal Be-Bop (1978) Detente (1980) Straphangin' (1981) Return of the Brecker Brothers (1992) Out of the Loop (1994) The Brecker Bros. Collection, Vol 1 (1990) The Brecker Bros. Collection, Vol 2 (1991)
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