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I caught a lineup of Hancock, Brecker, Hargrove, George (Jiri) Mraz and Lenny White do the "Directions in Music" repertoire live in Paris. No doubt about it; Hancock is the star. A little more percussive than mid-60s Blue Note and Miles and mid-70s VSOP Quartet style but he still has a beautiful touch and always develops his solos into those those gorgeous flowing lines later. - Sounds like Hancock and Jarrett have "swapped styles" in the recent years. I found myself impatient for the next Hancock solo all through the intros and horn solos. Hargrove is very fleet and precise in attack. Brecker is moving very close to 63-64 Coltrane, much in the mould of Alan Skidmore in the 90s, but less precise in his attack. He does drag a bit on Naima, and its all been done this way many times before. Everyone except the drummer has a feature tune. Buy the CD, but see them if you can; you'll hear why the recording was done live.Read full review
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