Track Listing
1. Wisdom
2. Kebero Part 1
3. Essence
4. This Is Rob Swift
5. Black Gravity
6. Tony Williams
7. Ionosphere
8. Alphabeta
9. Be Still
10. Virtual Hornets
11. Kebero Part 2
12. Essence (Album Edit)
13. Essence (DJ Krush Main Mix)
14. Essence (Bukem's DJ Mix)
15. Essence (Extra Go Dub Mix)
16. Essence (Future 2 Future Album Mix)
17. Essence (Bonita)
18. Essence (Drumming)
19. Essence (Sacred Opus Mix)
20. Essence (Cosmic Ritual Interlude)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Bill Laswell, Carl Craig, Chaka Khan, Charnett Moffett, Jack DeJohnette, Rob Swift, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter | | Distributor: | MSI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Herbie Hancock (keyboards); GiGi, Imani Uzuri, Elenni Davis-Knight, Chaka Khan, Dana Bryant (vocals); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Charnett Moffett (acoustic bass); Bill Laswell (electric bass); Karsh Kale (drums, programming); Jack DeJohnette, Tony Williams (drums); Rob Swift (programming, turntables); A Guy Called Gerald, Carl Craig (programming); Grandmixer DXT (turntables).
Engineers include: Robert Musso, Dave Hampton, Khaliq-O-Vision.
Principally recorded at Kampo and JSM Studios, New York, New York.
Throughout his career, Herbie Hancock has managed to cross over from jazz to boogie ("Watermelon Man"), jazz to funk ("Chameleon"), and jazz to dance ("Rockit"). On this 2001 set, it was from jazz to hip-hop. Features bassist Christian McBride and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, among others.
Though pianist Herbie Hancock is one of the most venerated performers in jazz, he still is a little controversial, because of his refusal to limit himself to any one style. He can still make an acoustic piano sing, but Hancock also likes to make other, funkier noises as well. FUTURE 2 FUTURE presents Herbie the funkster, collaborating with jazz pals (Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette), R&B/jazz diva Chaka Khan, and the downtown bass/dub wizard Bill Laswell for a program of dance music, accented with electronica and touches of world music. Jazz purists might wince, but those who appreciate modern dance sounds with heart and brains will be engaged.
Editorial Reviews
...Revisits Hancock's electronic dance/hip-hop leanings 20 years after his hit 'Rockit'. Here again, he works with Bill Laswell, and they create a modern amalgam that's in the same spirit as their original collaboration...
CMJ (09/17/2001)
9 out of 10 - ...Hancock was ahead of his time 30 years ago, and with F2F, he continues to light the way...
Alternative Press (12/01/2001)
3 discs out of 5 - ...A techno fantasy that balances jazz subtleties with drum'n'bass, ambient, and hip hop textures...
Vibe (11/01/2001)
4 stars out of 5 - ...A triumph...this is a Rolodex album that really works...a youth brigade of major domos d'electronica....Hancock brings nuance and subtlety to what's essentially a mechanical music...
Down Beat (10/01/2001)
3 out of 5 stars - ...Less ground-breaking music than brow-soothing muzak.
Q (11/01/2001)
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