Love watching my dad as a child on Sesame Street (black boy with fro) he’s 43 years old in 2 weeks ♥️

@jasminecaldwell6118

2 жыл бұрын

Awww, I’ll be 43 in June. I remember watching. Crazy how swift time moves but the things you can remember from that age.

@byronbenguche

2 жыл бұрын

Wait that's your dad as a kid on Sesame Street that's so awesome 😎😎😎

@lukeveillon3490

2 жыл бұрын

Not many can say they visited Herbie Hancock on Sesame Street ! 😮

@sadomaz0

2 жыл бұрын

Wish him a happy 44th from us.

@philb4462

Жыл бұрын

That is so wonderful! Has he talked to you about this? What does he remember about it?

This video inspired me to become a composer for TV. Years later, I saw Mr. Hancock on a flight to LA and asked the flight attendant to share a handwritten note of appreciation and admiration. He was so touched that he left his seat to find me and say hello! Keep on rockin’ Herbie, and thank you for everything!

@JasonBoon02

Жыл бұрын

Great story! ✌🏼

@SewerTapes

Жыл бұрын

Awesome story. Herbie seems like a genuinely cool dude.

@rinky_dinky

Жыл бұрын

How old were u when you saw this video ? Tv composer sounds oddly specific for a child ambition ☺️

@SewerTapes

Жыл бұрын

@@rinky_dinky I got the impression he was attributing where he ended up to the inspiration from this Sesame Street episode. Not that it necessarily instilled a drive to become a TV composer, but rather drove him to make music in general.

@zachhaywood1564

Жыл бұрын

Awesome story! Thanks so much for sharing!

“What do you need a monitor for in music? What are you looking at?” Most unintentionally insightful take on music production ever.

What I love about these old shows is that they took their time to experience things. Allowed for some natural reactions/interactions. Pretty funky and fun stuff for these kids. God bless Herbie and his mastery

@stephaniecarrow4898

Жыл бұрын

Yes ~ the old Sesame Street was much better than more recent years.

@SomebodyPickaName

Жыл бұрын

For sure - what you said reminded me of the Dick Cavett show and how he and his guests would have natural conversations and interactions. It's too bad it isn't like that anymore.

@mastercadillactus

Жыл бұрын

@@SomebodyPickaName Dick Cavity was great. Tom Snyder was like that, too.

@colinmaharaj

11 күн бұрын

It was a different time then, sit for hours reading a book, listen to music. No distractions like cell phones, Internet. You could take a longer time to think about solutions to problems, visit a library, ask your dad or mom.

@RaptureMusicOfficial

6 күн бұрын

Right. Back then they took kids seriously. Today they just show infantile shows like Teletubbies and Spongebob and whatnot.

I bet Herbie stayed up for 3 days straight when he got his Fairlight.

@djinsomnia666

3 жыл бұрын

that was just to load his first sample :p

@lundsweden

3 жыл бұрын

Sampling was very exciting back in the 80s!

@AshleyPomeroy

2 жыл бұрын

I learn from the internet that the sequencer had a 65-page instruction manual, and because it was a computer system there were at least nineteen revisions of the software, so I imagine he must have spent ages getting up to speed. He has a degree in electrical engineering though.

@DicoT951

2 жыл бұрын

For sure 🤩

@dopedrums

Жыл бұрын

@@AshleyPomeroy I understand it sounds like a lot but it's really not. My synthesizer manual is thicker than the Bible. 300+ pages.

It was interesting to see a younger Ashley Banks getting her voice sampled by Herbie Hancock in the 80's. This is a treasure!

@pharoahanderson6675

Жыл бұрын

And Tatiana Ali from Fresh Prince..

@evilmario6061

Жыл бұрын

@@pharoahanderson6675 same person, fool

@TundieRice

Жыл бұрын

@@pharoahanderson6675 That’s who they were talking about, Tatiana Ali played Ashley Banks on Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

@_jacksheldon

Жыл бұрын

@@TundieRice He was making a joke.

@sharktamer

Жыл бұрын

oh I thought she looked a lot like her!

I was 11 years old when this episode first aired. It laid the seeds of much of my life thus far... an amateur collector and player of synthesizers and a professional toy designer working with Sesame Street. Thanks Herbie and co.!! I miss the early days, back when Sesame Street was awesome and adults respected children.

This was one of my favorite bits that's stuck with me my whole life. I even remember seeing it years later, being shocked to realize our Tatyana became Ashley on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

@jazznotes3802

Жыл бұрын

Because stars are grown in Hollywood. The world elite’s won’t just let anyone become a “star.”

@ChadDoebelin

Жыл бұрын

i reckoned that little girl looked familiar before she even said her name!

@arrjee9474

Жыл бұрын

@@jazznotes3802 She was never a star. People in that field who start at a very young age tend to continue in that direction. Therefore they land more jobs in the acting field as they get older. Some become popular enough that you recognize them throughout their career. This idea that there is an elite secret group that only allows certain people in is like an old wives tale. You see people progress, in any field by the way, because they work at it long and hard.

@jazznotes3802

Жыл бұрын

@@arrjee9474 Would be great if what you say was true, but unfortunately it isn’t. Just because you lack the knowledge, don’t let it blind you. Do the research!

@calumbliss8556

Жыл бұрын

@@arrjee9474 Of course with exceptional talent an actor can make it big, but elites are certainly brushing shoulders with each other. Makes it a lot easier to do anything when you have those connections.

My uncle Wah Wah Watson played rhythm guitarist on a lot of Herbie’s music!!!! RIP!!!!

@Jamaicafunk

Жыл бұрын

Nice. I played with Wah Wah briefly auditioning for Maxwell’s first tour. Being a hard core Herbie fan I was star struck. ( I didn’t get the gig) But Wah Wah was very nice. He changed the direction of Herbie’s sound. Herbie never used guitar until Hang up you Hang ups.

@uponthedownlow3555

Жыл бұрын

Wah Wah Watson is a LEGEND

@kevinr.3542

Жыл бұрын

Your uncle played on all my favorite Herbie albums. His funky 70s stuff was the best. And when he added Wah Wah it was even better.

@djcoolcliff

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinr.3542 Thanks Kevin and you are right!!!!

What a treat it must have been. I love how he was so quick to ask Herbie to play in the lower keys. He was curious how a small girl's voice would sound in lower registers. That would have been my first thought at that age.

We didn't know what we had with Sesame Street. What a great video, smiled all the way thru

@tnawcwvictoria

2 жыл бұрын

I ❤️ watching old clips of Sesame Street Rather watch old school clips of Sesame Street, The Electric Company, 3-2-1 Contact, Square One TV and Ghostwriter than watch the new stuff they have now

Herbie Hancock was always in the forefront when it came to technology changing our music forever

Truly a special moment. These are some of the first children on planet earth to be shown the joy and fun of a digital sampler and manipulating sound in this way.

EVERYONE here aged fantastically :) The Music, Herbie, Tatiana and also the Fairlight Computer Music Instrument. So happy you uploaded this to your own channel too, Mr. Hancock. It really belongs here!! :)

What true class Mr. Hancock displays with his kindness towards these children. I know this instrument from the music of Kate Bush and this was fascinating to watch too as demonstrated by this famous music composer.

@chandeleerjet5637

Жыл бұрын

That’s where I first heard of the fair light too. It’s amazing that her song Running Up That Hill just became one of the biggest modern-day hits ever and was made and released decades ago on this synth. So cool that her music is getting recognized by the newer generation. That’s like the definition of timeless music

@Phil_529

Жыл бұрын

@@chandeleerjet5637 Crockett's Theme by Jan Hammer is a classic Fairlight piece worth checking out.

@Kohntarkosz

Жыл бұрын

Damn near every record made between circa1983 and 1988 or so had a Fairlight on it. The ubiquitous "orchestra hit" sample that you heard everywhere back then came from the Fairlight.

The Fairlight was invented by two guys in their garage in the 1970's in Sydney Australia. It cost a fortune. Stevie Wonder was one of the first artist to use it. Its use in the 1980's was ubiquitous.

@geofftefl

Жыл бұрын

In the Sydney northern beaches suburb of Fairlight, adjacent to the also legendary suburb of Manly.

@lupcokotevski2907

Жыл бұрын

@@geofftefl I bought a vintage Manly Wormald footy jumper last Friday at an antique centre.

@carsonky

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Stevie and Theo Huxtable... "Jammin' on the One"

@FozziesRandomReviews

Жыл бұрын

Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush were prolific users of the Fairlight in the UK too

@J.S.3259

Жыл бұрын

@@FozziesRandomReviews yep. I can’t think of 2 albums that employ it better than Gabriel’s Security/IV or Bush’s The Dreaming. There is a short BBC documentary here on KZread that shows footage of Gabriel in his home studio using it

Back in the eighties in Cheltenham, England, I had a couple of acquaintances, Julian Ilett (has his own KZread channel - still crazy smart with electronics) and Brett Gossage (he had somehow acquired a Yamaha DX1 - rare then!). Anyway, the pair of them spent a few weeks in a dingy top flat on the London Road developing their own four note polyphonic Fairlight using a Sinclair ZX Spectrum and a memory / A/D/A board of their own design. I think it cost less than £100 and worked brilliantly. I still have a recording of their cover of ‘Drive’ by the Cars which made great use of their ‘Fairlight’ for the backing vocals. Very happy days and great respect for those two crazy guys.

@insolitusau

Жыл бұрын

Man I love these kind of stories :) thanks for retelling!

It's funny how people only associate Herbie with this kind of electronic synth music when he is in fact one of the giants of jazz. He has many jazz standards in his catalog and was with the legendary Miles Davis among others. A truly gifted man.

@stonetank7455

Жыл бұрын

Fat Albert Rotunda is one of my fav jazz albums of all time.

@ahoimeboy6063

Жыл бұрын

name a single person who knows herbie as an electronic musician rather than a jazz musician

@jwaj

Жыл бұрын

@@ahoimeboy6063 joe

@stonetank7455

Жыл бұрын

@@ahoimeboy6063 Hate to burst your bubble, but I'd be willing to bet that if you polled people about who Herbie Hancock is, most people wouldn't have a clue unless they saw the Rockit video in the 80s. It's sad, but that's reality.

@flashylite

Жыл бұрын

You could say a similar (but opposite) thing about Miles. He's obviously associated with cool jazz and hard bop, but he was also doing wild things with fusion and a more electronic sound later in his career.

The natural interaction between Mr. Hancock and the children is delightful and touching. And this clip reminds me just how great the early Sesame Street was.

@RaptureMusicOfficial

6 күн бұрын

Right. Back then they took kids seriously. Today they just show infantile shows like Teletubbies and Spongebob and whatnot.

1983 "What do you need a monitor for in music?" 2022 "How could you make music without a monitor?"

@bcj842

Жыл бұрын

So true. I wouldn't know where to begin trying to record onto tape with no DAW.

@wado1942

Жыл бұрын

@@bcj842 You should try it sometime. It's quite liberating. I put the recorder in the insert loop of my console so I can start building the mix, while the band is recording, without affecting what's being recorded. If they goof up a section, just rewind a few seconds and punch in a correction.

@smadaf

Жыл бұрын

I make music every day without a monitor. Thank goodness.

@Merlincat007

Жыл бұрын

Limitations breed creativity! I haven't done much recording out of the box myself, but I do have a Tascam 4 track Cassette Portastudio that I use often for its cool distortion (feeding it boosted signals) and simple mixing. One of my favorite artists, Mid-Air Thief, uses tape (cassette?) re-recording per track from his DAW to get really nice slightly saturated slightly lofi textures

@Kohntarkosz

Жыл бұрын

I read recently about a band who had to cancel a concert because their laptop died on them. Pathetic.

I remembered the little girl’s name Tatiana Ali & spoke it before she did. What an amazing thing music does with the memory.

@bobbo11357

Жыл бұрын

Tatiana Ali from Fresh Prince of Bel Air?

@jwstout007

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbo11357 the same!

This is how you deal with kids, always enthusiastic and happy.

how has no one mentioned that Tatyana Ali was Ashley Banks on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air??

@tooltechrecords

4 жыл бұрын

on german wikipedia its listed that she "performed" with herbie on sesame street

@hervegilles7941

4 жыл бұрын

Au moins, ce sample ne l'a pas traumatisée.

@drumatic

3 жыл бұрын

Nor that Jim Carrey was the Cpu / synthesizer operator.

@the9-2-5outlawdoestech9

2 жыл бұрын

I knew when those kids came into the room, one of them had to become famous.

@starboy80s

2 жыл бұрын

@@drumatic haha

Classic Sesame Street segments were done in a way that adults could appreciate them as well. This is really cool.

i know all those kids just dying to push all those keys... but they are still well behaved.. =)

@svenjansen2134

Жыл бұрын

80s kids

I remember this as being one of the best Sesame Streets ever. Never forgot this one.

I'm 38 years and I still get nervous and excited about this the same way I did when I was a child.

Trivia: Sonia Manzano who plays Maria is a longtime Herbie Hancock fan. In 1974 she convinced her then boyfriend director Michael Winner to let Herbie compose the soundtrack for his film DeathWish, starring Charles Bronson. Sonia had a bit part as a store clerk.

@lancepage1914

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that bit of trivia. I love Deathwish movie and the soundtrack. 👍

@mrpositronia

Жыл бұрын

Watching 'Maria' now reminds me of how much I used to love watching her back then. I still feel the same way.

@nupreznz

Жыл бұрын

That's the coolest trivia I've heard in a long time! I loved the original death wish never knew my fave pianist was part of it.

I like how the synth takes a player and an operator to use

@BD-yl5mh

Жыл бұрын

Like a sniper and a spotter haha

2:39 Tatyana.exe has stopped responding

'what do you need a monitor for in music' oh simpler times

@thesonuvman7612

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@Art-zs6sl

Жыл бұрын

Nothing simple about learning an instrument. These days, people just use the monitor.

@St0ckwell

Жыл бұрын

@@Art-zs6sl Electronic music production is extremely complicated and takes years of hard work before you can make anything good. But it's easier now than it was when EDM started blowing up in the late oughts/early 2010s, because back then, we didn't have nearly as many resources, but people were complaining that "that's not real music, you just press play on a computer". In reality, there's composition, which involves knowing all about music theory from voice leading to arrangement; there's mixing and mastering which takes years of practice to do well; there's TASTE which can only be developed individually through years of exposure to different kinds of music; and then there's the "it" factor of having all the technical skills and taste, and also being able to be true and original AND marketable. Electronic music production is not as complex as composing classical for an orchestra, but it's a lot closer to that than just playing an instrument is.

@7cleverboys

Жыл бұрын

@@St0ckwell lbozo click button instant music

@St0ckwell

Жыл бұрын

@@7cleverboys Yes, music exists at the click of a button. You can click play and hear Coltrane or Bach or Van Halen or Stormzy or Hawaiian folk music or hillbilly covers of famous songs. Why is that supposed to be a bad thing? Or are you insinuating that electronic music is made with a single click? If you're really brain damaged enough to believe that, then why not put your money where your mouth is? Post your crypto address. I am giving you one week from the time that I'm writing this to create one electronic music song. If you can make a good product with no knowledge of it because it's that "easy", then I will send you 1000 USD, no further questions asked. It's so easy, you can do it in a few clicks! So you really have nothing to lose. Go ahead and nut up or shut up there big guy.

I’m 56 years old and remember this. Today I own keyboards 🎹

@oholm09

3 жыл бұрын

Me too I dont give rid of my gear I work hard for it

@rdm5190

Жыл бұрын

Amen,60,got my 1st synth at 16(still have it and 33 more) and still remeber watching this with my younger sister in 1983.... Herbi,edgar&rodgerinfunced me alot

2:10 That little boy just foresighted Vaporwave lol

@ogulkoker

2 жыл бұрын

rofl

Herbie is a national treasure.

when i first used an emulated version of the CMI i didn't really believe that the monitor was a replica of the original. it seemed so futuristic but here it is. what an amazing instrument.

My favourite Herbie Hancock song is I thought it was you because it came on in my Dad’s car and he also really loves that song, seeing Herbie appear on Sesame Street is absolutely amazing because he’s demonstrating how the instruments he uses for his songs work. Keep going Herbie Hancock your the best. 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿😄😄😄😀😀😀.

Buying a workstation synth 40 years ago, a computer nerd were one of the accessories in the catalog 😀

And to think that now I can open up my iPad Pro, load a sampler or synth, and be instantly productive musically is ALL DUE TO the Fairlight CMI, and others of similar origin.

I saw this on TV when I was like 4 or 5 years old (I'm probably younger than these kids by like 5 years, all in our 40s now). I still remember this. I still remember the name "Tatyana Ali." This short film really stuck with me.

@blakfloyd

Жыл бұрын

DUDE. Big same. I'm not sure if I saw this when it was new (I woulda been 2) or a little later but I know I was no older than 4 or 5 and I still remember my brother and I being captivated by how spacey it sounded hearing her name looped on the synth and we used to reference it for months afterward.

Tatyana’s soooo cute

This video is beyond friggin delightful and awesome. I got to learn how to use the thing and I didn't even have to pluck down the 30k or so it took to own the system.

I remember this. Ashley Banks at 6.

When you've gigged with Miles Davies and Kermit, you know you've arrived. No one cooler than HH.

Ten minutes before, I'd just watching videos about Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush (using the Fairlight), then I'm here. Herbie Hancock in 80s jogging outfit presenting the Fairlight (perfectly) to Tatyana M. Ali? I wouldn't believe it, if not everything would add up 🙊. Man, history can be so increadibly unbelievable, it's insane 😆.

Awwww that's Ashley (Tatiana Ali) she was adorable 🥰🥰

Liked and sub'd ... how is this channel NOT a heavy hitter? Herbie Hancock is such an influence of mine, as is the Australian Fairlight CMI by Peter Vogel. He is also a legend of the emergent digital music industry. $0.02 with love to Sesame Street too.

A living legend that made a great contribution to the music industry! A while ago I saw a KZread video about the best synthesizer music ever. Rock It was the #1 😎 God bless you and your family Sir

Thankyou Herbie for being out -there back in those days and extending the boundaries of pop & dance music with others like Peter Gabriel , Georgio Moroder ,Trevor Horn and slightly before then with your writing of “I Thought It Was You “- which they’d play on Radio Victory in Portsmouth England before BBC Radio 1 did - & was a really nice song as well as being tech clever 👍🏴❤️😁

I'm 48. Remember this episode. Changed my creative ideas. Later developed into my own band, then my music at the age of 15. Built my 1st electric guitar in woodshop. The rest is history, man.

laughter of kids is so needed these days! (& good jams)

I love this! Made a huge impression on me as a kid and has stayed in my memory to this day!

All these years on we all still dream of owning a fairlight what a bit of kit..

Her Trinidadian accent was very strong in this video. 🇹🇹

@johnnylongfeather3086

Жыл бұрын

Whose

I remember watching this in real time, lol. I can recall trying to get other people to remember with me that Tatyana Ali was on Sesame Street when Fresh Prince premiered but nobody did. I recall her speaking Spanish on here because I remember taking Spanish at my Montessori preschool and our teacher would show us Sesame Street clips to help us get the accent. Oh, the memories. 😁 Oh,and Herbie Hancock was everything. My friends dad had a synthesizer like this because he was a band teacher, so he had lots of instruments and we’d get in trouble playing his drums and saying our name in his keyboard…and of course, “Jammin on the one”, 🤣

Love this video, this was ground breaking tech for them

Amazing to hear the print-through at 6:04 and later from a 40 year old tape. And at about 8:00 you can hear that giant 8" floppy clacking away.

I remember seeing this as a kid. Have always loved sampling and synths since then

Sweet kids beautiful to watch them happy

A machine 10 years ahead of anything else

Love synths! I'm a millennial who grew up playing videogames, so... Thank you.

This is absolutely incredible ✨🤘🏾🙌🏾

This was such an awesome show back in da day; so happy I grew up watching it ;-) chEErs, 93

This is incredible, I actually remember this from when I was a kid

While at my sisters recently her 13 year old daughter was showing us where she has got to with her bass playing skills , I said to hear do you know who that is , that you are playing , she did , I was really impressed that a young girl her age knew who he was and that her teacher introduced him to her

Thank you Herbie. I don't think you have any idea how many lives you've changed for the better - mine included.

Herbie & Jane Childs really utilized the Fairlight CMI. The Future Shock album was the bomb!😌🎹🎶❤️👍🏾

@Sinjinator

Жыл бұрын

I thought the first Jane Child album was the bomb! 😁

@etpslick100

Жыл бұрын

@@Sinjinator Oh yeah! It was! To me, Still is!😌🎹❤️🎶👍🏾

This clip was the first time I saw a synth as a child. It's one of my oldest memories.

Digital Sampling was so hip back then...

@themr.wchannel7687

2 жыл бұрын

It’s still is

Wow listen to those 8" floppy drives grind

When Fresh Prince of Bel-Air first came on I was like, "OMG, is that Tatyana Ali Tatyana Ali Ttatyaaannaaa Aaaliii??"

Just think that Tatyana Ali is now in her 40s! Peace.

@Dingdong297

3 жыл бұрын

And Sesame Street is now in its 50s!

@jeusgarcia8597

Жыл бұрын

AND STILL LOOKS GORGEOUS 😍

Oh my gosh she is so so freaking adorable

Love the approach. Instead of telling, let me show you. On a side note, thank you for Rockit. Change my life for the better.

That computer had a frickin stylus!

It's crazy he had an assistant to play that thing. I remember reading an article about the Fairlight back in the early '80's. I thought how long does it take to learn to use it?

Truly brings back plenty good memories.

It was before I knew what sampler was, But I knew that I wanted one...

This is awesome!

Wait - there was a touch screen and stylus in 1983???

@germansnowman

2 жыл бұрын

That was a light pen. It works by detecting the brightness changes of pixels of a CRT.

@renderizer01

Жыл бұрын

As Martin said, those things were called light pens and they were inevitably hooked up to a cable as they were an active device, as opposed to the stylus of, say, a modern Wacom tablet. Worked to an entirely different principle. In 1983 Atari started selling a graphics tablet for its 8-bit line, called the Atari Touch Tablet. Looked like a very early ancestor to the Wacom tablets and had a cable-bound light pen as well. Came with a cartridge-based graphics/paint package and it worked pretty well (in the environment of the 8-bit world - you were satisfied with a lot less back then). This was my first encounter with a pen-operated device ever. I don't have mine anymore but there are videos about the Atari Touch Tablet here on KZread.

Bro!!!! I remember this One! I think it was a rerun. Classic Herbie rocking the jogger sweats!

uffffff pedazo de historia, lo que el sintetizador marco la musica es increible

This is art!

Its so wholesome 🥹

Tatyana Ali is 6 years old in this video. She played Ashley on The Fresh Price of Bel-Air.

This is so adorable!!!!!!!!!! And educational for the kids and me too......

The Fairlight really was quite something. There were others like the Emulator and the Synclavier but this really was the Apple of samplers. Not necessarily the best when the Synclavier was around, but it was easy to use and had the ability to do quite a bit, well.

@Hectik17

Жыл бұрын

It was the first

@highestsettings

Жыл бұрын

The Apple of samplers? So overpriced, lacking in features or third party support and manufactured with slave labour?

@romulus_

Жыл бұрын

Emulator, Synclavier, and Fairlight. Sounds like the recipe for a timeless hit.

@hermestrismegistus3417

Жыл бұрын

It’s price tag was quite something too

I want a complete version of the song at the start of the video❤

Love the tech support on staff in case a sample fills up all 4k of on board memory and crashes

This changed everything for me as a kid. Everything.

Love it ! ❤️

I'm a 45 year old retired rave DJ since the 90s, still produce loads of electronic dance music. Now I think I know why this happened to me O_o. Thanks Herbie!

People may not realize this but this was actually the future of music that he was showing off. While 1970's and very early 80's pop music was centered around rock guitars and live bands, synthesizers became a very big part of music in the 80's and 90's, especially in the cities and Metropolitan areas where freestyle music, hip-hop, and other types of music frequently used synthesizers and drum machines! Sometimes even in place of full bands with live musicians.

this is so sweet

Amazing how close they got to a “Rhodes” tine sound on this in the early 80s

Wow that is so amazing

This is classic footage for so many reasons

Such a gentleman.

It still is. Just like Herbie.

One of the most wholesome things out there.

This reminds me of a Casio keyboard that could play dog barks. Used to love to mess around with that.