GUSTAVO DUDAMEL: WHETHER IT IS UNDER THE FINGERS OF HERBIE HANCOCK OR IN THE MAGICAL VOICE OF DIANNE REEVES... JAZZ NEVER COMES MORE ALIVE THAN AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL.
[JAZZ MUSIC] FEEL HOW JAZZ COOKS "IN CONCERT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL."
GUSTAVO: HERE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, MUSIC HAS NO BOUNDARIES.
THE BOWL IS WHERE MUSIC BELONGS TO ALL OF US.
WHEN THE MUSIC PLAYS, EVERYONE IS RIGHT WHERE THEY BELONG.
I AM GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, MUSIC AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC.
TODAY, I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME AT MY SUMMER HOME--THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL.
[CROWD CHEERING] DUDAMEL: JAZZ HAS BEEN PART OF WHAT MAKES SUMMER AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL GREAT FOR DECADES.
THE FIRST JAZZ CONCERT AT THE BOWL WAS IN 1939, WITH BENNY GOODMAN, LIONEL HAMPTON, AND FLETCHER HENDERSON.
FROM THAT TIME ON, JAZZ'S BIGGEST NAMES HAVE PLAYED ITS STAGE.
FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, THE L.A. PHIL HAS PRESENTED THE "JAZZ AT THE BOWL" SERIES.
BUT IT IS NOT STRICTLY TRADITIONAL QUARTETS OR BIG BANDS.
THE PROGRAM WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU WILL GIVE YOU A TASTE OF WHAT "JAZZ AT THE BOWL" IS LIKE.
CHUCHO VALDES IS AN AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ PIONEER WHOSE WORK BRINGS TOGETHER AFRO-CUBAN RHYTHMS WITH JAZZ HARMONIES AND IMPROVISATION.
HERE, HE PERFORMS "BEBO," A SONG HE WROTE ABOUT HIS FATHER, THE LEGENDARY CUBAN PIANIST AND BANDLEADER BEBO VALDES.
[PIANO MUSIC] [MUSICIAN WHISTLES] ["BEBO" SONG BEGINS] [JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES] ["BEBO" SONG BEGINS] [JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES] MAN: ♪ AW!
♪ [JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES] MAN: ♪ AW!
♪ [JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] CHUCHO VALDES: OH!
DUDAMEL: THE FIRST CHAIR OF THE L.A. PHIL'S JAZZ PROGRAM WAS NONE OTHER THAN DIANNE REEVES.
HERE YOU WILL SEE HER PERFORM WITH THE WONDERFUL BRAZILIAN MUSICIAN IVAN LINS.
DIANNE REEVES: ♪ I AM RESTLESS FILLED WITH MY DESIRE OH, AND EVERY HEARTBEAT I BEAT JUST FOR HIM I WANT TO HOLD HIM BE WITH HIM EVERY DAY HOW DO I MAKE HIM KNOW I'M HERE FOR HIM?
OHH SO GIVE ME WATER OOH OOH OOH GIVE ME INSPIRATION I WANT TO HOLD HIM LIKE NO ONE ELSE BEFORE SO UNFORGIVING IS THIS INFATUATION NOW THAT I KNOW HE WALKS UPON THIS EARTH HE WALKS THIS EARTH, YEAH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH [PIANO INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] WHOO!
[PIANO INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] WHOO!
OHH GIVE ME WATER-ER GIVE ME INSPIRATION I WANT TO HOLD HIM LIKE NO ONE ELSE BEFORE SO UNFORGIVING IS MY INFATUATION NOW THAT I KNOW HEY HE WALKS THIS EARTH YEAH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH YOU'RE WALKING THIS EARTH IVAN LINS: [INDISTINCT] REEVES: YOU'RE ON THE KEYBOARD LINS: [INDISTINCT] REEVES: GOT ON YOUR WHITE SUIT LINS: THE WHITE SUIT REEVES: OR MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE LINS: MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE REEVES: YOU KNOW JUST WHAT TO DO LIND: OHH OOH REEVES: GIVE ME WATER LINS: GIVE ME WATER REEVES: AND GIVE ME TIME FOR HIS LOVE AND GIVE ME LOVE GIVE ME LIFE GIVE ME JOY GIVE ME YOU, YEAH OHH OOH OOH OH OH OH OH [LINS VOCALIZING] REEVES: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH YEAH, YEAH, OOH YEAH, YEAH OH OH OH OH YEAH YEAH... [VOCALIZING] OHH!
HEY, YEAH, YEAH GIVE ME WATER OOH OOH OOH GIVE ME INSPIRATION YEAH, YEAH OOH!
♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] DUDAMEL: SUCH A GORGEOUS SONG BY A GROUNDBREAKING SINGER.
DIANNE REEVES IS ONE OF THE GREATS.
SHE WAS FOLLOWED AS THE CREATIVE CHAIR FOR JAZZ BY BASSIST CHRISTIAN McBRIDE AND THEN BY THE LEGENDARY HERBIE HANCOCK.
HERBIE IS STILL OUR CHAIR TODAY, AND HE HAS BEEN BRINGING THE BEST JAZZ TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
I SAT DOWN WITH HERBIE TO HEAR WHAT HE THINKS MAKES "JAZZ AT THE BOWL" SO SPECIAL.
SO, MY DEAR HERBIE, HERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE CRAZY TIMES.
I SEE YOU ARE HEALTHY.
AND YOU LOOK WONDERFUL.
HOW HAVE BEEN QUARANTINE FOR YOU?
HERBIE HANCOCK: ACTUALLY, FOR ME, IT'S BEEN FINE.
AND I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE DINNERS WITH MY FAMILY, WHICH I DON'T HAVE THAT OFTEN WHEN I'M TRAVELING ON THE ROAD ALL OVER THE WORLD.
DUDAMEL: EXACTLY.
IT'S TRUE.
HANCOCK: THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
DUDAMEL: YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY SAD, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DON'T HAVE OUR HOLLYWOOD BOWL SEASON HAPPENING, BUT WE HAVE THIS CHANCE.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO ASK YOU SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO ASK SINCE LONG TIME AGO.
HOW WAS YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE HERE AT THE BOWL?
HANCOCK: OK, I THINK THE FIRST TIME I PERFORMED AT THE BOWL WAS WHEN I WAS WITH MILES DAVIS' BAND.
DUDAMEL: WOW!
HANCOCK: BUT I'M NOT SURE.
I TRIED TO LOOK IT UP, AND I COULDN'T FIND FOR SURE IF THAT WAS IT.
HA HA!
BUT THE ONLY THING I DO REMEMBER IS I WAS SCARED.
HA HA!
AND NOT JUST PLAYING WITH MILES DAVIS.
I WAS SCARED BECAUSE IT WAS THE BOWL.
DUDAMEL: ABSOLUTELY.
YES.
THAT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, THE VENUE, THE HISTORY OF THE VENUE.
HANCOCK: RIGHT.
EXACTLY.
DUDAMEL: WOW.
AMAZING, AMAZING.
WELL, YOU ARE AN IMPORTANT AND A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE, YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY OF OUR FAMILY, THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC.
YOU ARE OUR CREATIVE CHAIR FOR JAZZ.
WHAT DO YOU SEE OUT, YOU KNOW, THERE, YOU KNOW, THE NEW TALENT?
TALK TO ME ABOUT THE NEW GENERATION OF MUSICIANS.
HANCOCK: WELL, SINCE, YOU KNOW, I STARTED 60 YEARS AGO PROFESSIONALLY, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH A LOT OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS ON THE JAZZ SCENE.
AND TODAY, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT PEOPLE LIKE ROBERT GLASPER, WHO'S AN AMAZING PIANIST, COMPOSER, AND CONCEPTUALIZER, YOU KNOW.
KAMASI WASHINGTON... DUDAMEL: YES.
HANCOCK: WHO'S ALSO AN ORCHESTRATOR AND ARRANGER AND BRILLIANT SAXOPHONIST WITH A BEAUTIFUL, BIG SOUND-- DUDAMEL: SOUL OF SOUND.
HANCOCK: YEAH, RIGHT.
YEAH.
EXACTLY.
AND IT'S LIKE A BIG HEART.
AND HE HAS A BIG HEART.
YOU KNOW, HE'S A VERY, VERY BRIGHT AND HUMANE PERSON.
HE'S ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT, HOW CAN HE HELP, YOU KNOW.
AND THAT'S THE SPIRIT.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO KEEP US ALIVE, IS HOW CAN WE HELP NOT JUST OURSELVES, BUT HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
DUDAMEL: WHAT DO YOU THINK MUSIC HAS TO BRING TO THIS MOMENT?
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT HOW MUSIC, IT CAN BE A TOOL, YOU KNOW, TO SEND A MESSAGE.
HANCOCK: MUSIC HEALS.
DUDAMEL: ABSOLUTELY.
HANCOCK: IT IS LIKE VITAMINS.
IT CAN UPLIFT SPIRITS.
IT CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.
IT CAN BE LIKE A LIFESAVER IN A WAY IN ORDER TO KEEP YOU AFLOAT SO THAT YOU DON'T DROWN FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE MOMENT.
AND JAZZ HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE WHOLE MUSIC SCENE NOW FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY.
DUDAMEL: ABSOLUTELY.
HANCOCK: AND SINCE MANY OF THE PROTESTS--SO MANY GLOBAL PROTESTS HAVE HAPPENED THAT WERE SPEARHEADED BY THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, IT'S JAZZ AND IT'S ACTUALLY AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT HAVE COMPLETELY CHANGED AND REORIENTED THE CULTURE OF NOT ONLY AMERICA BUT OF THE WORLD.
SO I REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO FORTIFY US AND MAKE THE PLANET ONE THAT EVERYONE CAN LIVE ON.
DUDAMEL: YEAH, YOU ARE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, MUSIC--AND I THINK-- ART HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFORM THE WAYS, HOW WE THINK, YOU KNOW?
HANCOCK: WHAT I SEE NOW OUT THERE IS HOPE, AND MUSIC ALSO GIVES HOPE.
DUDAMEL: YOU ARE RIGHT, MY DEAR.
AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOUR FRIEND AND TO HAVE THE CHANCE, YOU KNOW, TO DO MUSIC WITH YOU.
AND I THINK WE WANT TO GO BACK TO NORMALITY, BUT TO A NEW NORMALITY, YOU KNOW... HANCOCK: YES!
DUDAMEL: TO A BETTER ONE.
HANCOCK: A BETTER ONE.
DUDAMEL: AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH ART AND WITH MUSIC, WE HAVE THE ESSENTIAL TOOLS TO DO THAT.
HANCOCK: ABSOLUTELY.
DUDAMEL: WONDERFUL, MY DEAR.
I SEND YOU ALL MY LOVE, EH?
HANCOCK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[KISS] AND ALL MY LOVE TO YOU, TOO.
DUDAMEL: TAKE CARE, MY DEAR.
KAMASI WASHINGTON IS AT THE FRONT OF A NEW GENERATION OF JAZZ MUSICIANS WHO ARE PICKING UP WHERE ARTISTS LIKE JOHN COLTRANE AND PHAROAH SANDERS LEFT OFF.
THIS NEW GENERATION WAS RAISED ON HIP-HOP AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC, AND THEY ARE MAKING JAZZ BIGGER, BROADER, AND MORE INCLUSIVE OF FRESH NEW IDEAS THAN EVER BEFORE.
HERE, YOU CAN SEE HIM PERFORMING HIS SONG "TRUTH," RECORDED LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL IN 2017.
["TRUTH" SONG BEGINS] [JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES] [CHOIR VOCALIZING] [JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES] [CHOIR VOCALIZING] [JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES] MAN: COME ON!
[JAZZ SAXOPHONE MUSIC CONTINUES] [CHOIR VOCALIZING] [JAZZ SAXOPHONE MUSIC CONTINUES] [CHOIR VOCALIZING] [CHEERING] MAN ON RECORDING: COME ON!
[CHEERING] MAN ON RECORDING: COME ON!
MAN ON RECORDING: C-C-C-C-C-C COME ON!
MAN ON RECORDING: C-C-C-C-C-C COME ON!
COME ON!
COME ON!
COME ON!
[CHOIR VOCALIZING] WOMAN: ♪ HEY ♪ [CHOIR VOCALIZING] WOMAN: ♪ HEY ♪ [CHOIR VOCALIZING] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [CHOIR VOCALIZING] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] KAMASI WASHINGTON: PEACE.
DUDAMEL: WHEN WE THINK OF THE GREAT JAZZ SINGERS, WE THINK OF SARAH VAUGHAN, BILLIE HOLIDAY, AND NINA SIMONE.
WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER NAME TO THAT LIST, CECILE McLORIN SALVANT.
AS A SINGER, CECILE IS UNMATCHED.
AS A COMPOSER, SHE IS ENDLESSLY INNOVATING.
HERE IS THE JAZZ VOCALIST OF HER GENERATION, CECILE McLORIN SALVANT PERFORMING WITH THE AARON DIEHL TRIO.
[APPLAUSE] [PIANO MUSIC BEGINS] CECILE McLORIN SALVANT: ♪ COULD BE WHO KNOWS?
THERE'S SOMETHING DUE ANY DAY I WILL KNOW RIGHT AWAY SOON AS IT SHOWS IT MAY COME CANNONBALLIN' DOWN THROUGH THE SKY GLEAM IN ITS EYE BRIGHT AS A ROSE WHO KNOWS?
IT'S ONLY JUST OUT OF REACH DOWN THE BLOCK ON A BEACH UNDER A TREE I GOT A FEELING THERE'S A MIRACLE DUE GONNA COME TRUE COMIN' TO ME COULD IT BE?
YES, IT COULD SOMETHING'S COMING SOMETHING GOOD IF I CAN WAIT SOMETHING'S COMIN' I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT IT IS GONNA BE GREAT!
WITH A CLICK WITH A SHOCK PHONE WILL JINGLE DOOR WILL KNOCK OPEN THE LATCH SOMETHING'S COMIN' DON'T KNOW WHEN BUT IT'S SOON CATCH THE MOON ONE-HANDED CATCH AROUND THE CORNER OR WHISTLING DOWN THE RIVER COME ON, COME ON, DELIVER TO ME [PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES] TO ME [PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [SALVANT CHUCKLES] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [SALVANT CHUCKLES] [AUDIENCE LAUGHING] SALVANT: ♪ WILL IT BE?
YES, IT WILL MAYBE JUST BY HOLDING STILL IT'LL BE THERE COME ON, SOMETHING COME ON IN DON'T BE SHY MEET A GUY PULL UP A CHAIR THE AIR IS HUMMING AND SOMETHING GREAT IS COMING WHO KNOWS?
WHO KNOWS?
WHO KNOWS?
WHO KNOWS?
WHO KNOWS?
WHO KNOWS?
WHO KNOWS?
IT'S ONLY JUST OUT OF REACH DOWN THE BLOCK ON A BEACH WHO KNOWS?
WHO KNOWS?
WHO KNOWS?
WHO OOH KNOWS?
IT'S ONLY JUST OUT OF REACH DOWN THE BLOCK ON A BEACH MAYBE TONIGHT MAYBE TONIGHT MAYBE TONIGHT MAYBE TONIGHT MAYBE TONIGHT!
♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] TONIGHT!
♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] DUDAMEL: THE BASSIST AND COMPOSER CHRISTIAN McBRIDE WAS THE L.A. PHIL'S SECOND CREATIVE CHAIR FOR JAZZ.
THE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER IS ONE OF JAZZ'S BIGGEST ADVOCATES.
HERE IS CHRISTIAN McBRIDE AND HIS BIG BAND IN A 2019 PERFORMANCE OF BOBBY TIMMONS' "MOANIN'" FEATURING JOSE JAMES.
[CHEERING] [JOSE JAMES VOCALIZING] ["MOANIN'" SONG CONTINUES] [JOSE JAMES VOCALIZING] [HORN SECTION MUSIC CONTINUES] JAMES: ♪ EV'RY MORNING FIND [HORN SECTION MUSIC CONTINUES] JAMES: ♪ EV'RY MORNING FIND ME MOANING 'CAUSE OF ALL THE TROUBLE I SEEN LIFE'S A LOSING GAMBLE TO ME CARES AND WOES HAVE GOT ME MOANING EV'RY EVENING FIND ME MOANING I'M ALONE AND CRYIN' THE BLUES I'M SO TIRED OF PAYIN' THESE DUES EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M MOANING LORD, I SPEND PLENTY OF DAYS AND NIGHTS ALONE WITH MY GRIEF YES BUT I PRAY REALLY AND TRULY PRAY SOMEBODY WILL COME AND BRING ME RELIEF!
EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M MOANING 'CAUSE OF ALL THE TROUBLE I SEE, SAID THAT LIFE'S A LOSING GAMBLE TO ME YEAH, YES EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M MOANING [VOCALIZING] EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I'M LONELY, BABY LONELY, BABE, BEEN TRYIN' TO CALL YOU ALL NIGHT LONG BUT THE PHONE DON'T RING YET EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M MOANING, EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M MOANING, EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M-- EVERYBODY, EVERY, EVERYBODY EVERY, EVERY, EVERYBODY KNOWS, BABY, SAID THAT I SPEND PLENTY OF DAYS AND NIGHTS ALONE AND SAT ALONE ALONE IN MY GRIEF BUT I REALLY AND TRULY PRAY THAT SOMEBODY WILL COME AND COME AND BRING ME RELIEF EVERY-- BODY KNOWS I'M MOAN-OAN... ING, YEAH, BABY WON'T YOU JUST GO, COME ON AND GIVE ME A CALL SAID, AH... [TROMBONE MUSIC CONTINUES] [TRUMPET MUSIC CONTINUES] [TROMBONE MUSIC CONTINUES] [TRUMPET MUSIC CONTINUES] LORD, I SPEND PLENTY OF DAYS AND NIGHTS ALONE IN MY GRIEF YES BUT I PRAY, REALLY AND TRULY PRAY SOMEBODY WILL COME AND BRING ME RELIEF EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M MOANING 'CAUSE OF ALL THE TROUBLE I SEEN LIFE'S A LOSING GAMBLE TO ME EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M MOANING MOAN-OAN... ING!
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH 'CAUSE ♪ [CHEERING] DUDAMEL: HOW DO YOU MAKE A SUPERGROUP?
YOU START WITH A LEGEND AND THEN ADD ANOTHER AND ANOTHER AND KEEP GOING FROM THERE.
IN THE SUMMER OF 2016, THE TRUE SUPERGROUP OF JAZZ HEAVY-HITTERS--HERBIE HANCOCK, CARLOS SANTANA, WAYNE SHORTER, MARCUS MILLER, AND CINDY BLACKMAN SANTANA CAME TOGETHER TO FORM MEGA NOVA.
THEY HAVE ONLY PLAYED ONCE, AND IT WAS ONSTAGE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL.
HERE IS MEGA NOVA.
MAN: OH!
COME ON, CARLOS.
["WATERMELON MAN" BEGINS] [JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES] CARLOS SANTANA: ♪ WATERMELON MAN WATERMELON MAN CARLOS SANTANA: ♪ WATERMELON MAN WATERMELON MAN WATERMELON MAN WATERMELON WATERMELON MAN ♪ [JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES] WATERMELON MAN ♪ [JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES] [PLAYS RIFF FROM "OYE COMO VA"] [CHEERING] DUDAMEL: JAZZ IN ALL ITS FORMS HAS FOUND A HOME AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL.
WITH PEOPLE LIKE DIANNE REEVES, CHRISTIAN McBRIDE, AND NOW HERBIE HANCOCK LEADING THE WAY, JAZZ LEGENDS STAND SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH A NEW GENERATION OF INNOVATORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE IMPROVISATION NEVER STOPS, AND EACH SUMMER, THE CONVERSATION THAT IS JAZZ CONTINUES RIGHT HERE, AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME-- "IN CONCERT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL."
SANTANA: ♪ MI RITMO BUENO PA' GOZAR MULATA ♪ [JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES] [MUSIC FADES OUT]
