Plot Summary:"Possibilities" is an intimate documentary about Herbie Hancock and his in-studio collaborations with a dozen formidable pop recording artists, collaborations that explore the unexpected, like jazz improvisations. The film is also about how Herbie's unique world view shapes a creative environment that encourages artists to step outside the velvet prison of easy expectations. "The hip stuff," Herbie tells Trey Anastasio, in a scene from the film, "is outside the comfort zone." "Possibilities" follows Herbie over a year and a half collaborating with musical icons Carlos Santana, Sting, Angelique Kidjo, Annie Lennox and Paul Simon, young superstars Christina Aguilera, John Mayer, Trey Anastasio and Jonny Lang and newcomers Joss Stone, Raul Midon, Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan. The film also puts Herbie's latest work in the context of his extraordinary musical career, and includes rarely seen archival footage of Herbie with the Miles Davis Quintet in 1962; Herbie leading his Headhunters with their hit tune, "Chameleon"; Herbie's classic video for "Rockit"; and never-before-seen duets of Herbie and Wayne Shorter playing for peace in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2005 on the 60th anniversary of the atomic explosions.
许多人都非常喜欢贺比·汉考克的爵士乐,但一定没看过贺比和英国诗人歌手史汀、保罗·赛门、前舞韵合唱团主唱安妮·兰妮克丝等杰出的流行音乐人一起创作的画面。 《爵士浮生》将贺比·汉考克这位爵士大师,封箱前进行的全球音乐之旅,选用自己最喜爱的音乐和全世界他认为最有才华的13位歌手或演奏家,进行创作激荡,一场爵士与各种音乐的邂逅展开,清晰呈现创作者内在世界。 《爵士浮生》让难得一见的音乐创作过程毫无保留与修饰地完整呈现,除了纪录贺比和许多杰出流行音乐人重新翻玩经典曲目,同时收录从未曝光的经典演出,包括贺比和迈尔士·戴维斯1962年的合作演出、贺比带领Headhunters演出爵士放克经典《Chameleon》及《Rocket》,以及贺比和韦恩·萧特2005年于广岛和长崎举办的60周年原爆纪念音乐会上演出的精彩片段。