1994 年Hancock 在Mercury 发行专辑Dis Is Da Drum,是离开哥伦比亚后以个人为名发行的首张专辑,如同20 年前投入funk 的冒险之作Head Hunters, Dis Is Da Drum 再将触角延伸至acid- jazz,销售成绩当然不能与Head Hunters 相比,却仍值得一听. 　　 　　参与Dis Is Da Drum 录制的乐手除了老搭档Bennie Maupin, Wah Wah Watson, Bill Summers,还有Hubert Laws (横笛) 与Wallace Roney (小号), Hancock 与Mercury 唱片因为对于Dis Is Da Drum 的最后混音意见分歧,造成发行延宕. 　　 　　这是Hancock 第四次改编Butterfly,前三次分别出现在以下专辑: Thrust (1974), Flood (1975) 与Direct Step (1978). 　　 　　Mojuba, Bo Ba Be Da 和同名歌曲是专辑代表作,闪耀动人.爵士乐持续进化,开拓迷人新域,发展自己的语汇,在这里获得证明. - 许芳源 　　 　　by Jim Newsom 　　In the 1970s, Herbie Hancock created a successful blend of jazz improvisation and contemporary funk rhythms in a succession of albums beginning with the classic Head Hunters. On Dis Is Da Drum, Hancock once again takes a dive into contemporary rhythms, in this case mid-'90s hip-hop. While the blend was not as commercially successful this time around as his crossover forays of twenty years earlier had been, the resulting music still proves to be well worth checking out. Employing cohorts like Bennie Maupin, Wah Wah Watson and multi-percussionist Bill Summers from the old days, and combining them with a huge roster of contemporary jazz, rap and hip-hop musicians, Hancock creates a surprising album full of samples, sequences, drum loops, and rhythm armies. Layered across the top are a variety of solos from Hancock himself, flutist Hubert Laws, trumpeter Wallace Roney, saxophonist Maupin and vocal snippets from various sources. The release of this album was delayed because of disagreements between the artist and his record company over the final mixes. It is, nonetheless, a recording that rewards repeated listening, from the updated version of "Butterfly," which made its first appearance on 1974's Thrust, to such irresistible gems as "Mojuba," "Bo Ba Be Da" and the title track. Not for jazzers whose ears and minds are closed to new sounds and ideas, but proof that jazz is a continually evolving music capable of absorbing the sounds of each new era and expanding its vocabulary as a result.