After Herbie Hancock won the 2008 album of the year Grammy Award for "River: The Joni Letters," he did what anyone would do following a tremendous professional...
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Herbie Hancock has grand plans for his new position as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's creative chair for jazz. The two-year stint, which begins in 2010, includes overseeing...
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Chinese piano virtuoso Lang Lang made his first appearance at the Montreux jazz festival on Sunday, teaming up with veteran Herbie Hancock in an audacious show blending...
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B.B. King, Herbie Hancock, Black Eyed Peas and Lauryn Hill are booked to perform at the Montreux Jazz festival, one of Europe's most prestigious summer music events,...
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Pianist Herbie Hancock was honored as musician of the year at the Jazz Awards, just months after he took home the best album Grammy for "River: The Joni Letters," but the...
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Hugh Hefner couldn't think of a better way to celebrate Playboy magazine's 25th anniversary than by throwing a big bash at the Hollywood Bowl featuring his favorite...
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People might still be talking about "my Blake incarcerated" and Herbie Hancock's surprise Album of the Year victory, but the Recording Academy has started...
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Saxophonist Sonny Rollins will headline this year's jazz festival in Newport, Rhode Island. The JVC Jazz Festival Newport will be held August 8 through August 10 at Fort...
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Quincy Jones will give a 75th-birthday concert at the Montreux Jazz festival in July, where the lineup also includes Joan Baez, Herbie Hancock and Gnarls Barkley, organizers...
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Danilo Perez stood before a blackboard at Loyola University in New Orleans in November. As a visiting instructor for the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance, the...
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To the list of Jethro "Say What?" Tull and Steely "Freaking" Dan, we may now add Herbie "Huh?" Hancock.
With his surprise win for best album Sunday night, Hancock joined a...
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Herbie Hancock shocked Kanye West, best-album presenters Usher and Quincy Jones, and just about anyone who was watching the Grammys when the jazz veteran won the night's big...
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Herbie Hancock won the coveted
album of the year Grammy on Sunday, becoming the first jazz
instrumentalist to win the honor in more than 40 years and
causing Hancock to...
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Herbie Hancock admits he would get so wrapped up in the music itself that he never paid any attention to the lyrics when interpreting songs, even on his Grammy-winning album...
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Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock dives
into the Joni Mitchell songbook on his new album, "River: The
Joni Letters," due in stores September 25.
Mitchell herself sings on a new...
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Quincy Jones is finalizing plans for his all-star We Are The Future concert, May 16, at the Circus Maximus in Rome. And he says the event, which will raise money to aid...
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Keyboardist extraordinaire Herbie Hancock has long been interested in the interplay between jazz and other forms of commercial music, including dance, hip-hop, and rock. His...
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Legendary keyboardist Herbie Hancock celebrates his 61st birthday today (April 12). Hancock remains busier than ever, having just returned from an international tour with...
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Composer-keyboardist Herbie Hancock has contributed to yet another film. The Grammy-winning jazz pioneer plays electric piano on the score penned by Cliff Martinez for the...
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Jazz great Herbie Hancock has collaborated with rapper/producer Guru for a track on the new Jazzmatazz: Volume 3 album, in stores today (Sept. 26).
Titled "Timeless," the...
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Keyboardist Herbie Hancock launched his new Transparent Music label with a party Tuesday night (May 16) at the New York City club Shine.
The new label will present a wide...
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Keyboardist Herbie Hancock has joined forces with two respected music industry professionals to form a new label called Transparent Music. Along with Hancock, the label...
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Legendary keyboardist Herbie Hancock
celebrates his 60th birthday today (April 12).
Born in Chicago in 1940, Hancock began playing the piano at the age of seven and...
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Guitarist Pat Metheny and keyboardist Herbie Hancock were among the artists who took home trophies at the 2nd Annual Jazz Awards in New York City Monday night (June...
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After severe weather marred the first day of the Tibetan Freedom Concert, the second day of the festival went smoothly under sunny skies, with a few acts originally...
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