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Happy Birthday Herbie Hancock! Recognizing birthdays of Gene Ammons, Joshua Espinoza, and Others; New Music From Kurt Elling, Spyro Gyra, and More

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Herbie Hancock turned 86 on Sunday, April 12, 2026. Recognition of his musical contributions to albums by Donald Byrd, Jackie Mclean, the Pointer Sisters, and others. New music as named above, also from Michael Dease, Jeremy Pelt, Javon Jackson, and more.

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  • Eddie Henderson "Discoveries" from Inside Out (Capricorn) 00:00
  • Donald Byrd "Requiem" from Royal Flush (Blue Note) 8:34
  • Freddie Hubbard "Prophet Jennings" from Hub-Tones (Blue Note) 15:36
  • Kenny Dorham "Straight Ahead" from Una Mas (Blue Note) 21:02
  • Miles Davis "Eighty-One" from E.S.P. (Columbia) 38:08
  • The Pointer Sisters "Salt Peanuts" from That's A Plenty (Blue Thumb) 44:17
  • Jackie McLean "It's Time" from It's Time (Blue Note) 49:26
  • Joni Mitchell "A Chair In The Sky" from Mingus (Asylum) 55:58
  • Javon Jackson "Lay, Lady, Lay" from Jackson Plays Dylan (Solid Jackson) 1:05:46
  • Peter Erskine with Alan Pasqua and Scott Colley "Poetry Man" from Peregrine (Hard Wag) 1:09:52
  • Michael Dease "Evidence" from MSU Jazz Trombone: Spartan Strong (Origin) 1:15:09
  • Jeremy Pelt "Manifesto" from Our Community Will Not Be Erased (Easy Street) 1:19:38
  • Kurt Elling with WDR Big Band "Steppin' Out" from In The Brass Palace (Big Shoulders) 1:23:21
  • Jed Levy with Phil Robson "3 Chord Trick" from The Unpredictability Of The Sea (Livia) 1:38:53
  • Spyro Gyra "Walk The Walk (Live)" from Live In Leverkusen 2022 (MIG) 1:45:25
  • Herbie Hancock "Maiden Voyage" from Cantaloupe Island (Compilation)— (Blue Note) 1:54:41
  • Herbie Hancock "Rain Dance" from Sextant (Columbia) 2:02:27
  • Gene Ammons "Madhouse" from The Happy Blues (Prestige) 2:11:30
  • Buster Williams "I've Got The World On A String" from Unalome (Smoke Sessions) 2:18:13
  • Joshua Espinoza "Birdsong" from Journey Into Night (Self-Released) 2:24:22
  • Mark Sherman "Bremond's Blues" from Bop Contest (Miles High) 2:33:12
  • Marquis Hill "The Watcher" from Modern Flows Vol. 2 (Black Unlimited Music Group) 2:38:16
  • Herbie Hancock "Hang Up Your Hang-Ups" from Man-Child (Columbia) 2:44:00
  • Herbie Hancock "Gentle Thoughts" from Secrets (Columbia) 2:55:11

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