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Herbie Hancock

Born: April 12, 1940

Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations,he has transcended limitations and genres while still maintaining his unique,unmistakable voice. Herbie's success at expanding the possibilities of musicalthought has placed him in the annals of this century's visionaries. With anillustrious career spanning five decades, he continues to amaze audiences andnever ceases to expand the public's vision of what music, particularly jazz, isall about today.

Herbie Hancock's creative path has moved fluidly between almost everydevelopment in acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B since 1960. He hasattained an enviable balance of commercial and artistic success, arriving at apoint in his career where he ventures into every new project motivated purelyby the desire to expand the boundaries of his creativity.

Right Now... And Then

By Charles Tolliver

Label: Strata-East Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Earl's World; Peace with Myself; Right Now; Lil's Paradise; Paper Man; Household of Saud; Repetition (Take 2).

The Monterey Jazz Festival 2026 Did Not Disappoint

by Ronald Davis
October 19, 2026

A collection of photos from the Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey CA from September 25, 2026 to September 27, 2026 featuring Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Ron Carter, Melissa Aldana, Veronica Leahy, Emmanuel Michael, Christone “Kingfish" Ingram, David Sánchez, Shemekia Copeland, David Virelles, Dezron Douglas, Ravi Coltrane, Elé Howell, Brian Blade, Linda May Han Oh, Sylvia ...

Festival-ing on Historic Grounds

by Josef Woodard
October 9, 2026

Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, CA September 25-27, 2026 As the legendary Monterey jazz festival leans into its 70th year in 2027, the artistic and commercial mission remains steadfast, while the leadership chair has been in rotation the last few years. After Tim Jackson retired after 32 years of noble and ...

Sharp Little Bones: Step Up! Get Down!

by Neil Duggan
October 8, 2026

Sharp Little Bones began as the house trio at Peggy's Skylight jazz club, a much-acclaimed jazz venue in Nottingham, UK. Consisting of Simon Paterson on upright and electric basses, Paul Deats (who co-founded Peggy's) on Rhodes piano and Andrew “Woody" Wood on drums, they were later joined by tenor saxophonist Tony Kofi, who joined for a ...

John Scofield: Meant To Be

by John Ephland
October 5, 2026

When John Scofield and I met, in his Vancouver hotel room in June, 1990 on the occasion of the fifth annual du Maurier Ltd., International Jazz Festival, the conversation started with talk of his then-current band and his Blue Note debut, Time On My Hands (Blue Note Records, 1990). By this point, Sco had ...

Zaldivar | McBride | Mela: Meeting in New York: Vol. 1

by Mike Jurkovic
October 5, 2026

Depending on what part of town one finds their jollies, Cuban-born pianist Rafael Zaldivar may or may not be a well-known curiosity seeker in these parts, as he is in Montreal, where he characteristically burns up stages both big and small. But he damn well should be, as evidenced by the music emanating forth from Meeting ...

Dave Holland: Through the Years by Roberto Cifarelli

by Roberto Cifarelli
October 1, 2026

A collection of photos of Dave Holland taken over the years at concerts in Italy (Milano, 2005, 2011, 2021, 2025; Berchidda, 2015; La Spezia; Vicchio) and in Switzerland (Chiasso, 2023) featuring Kenny Barron, Josemi Carmona, Robin Eubanks, Kevin Eubanks, Pepe Habichuela, Herbie Hancock, Eric Harland, Amy Keys, Lionel Loueke, Sonia Mitchell, Steve Nelson, Chris Potter, John ...

Without a Net, and with Love, Uncle Miles

by Emily Steinhilber
September 29, 2026

When I called Vince Wilburn Jr. to talk about Miles Davis at 100 (read our own tribute), he answered from the Chicago house where he grew up--the same house where Davis used to telephone his mother and ask her to lower the receiver toward the basement so he could listen to his teenage nephew rehearse. More ...

Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Jazz - Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 27, 2026

Stevie Wonder's cult classic may not be a jazz album, but its jazz connections run deep--from Herbie Hancock, Dorothy Ashby, George Benson, Glenn Ferris, and Bobbi Humphrey involved in its recording to Alice Coltrane, Chick Corea, Quincy Jones, David Sanborn, and Lenny White among the influences acknowledged in the liner notes. No wonder its songs have ...