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Jazz & Blues: A Tribute to B.B. King
by Jim Santella
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Jazz Saxophone Competition and concert Kodak Theater Los Angeles, California October 26, 2008 As Poncho Sanchez opened the concert alone on stage with a serious chant aloud over his conga drums, the audience was reminded that jazz is composed of parts ...
Sony BMG Legacy Releases 17 Herbie Hancock Titles Digitally
This has been a year of success at the very highest level for Herbie Hancock. In a nearly 50-year recording career filled with many diverse achievements and awards, he was honored for the first time with a GRAMMY for Album Of The Year. The last time - and the only other time - a jazz album ...
Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock
Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock, an essential collection of tracks from multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Herbie Hancock, will be released September 23rd on Verve Records. A first-ever career retrospective of the jazz visionary's unparalleled work, the 12-track CD chronicles five decades, featuring music spanning Hancock's illustrious career from Blue Note, Warner Brothers and Sony, to ...
Herbie Hancock on Studio Recording
Herbie Hancock On Apple In the following (extended) interview, Herbie Hancock talks about serving on the board of a synthesizer company with Steve Wozniak, how he keeps his music fresh, what it was like to have released the biggest breakdancing hit ever, and his use of mental imagery techniques to record his then latest album (2007) ...
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters
by Aaron Basiliere
While Sextant (Columbia, 1973) found keyboardist Herbie Hancock dabbling in the electronic soundscapes of the emerging jazz-fusion movement which gained him notoriety as a fusion impressionist aficionado, it was Head Hunters (Columbia, 1973) that propelled him out of the smoky jazz clubs and into the wide-open spaces of arena-rock stardom. Along for the ride is Hancock's ...
2008 Playboy Jazz Festival Review
Young performers impress (not that Herbie Hancock and Al Jarreau don't). Music at the Playboy Jazz Festival always has been inextricably connected to the sun, the wine and the partying, and this year was no exception. But what was particularly interesting about the 30th anniversary event at the Hollywood Bowl Saturday and Sunday was the youthful ...
Herbie Hancock at the Playboy Jazz Festival
The 30th Playboy jazz Fest at the Hollywod Bowl Saturday and Sunday. The pianist-composer continues his banner year with a headling performance at the fest. HERBIE HANCOCK'S performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival this Sunday comes in the midst of a bountiful year. Yes, the veteran jazz pianist/composer's Hollywood Hills home glistens with the an impressive ...
Herbie Hancock Headlines 30th Playboy Jazz Festival
Gentlemen Start Your Engines, the 30th Anniversary Playboy Jazz Festival About to Begin! Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl Saturday & Sunday, June 14 & 15, 2008 Save the date for Playboy's annual celebration of jazz and blues with a spectacular array of musical talents. This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the event that ...
Herbie Hancock Tours North America With "River"
Jazz visionary Herbie Hancock will launch an international tour next month to support his latest Grammy-winning album, River: The Joni Letters. [National Recording Registry on Wednesday, part of the Library of Congress will preserve for “culturally, historically or aesthetically significants," inducted jazz artist Herbie Hancock's 1973 fusion smash Headhunters.] The keyboardist/composer will kick things off May ...
Herbie Hancock's "Headhunters" Among Cultural Treasures
Library of Congress Cultural Treasures The best-selling pop album on planet Earth and a disc sent hurtling into deep space are among recordings the Library of Congress will preserve for their cultural significance. Twenty-five selections were added to the National Recording Registry on Wednesday, part of the library's attempt to save America's aural history by archiving ...
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