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Herbie Hancock: Gershwin's World
by C. Michael Bailey
Gershwin. Herbie Hancock has fashioned his birthday present to George Gershwin (and us) in the form of a suite, a musical collage that presents not only Gershwin's music, but other music popular during the time Gershwin was active as well. Hancock arranges this suite with a carefully selected and disparate group of artists that range from ...
Herbie Hancock: Gershwin's World
by John Sharpe
Brace yourself---1998 marks George Gershwin's centennial year and record shelves are sure to be stuffed with “tribute" albums from a variety of artists. Herbie Hancock, whose career is noted for its wide-ranging eclecticism, continues this trend with this salute to the composer. While the bulk of the repertoire are Gershwin originals, Herbie has also included four ...
Herbie Hancock: Man-Child
by AAJ Staff
For Herbie Hancock, 1973’s Headhunters was a radical change of direction. After recording some very risk-taking fusion for Warner Bros. from 1969-72 with his Sextant, the keyboardist/pianist went for slicker, more accessible jazz-funk instrumentalism on Headhunters and subsequent Columbia dates like Secrets and Man Child (which Mobile Fidelity has reissued as a great-sounding gold audiophile CD). ...
