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CLEVELAND, Ohio - It’s been 61 years and more than 40 studio albums since Herbie Hancock’s aptly titled debut “Takin’ Off” was released on Blue Note Records. In those decades, Hancock ...
Herbie Hancock and Tower of Power closed out a rainy Friday full of music in downtown Syracuse for the 2023 Syracuse Jazz Fest. Despite the weather, a crowd packed into Clinton Square for the ...
Ava Cherry hangs out backstage at a Faces concert in New York in 1975. The singer was closely tied to David Bowie at the time. Joni Mitchell, Mimi Farina, and Herbie Hancock enjoy a moment ...
Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Coldplay singer Chris Martin and Lainey Wilson had the lists of artists who have been added to the performance lineup for Sunday’s Grammy ...
You've got to expect the unexpected with Herbie Hancock. It's a key reason, less than 10 days shy of turning 84, that he's a music legend, from playing in Miles Davis' quintet to collecting 14 ...
Then, jazz legend Herbie Hancock turns 83 on Wednesday. The pianist and composer joins us to discuss life, death, music and his decades-long friendship with a fellow jazz icon, ...
In 1973, jazz great Herbie Hancock put together a new backing band and made an album that engaged directly with the vanguard of popular music. The funky, accessible Head Hunters became a landmark ...
Ah, to tour as Herbie Hancock. The Chicago native, turning 84 next week, is one of music’s most catalytic forces — never mind in jazz, where he first made his name as a member of Miles Davis ...
In 2010, Hancock released the critically acclaimed CD, ‘Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project,' winner of two 20ll Grammy Awards for Best Pop Collaboration and Best Improvised Jazz Solo.