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Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Hancock is one of jazz music's most important and influential pianists and composers. He embraced elements of rock, funk, and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz. As part of Miles Davis' "second great quintet" Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, and was later one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and jazz funk. |
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News in english
about Herbie Hancock
(June / 2009)
Emil Viklicky: Emil Viklicky 60 Date: 12 Jun 2009
All About Jazz -
Emil Viklicky Emil Viklicky 60 Multisonic 2009 Imagine Barack Obama introducing, say, keyboard player {{Herbie Hancock = 7381}} for a live concert at the White House on the occasion of Hancock's 60th birthday (a milestone, incidentally, that Hancock will reach on April 12, 2010). Pianist Emil Viklicky's latest CD was created under somewhat analogous circumstances. The analogy is admittedly a bit ...
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Jaco Pastorius: (Used to be a) Cha-Cha (Jazz.com)
Date: 16 Jun 2009
I think it might be safe to say that Jaco Pastorius turned jazz music on its collective head with the release of his debut solo album. Enlisting the help of jazz legends Herbie Hancock, Hubert Laws, Lenny White, and Don Alias, they take "(Used to be a) Cha-Cha" all the way to the bank and then some.
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Craig Buhler: Creepin' Date: 18 Jun 2009
Jazz.com -
On his CD Skykomish , multi-reedist Craig Buhler sets out to do what Herbie Hancock attempted roughly a dozen years earlier: convert some familiar pop songs into jazz standards.
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Herbie Hancock: 4 a.m. Date: 20 Jun 2009
Jazz.com -
The 1980s proved to be a very interesting time for Jaco Pastorius. Although it proved to be the last decade of his short life, he still managed to record and made memorable appearances on other musicians' albums.
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Thompson, Bob (Robert) (Jazz.com)
Date: 20 Jun 2009
Pianist Bob Thompson has cultivated a sound which combines funk and jazz, bebop and the blues tradition. Praised for his ballad performances, his phrasing and harmonic vocabulary, rooted in the work of Herbie Hancock, enable him to execute melodies with passion and introspection.
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Jazz concert to benefit childrens hospital Date: 20 Jun 2009
The Temecula Valley News -
Rhythm on the Vines smooth jazz concert starring Jeffrey Osborne, Kirk Whalum and Gerald Albright will be on Saturday, June 27, at 6 p.m. at South Coast Winery in Temecula. These award-winning performers highlight an evening of music, magic and miracles for children. The 2008 inaugural Rhythm on the Vine participants included Grammy-winning jazz legend Herbie Hancock, Sheila E. and the E. Family ...
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Herbie Hancock - Hancock Gets Police Visit After False Alarm Date: 24 Jun 2009
ContactMusic -
Jazz great HERBIE HANCOCK received an unexpected visit from Los Angeles police on Tuesday night (23Jun09) after accidentally setting off his burglar alarm.A crew of...
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