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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
(July / 2009)
From the Kol Israel Orchestra to a Pygmy Choir Date: 01 Jul 2009
Forward -
If any novelist wrote a tale about a young Israeli orchestral musician who became a world expert on the music of the Baka Pygmies of Central Africa, thereby directly influencing Steve Reich, Herbie Hancock and Madonna, readers would deem the story unlikely.
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Wired Playlist: Soulful Post-Bop From Herbie Hancock, DJ Food Date: 01 Jul 2009
Wired News -
Give your ears a blast of cool summertime music. Other featured acts in this week's podcast include Indian Jewelry, Iggy Pop and Cursive.
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RADIO/PODCAST: Soulful Post-Bop from Herbie Hancock Date: 01 Jul 2009
All About Jazz -
Its summer again. The clothes come off, tans are acquired (sort of) and, if you are us, you start to listen to soulful, post-bop sounds ranging from Herbie Hancock to the loopy tunes of DJ Food. Maybe weve been watching too many movies about Dolemite and Foxy Brown. When we arent pretending to be living the poppy lives of our funky summer alter egos, we embrace darker and dingier sounds from ...
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Lang Lang, Herbie Hancock in bold Montreux premiere Date: 06 Jul 2009
Yahoo.com -
By Stephanie Nebehay
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Lang Lang, Herbie Hancock in bold Montreux premiere Date: 06 Jul 2009
Yahoo.com -
Chinese piano virtuoso Lang Lang made his first appearance at the Montreux jazz festival on Sunday, teaming up with veteran Herbie Hancock in an audacious show blending classical and jazz music.
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Lang Lang, Herbie Hancock in bold Montreux premiere Date: 07 Jul 2009
China Daily -
MONTREUX, Switzerland- Chinese piano virtuoso Lang Lang made his first appearance at the Montreux jazz festival on Sunday, teaming up with veteran Herbie Hancock in an audacious show blending classical and jazz music.
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Wayne Shorter: El Gaucho Date: 10 Jul 2009
Jazz.com -
On one of his many hard bop classics from the 1960s, Wayne Shorter teams up with frequent collaborator Herbie Hancock along with bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Joe Chambers. This is a nice little Latin number with some fun changes.
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Lionel Loueke (featuring Herbie Hancock): La Poursuite du Lion (Jazz.com)
Date: 10 Jul 2009
Loueke is joined by piano master Herbie Hancock on this song. The duo play back and forth between each other with Hancock dominating the sonic spectrum of the song with low bass thuds and high register melodic runs.
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