The same day that Joni Mitchell releases her next album, Shine on Hear Music (the Starbucks label), Herbie Hancock will release his new album, River: The Joni Letters on Verve. Hancock's new album features illustrious guests such as Leonard Cohen, Tina Turner, Norah Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza, with accompaniment from Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Vinnie Colaiuta and Lione...
www.lanier2.imeem.comHerbie Hancock will always be one of the most revered and controversial figures in jazz -- just as his employer/mentor Miles Davis was when he was alive. Unlike Miles, who pressed ahead relentlessly and never looked back until near the very end, Hancock has cut a zigzagging forward path, shuttling between almost every development in electronic and acoustic jazz and R&B over...
I just found out this morning that Herbie Hancock got the Grammy for album of the year. I was at first very surprised, then delighted that the Academy gave the biggest Grammy award to a Jazz artists (one of the best, of course) for once.I didn't have the album, so I got on iTunes and downloaded it right away. I've only listened to it once so far at work, but what I've heard so far is really g...
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Washington, D.C. is about to become a mecca of entertainment all in salute to the inauguration of Barack Obama. If you are venturing forth to the nation's capitol, here are the veteran artists that you can see: Sunday, January 18We Are One: The Obama Inauguration Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial - 2:30 PM (Broadcast on HBO with open signal to much of the country)BonoHerbie HancockJohn Me...