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Herbie Hancock

  • 30 Years of The VMA's: Music Times Fixes MTV's Errors from 1984 for Michael Jackson, The Police and Herbie Hancock

    Music Times looks back at the major awards presented at the 1984 rendition of the VMA's and makes the revisions that history needs for closure.
  • Kris Bowers Teaches YouTubers the History of Jazz Piano Playing from the 1800s to Now, NPR Makes Corrections

    YouTube can always secure a firm grip on the latest trending media. Perhaps one of those videos that has become a household, well, vid, is the "Evolution of Dance" phenomenon. You remember it, maybe fragments of a orange-shirt, jean-wearing dance virtuoso, taking you through the steps of dance history, in the most interesting way he can.
  • Who Shot Ya: Top 10 Most Sampled Jazz Artists of All Time via WhoSampled, From Nina Simone and Erykah Badu to Biggie and Snoop

    Could jazz music be considered the predecessor to modern hip-hop and funk form? Well, potentially, and this year even Snoop Dogg gave props to Herbie Hancock as that very forefather to the rap movement.
  • Herbie Hancock's Famous 'Head Hunters' Rediscovered on The Vinyl Factory's "Roots & Branches"

    This go around, TVF explores Herbie Hancock's iconic Head Hunters (1973) LP and the various records that it influenced.
  • Harvard has appointed Herbie Hancock as the 2014 Norton Professor of Poetry, following in the footsteps of Robert Frost and T.S. Eliot

    Legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock has been appointed by Harvard University as the 2014 Norton Professor of Poetry. With that honor, Hancock will deliver six lectures, each with a different subject, but the 73-year-old Oscar-winning composer told BBC they will "be mainly talking about my own experience and give them some stories."
  • Ewan McGregor and Zoe Saldana Join Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis Biopic, 'Kill the Trumpet Player'

    Actors Ewan McGregor and Zoe Saldana have signed on to Don Cheadle’s movie about Miles Davis, "Kill the Trumpet Player." Cheadle will direct and star in the film, which is currently in preproduction.
  • Symphony Center Presents Jazz Series Celebrating 20 Years with Herbie Hancock and Other Jazz Luminaries

    The Herbie Hancock Quartet will open the 2013-14 Symphony Center Presents Jazz Series with a concert on October 11. This performance kicks off the 20th anniversary season of the jazz series that is known as being one of the most...
  • Pianist Herbie Hancock and Soprano Martina Arroyo Awarded 2013 Kennedy Center Honors

    On Thursday, jazz pianist/composer Herbie Hancock and operatic soprano Martina Arroyo were named as recipients of this year's Kennedy Center Honors--one of the United States' top cultural awards...
  • Kennedy Center Honors Will Go To Billy Joel, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, Martina Arroyo and Shirley MacLaine

    The Kennedy Center Honors, essentially the highest prize possible for American performing artists, will be awarded to four musical artists this year: Martina Arroyo, Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel and Carlos Santana (plus actress Shirley MacLaine).
  • Coming Soon: Lang Lang's 'Journey of a Thousand Miles'...the Murdoch Movie!

    Reportedly, Chinese prodigy-turned-superstar Lang Lang is to be the subject of a feature film. Called 'Journey of a Thousand Miles'--also the title of Mr. Lang’s best-selling autobiography--the film will be co-produced by Wendi Murdoch..
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