Herbie Hancock

Watch the 2021 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert Webcast Here!

By • 22 hours ago

WRTI is proud to share this year’s NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert on Thursday, April 22nd at 8 PM. NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater (2017) and actor Delroy Lindo will co-host the 2021 presentation, with opening remarks from the Second Gentleman of the United States, Doug Emhoff.

Jazz Night In America on WRTI 90.1: Newport Jazz Festival Special, The Modern All-Stars

By • Aug 13, 2020

Listen to the final episode of Jazz Night In America's three-part series on the Newport Jazz Festival. Philly native Christian McBride, who hosts the program and is also the artistic director of the festival, is part of some of the amazing vintage Newport performances featured this time around.

Jazz Album of the Week: Drummer Mike Clark Brings Jazz Royalty To The Iridium On Indigo Blue

By • Oct 21, 2019

October 21, 2019. Drummer Mike Clark made a name for himself as a “drummer’s drummer” when he appeared on Herbie Hancock’s album Thrust back in 1974. Since then, he went on to make music with some of the biggest names in the jazz world. On Indigo Blue: Live at the Iridium, Clark brings together jazz royalty to effortlessly deliver some high-caliber jazz.

On The Cusp Of His North American Tour, Herbie Hancock Is Still Hurtling Forward

By • Aug 4, 2017

There's an emblematic photograph of Herbie Hancock on the back cover of his album Sunlight, which he began recording 40 years ago this month. He's depicted against a red backdrop with a Sennheiser vocoder headset on his cranium, which is bowed in deep focus.

Music Legend Herbie Hancock

By Jill Pasternak • Jul 6, 2011

Jill Pasternak speaks with Herbie Hancock. The music legend's Imagine Project is an international recording and film project featuring collaborations between a dozen superstars from every region of the planet, led by Hancock. It utilizes the universal language of music to express its central themes of peace and global responsibility.

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