Herbie Hancock

Folk jazz 

Joni’s Jazz an Essential Treasure

September 21, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell at Newport, Joni’s Jazz, Wayne Shorter

Rejoice in the Canadian folk legend’s deep love for the medium on new box set

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Folk jazz Pop 

Joni Mitchell Announces Volume 4 of Her Acclaimed Archives Series 

August 12, 2024August 14, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Archives Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980), Asylum Records, Cameron Crowe, Don Alias, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Joni Jam, Joni Mitchell, Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter

Six-disc box set focusing on her fertile mid-to-late ‘70s era out October 4th on Rhino

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Funk jazz 

Vein Melter: Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters at 50

October 25, 2023October 26, 2023 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1973, 2Pac, 50th anniversary, Bennie Maupin, Bill Summers, Chameleon, Columbia Records, Digable Planets, Harvey Mason, Head Hunters, Herbie Hancock, J. Dilla, Miles Davis, Nas, Paul Jackson, Sly and the Family Stone, Vein Melter, Watermelon Man

Reflecting on the groundbreaking jazz-funk odyssey from the visionary keyboardist

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jazz 

A Correspondence from the Newport Jazz Festival 2023

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 David Beckett 0 Comments 2023, Angel Bat Dawid, Big Freedia, Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Christian's McRide, Diana Krall, Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Joshua Redman, Leon Russell, Lionel Loueke, Newport, Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island

Angel Bat Dawid, Herbie Hancock and Big Freedia are among this year’s highlights

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jazz 

The Montréal Jazz Festival Endures in 2023

July 9, 2023July 9, 2023 David Beckett 2 Comments 2023, Canada, Emmet Cohen, George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Hiromi, Isaiah Collier, Jazz, John Scofield, Montreal, Montreal Jazz Festival, Quebec, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield and more perform at this year’s festivities in Quebec

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Glittering Prize: Simple Minds’ New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) at 40

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, David Bowie, Herbie Hancock, Jim Kerr, Kenny Hyslop, New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84), Simple Minds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Virgin Records

Looking back at the album that broke the band in the UK

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jazz 

John Schott Turns ‘Round Midnight’ Into Shavuos Miracle

May 25, 2022May 31, 2022 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Charlie Hunter, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, John Schott, Miles Davis, Reboot, Round Midnight, Thelonious Monk, TJ Kirk

8-hour all-night reimagining of Monk’s masterpiece marks Jewish day of joy

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Fusion jazz Rock 

I’ll Never Let Them Forget It: Celebrating A Tribute to Jack Johnson

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1971, A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Columbia Records, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Michael Henderson, Miles Davis, Sonny Sharrock, Steve Grossman

Remembering the time when Miles Davis assembled “the greatest rock and roll band you have ever heard”

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jazz Latin Soul 

Mongo Santamaria’s Summer Of Soul

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Michael A. Gonzales 0 Comments Donald Byrd, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Harlem, Herbie Hancock, Hubert Laws, Johnny Pacheco, Mongo Santamaria, Nina Simone, Questlove, Ray Barretto, Summer of Soul, Tito Puente, Willie Bobo

As Questlove’s hit documentary comes to HULU, the Cuban percussion giant’s performance at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival merits a deeper look into his extensive catalog

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Folk Punk Rock 

IN CONCERT: Patti Has The Power

March 8, 2020March 9, 2020 Evelyn McDonnell 0 Comments Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Patti Smith and Her Band, Patti Smith Group, People Have the Power, Power to the People, Richard Sohl, Robert Mapplethorpe, Todd Smith, Tony Shanahan, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Women's History Month

At the cusp of International Women’s Day weekend, Patti Smith and Her Band brought the Mouse House down with a fearless and inspired performance this past Friday night at Los Angeles’s Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Electronics jazz 

Staying In Step

January 28, 2019October 25, 2023 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis

Forty years after Directstep, Herbie Hancock’s oft-overlooked album stands as a symbol of what was to come

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