Herbie Hancock at Burlington Discover Jazz Festival

Giant of jazz. Icon of modern music. Genre-bending genius. No matter how you label NEA Jazz Master Herbie Hancock, you cannot deny the breadth of his talent and profound influence on acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B. With an illustrious career spanning five decades and 14 Grammy® Awards, Hancock has traversed rivers of funk, soul, pop, rock, blues and jazz to thrill audiences and critics the world over. From his fruitful time as part of Miles Davis’ “second great quintet” to his influential works for Blue Note like Maiden Voyage to his funk-filled work with Headhunters to his explorations with electronic music to his brilliantly elegant River: The Joni Letters (Verve) and beyond, Hancock is continually pushing past boundaries to create incomparable sound...

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Giant of jazz. Icon of modern music. Genre-bending genius. No matter how you label NEA Jazz Master Herbie Hancock, you cannot deny the breadth of his talent and profound influence on acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B. With an illustrious career spanning five decades and 14 Grammy® Awards, Hancock has traversed rivers of funk, soul, pop, rock, blues and jazz to thrill audiences and critics the world over. From his fruitful time as part of Miles Davis’ “second great quintet” to his influential works for Blue Note like Maiden Voyage to his funk-filled work with Headhunters to his explorations with electronic music to his brilliantly elegant River: The Joni Letters (Verve) and beyond, Hancock is continually pushing past boundaries to create incomparable sound. His latest release, Imagine Project, is an unprecedented international recording and film project featuring collaborations between this music legend and a dozen superstars from every region of the planet. It utilizes the universal language of music to express its central themes of peace and global responsibility. www.discoverjazz.com

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