Herbie Hancock
Wayne Shorter, icon of jazz saxophone, dies aged 89
Composer and performer traversed numerous phases of jazz history, and fused his playing with the likes of Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and Carlos Santana
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
02, Mar, 2023 @4:40 PM
Gen-Z jazz prodigies Domi and JD Beck: ‘It was insane to see Herbie Hancock solo in front of us’
The duo talk about working with the jazz pioneer on their debut album, Not Tight, collaborating with Anderson .Paak and not making music for ‘psycho jazz musicians who stay up until 8am’
Shaad D'Souza
28, Jul, 2022 @2:00 PM
Sunday at Glastonbury: Kendrick Lamar, Diana Ross and Jack White – as it happened
The US rap star headlined the main stage on the last night of the festival, while Pet Shop Boys, Charli XCX, Jarvis Cocker and a host more brought the festival to a close
Keza MacDonald (now), Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Gwilym Mumford and Laura Snapes (earlier)
26, Jun, 2022 @11:49 PM
Herbie Hancock: ‘Miles Davis told me: I don’t pay you to get applause’
At 82, the jazz legend will this weekend be one of the oldest performers ever to grace Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage. He recalls his career highs, from making his hip-hop classic Rockit to working with Thundercat
Stevie Chick
24, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM
Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar to headline resurgent Glastonbury
As the festival returns from Covid-enforced hiatus, over half of the acts announced so far feature women
Nadeem Badshah and Laura Snapes
04, Mar, 2022 @8:30 AM
Gregory Porter's lockdown listening: 'I’m in search of uplift and answers'
With his brother in hospital with coronavirus, the jazz vocalist is taking solace in Herbie Hancock, Donny Hathaway, and disco dancing with his young son
Interview by Ben Beaumont-Thomas
17, Apr, 2020 @9:00 AM
Herbie Hancock review – fusion fantasist digs deep to keep it fresh
Even after half a century, the jazz legend’s playing was unpredictable as he switched effortlessly between styles
Ammar Kalia
18, Nov, 2019 @12:06 PM
Miles Davis's 20 greatest albums – ranked!
With his lost 1985 album Rubberband out in September, and the 50th anniversary of In a Silent Way – released this week – we count down the jazz icon’s finest moments
John Fordham
01, Aug, 2019 @12:30 PM
Herbie Hancock: 'I felt like I stood on the shoulders of giants and now it's my turn'
On International Jazz Day, the music legend opens up about his struggles with addiction, the importance of striving and why the secret to jazz is generosity
Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
29, Apr, 2019 @6:00 PM
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes review – pristine doc of tonal clarity
Sophie Huber’s film, though sanctioned by the jazz record label, is no hagiography, interviewing key players and adding fantastic rostrum pictures of the era
Leslie Felperin
15, Mar, 2019 @8:00 AM
Herbie Hancock: ‘I like to discover new rules so I can break them’
The great jazz pianist on his years in Miles Davis’s legendary quintet, his debt to Buddhism and why he still has the urge to innovate
Interview by Tim Adams
11, Nov, 2017 @6:00 PM
I just failed grade two piano. When are we too old to learn new things? | Hugh Muir
Anyone can learn to play an instrument, I thought – even in middle age. And then I took grade two
Hugh Muir
23, May, 2017 @6:00 AM
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