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Herbie Hancock

Jazz Album Review: Drummer Tony Williams’ “Play or Die” — Electrifying Eclecticism

Play or Die brilliantly showcases what Miles Davis heard in Tony Williams’ playing: variety of sound within a restricted framework.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Herbie Hancock, M.I.G Music, Michael Ullman, Miles-Davis, Play or Die, Tony Williams

Jazz Album Review: “Relief: A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund”

There’s a pleasing variety in this collection, which serves up valuable music that might not have otherwise been heard.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Cécile McLorin Salvant, Herbie Hancock, Jon Batiste, Mack Avenue, Michael Ullman, Relief: A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Relief Fund

Jazz Review: A Dispatch from the 39th Montréal Jazz Festival

Among the festival’s highlights: pianist-singer Jeremy Dutcher, who arrived on the stage of the tiny space Gésu dressed in shorts and a long flowing black robe with a hood.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Ben Harper, Carla Bley, Charlie Musselwhite, Christine Jensen, Francois Bourassa, Herbie Hancock, Jeremy Dutcher, Montreal Jazz Festival

Jazz Week 2014: Wall-to-Wall Jazz with No Walls

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Jazz Week 2014′s theme of “No Walls: A salute to the power of jazz to bring people together” emphasizes the place of jazz on the world stage.

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Preview, World Music Tagged: Berklee College of Music, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Boston Jazz Week, Boston Public Library, Boston Public Schools, Danilo Perez, Emilio Lyons, Fred Taylor, harvard-university, Herbie Hancock, International Jazz Day, Jazz Appreciation Month, Jazz April, Jazz Journalists Association, JazzBoston, Mark Harvey, MIT, New England Conservatory, Smithsonian Institution, UNESCO

Jazz Album Review: Herbie Hancock — A Musician of Nearly Endless Curiosity

Amongst the acoustic live sessions, listeners should be delighted with the Chick Corea-Herbie Hancock duets.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Herbie Hancock, Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Coming Attractions in Jazz: August 2010

By J. R. Carroll Vacation time? Not for the musicians of New England. An amazing amount of live music this month, not a little of it free and open to the public. Photo by Denise Sullivan Treme trombonist and vocalist Glen David Andrews bridges gospel and New Orleans jazz at Johnny D’s in Somerville, MA […]

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Acton Jazz Cafe, Alex Alvear, Alfredo Rodriguez, Amazing Things Arts Center, Asylum, Athene Wilson, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Charlie Banacos, Charlie Kohlhase, Cubist Band, David Binney, Double Wide, Ecuador, Elin, Explorer's Club, Ezekiel's Wheels, Frank London, Franklin Park Coalition, Glen David Andrews, Gregorio Uribe, HarborWalk Sounds, Herbie Hancock, Institute of Contemporary Art, Jazz Underground, Jerry Leake, Jerry Sabatini, Jimmy Herring, John Ellis, Johnny D's, Juancho Herrera, Kendall Square, Kendrick Oliver, Klezmatics, Klezmer Brass All-Stars, lautari, Lenny White, Leo Nocentelli, Lily Pad, Lowell Summer Music Festival, Museum of Fine Arts, Ñawi, New Life Jazz Orchestra, Other Europeans Band, Outpost 186, Phill Argyris, Radio Bean, Red Fox Inn, Regattabar, Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Roma, Ryles, Scullers, Slainte, Sonic Explorers, Spruce and Maple Quartet, The Beachcomber, The Caboose at The Greenway, Third Occasion, Tish Adams, Tito Puente Latin Music Series, Titus Sparrow Park, Xander Naylor

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