The latest variation on Herbie Hancock’s fertile theme—“Possibilities”—has appeared in the form of his new memoir published by Viking Books. Aptly titled Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (and co-written with Lisa Dickey) it covers the major dramatic and musical shifts in his life, from his childhood debut as a piano soloist with the Chicago Symphony, through his…
The County of Hawaii mayor’s office, led by Mayor Billy Kenoi, has been exerting all-out efforts to insure that all citizens who reside in the path of the continually erupting Kilauea volcano remain safe. That same reverence for the sanctity of life was on display today, in an uplifting format, as the County of Hawaii…
[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”xZRZSzZ2dWM” width=”640″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] Born in Taiwan, raised in South Africa, and now making her U.S. home in Boston, Eriel Huang has already known many worlds. But today, she seems most at home in the worlds of music and of service. Winner of a South African Music Award, or SAMA (the South African equivalent…
This splendid Swiss city on the northeastern shore of scenic Lake Geneva welcomes the world each July as Europe’s unofficial capital of jazz. The iconic Montreux Jazz Festival, with its broad appeal to musicians and aficionados from all corners of the globe, seems precisely the place to unveil “MUSIC – The Universal Language,” an exhibition…
iChoose, ICAP’s innovative anti-bullying project that combines a mini-musical drama with small-group discussions to provide a vital anti-violence message to high school and middle school students debuted at Prosser Career Academy in Chicago Illinois. During the school’s “Peace and Unity” week, the iChoose video was shown in Prosser’s auditorium in front of 1,200 students. The iChoose…
The ancient city of Osaka, with its 1,400 years of history, stepped into the global spotlight today. Known for being Japan’s economic and cultural hub, as well as for its legendary history as Japan’s “jazz mecca” in the early-to-mid 1920s, Osaka hosted International Jazz Day 2014, which concluded in a spectacular All-Star Global Concert in…
Professor Hancock & Co. dazzlingly demonstrate a performance creation for the “The Ethics of Jazz” finale. The final lecture — Set 6 — of Herbie Hancock’s series “The Ethics of Jazz” was conducted before a packed house at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre on March 31. Mahindra Humanities Center Director Homi Bhabha provided an introductory greeting…
The penultimate lecture — Set #5 — in Herbie Hancock’s “The Ethics of Jazz” was held on March 24, with an examination of how the principles of Buddhism connect to human creativity. The lecture began with an introduction by Vijay Iyer, a musical multi-hyphenate — jazz pianist/composer/electronic musician/writer/producer — and a recent addition to the…
For the fourth lecture in Herbie Hancock’s “The Ethics of Jazz” series at Harvard—this one titled “Innovation and New Technologies”— this year’s Norton Professor of Poetry revealed a little of his “mad scientist” side, taking the audience on a virtual tour of his personal gadget laboratory. The event, which took place in the late afternoon…
After a laudatory introduction by Ingrid Monson, Harvard’s Quincy Jones Professor of African American Music, Herbie Hancock took the podium in the historic Sanders Theatre for the third “set” in his six-lecture series on “The Ethics of Jazz.” Ms. Monson first thanked Mr. Hancock “for generously engaging with our students in these past few weeks…