As a recent article in DownBeat magazine — the veritable jazz publication of record — said of Herbie Hancock, he is “a musician of multitudes.” Herbie’s career, spanning a remarkable seven decades, has been a vehicle for presenting a multitude of versatility, innovation, and youthful energy. All three of those themes were certainly on display…
“Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life . . .” (Olympic Charter – Fundamental Principle 1) The recently concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, followed by the Paralympics, were,…
(the following article was excerpted with permission from the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz) Through an inspired collaboration with 14-time GRAMMY and Academy Award-winning pianist and composer Herbie Hancock along with an award-winning team of animators from Atomic Kid Studios, the Young Academic Research Group (YAM) at the Touro Graduate School of Education in New…
For the second straight year, because of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, International Jazz Day took on a form significantly modified from how it had been conducted during its first eight years. This year’s celebration—the 10th annual—was marked by a two-hour concert video that expressed the spirit of this unique musical art form with which…
The ancient Greek myth of Iphigenia is being given a fresh operatic reimagining by ICAP co-president and jazz saxophone titan Wayne Shorter, in collaboration with Grammy-winning bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding. The opera sprang from an idea Mr. Shorter had after reading Goethe’s interpretation of classical Greek playwright Euripides’s final play, Iphigenia in Aulis (written circa 408-06…