20.07.2012
Jazz Legend Herbie Hancock Concert on 19 May
Legendary jazz composer Herbie Hancock, often referred to as the Mozart of the 20th Century, will be playing at the Mikhailovsky Theatre with a group of musicians and jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.
Herbie Hancock was seven when he began playing the piano and was only 11 when he made his concert debut performing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 1963, consummate jazz musician Miles Davis, likened by Duke Ellington to Pablo Picasso, asked Hancock to join his group on keyboard. It was there that Hancock found his own style, a unique way of playing that involved classical harmonies, and offered a new take on traditional jazz chords, as well as coming up with completely new ones.
Freedom, imagination, brilliance, and a disregard for genre restrictions have made Hancock one of the most renowned musicians of our times. He does not confine himself to academic or jazz music and readily collaborates with artists working in other genres. He has worked with Tina Turner, Leonard Cohen, and Norah Jones. Many Russian listeners first encountered Herbie Hancock as an electronic music virtuoso: the first breakdance in the USSR was performed to his composition ‘Rockit’ in the cult film Courier.
Herbie Hancock is the holder of 14 Grammy awards, including the most-coveted Album of the Year award for his 2007 tribute album River: The Joni Letters. In 1986 he won an Oscar for Best Original Score for his soundtrack to Bernard Tavernier’s Round Midnight.
Celebrated jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater will also be performing. Although she began her career in New York, she moved to Paris in the 1980s and enjoys performing French music in her very own unique style. Dee Dee Bridgewater has won several Grammys for Best Jazz Vocal Performance and Best Jazz Vocal Album. In 1975 she received a Tony Award for her role in Broadway musical The Wiz.
Herbie Hancock was seven when he began playing the piano and was only 11 when he made his concert debut performing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 1963, consummate jazz musician Miles Davis, likened by Duke Ellington to Pablo Picasso, asked Hancock to join his group on keyboard. It was there that Hancock found his own style, a unique way of playing that involved classical harmonies, and offered a new take on traditional jazz chords, as well as coming up with completely new ones.
Freedom, imagination, brilliance, and a disregard for genre restrictions have made Hancock one of the most renowned musicians of our times. He does not confine himself to academic or jazz music and readily collaborates with artists working in other genres. He has worked with Tina Turner, Leonard Cohen, and Norah Jones. Many Russian listeners first encountered Herbie Hancock as an electronic music virtuoso: the first breakdance in the USSR was performed to his composition ‘Rockit’ in the cult film Courier.
Herbie Hancock is the holder of 14 Grammy awards, including the most-coveted Album of the Year award for his 2007 tribute album River: The Joni Letters. In 1986 he won an Oscar for Best Original Score for his soundtrack to Bernard Tavernier’s Round Midnight.
Celebrated jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater will also be performing. Although she began her career in New York, she moved to Paris in the 1980s and enjoys performing French music in her very own unique style. Dee Dee Bridgewater has won several Grammys for Best Jazz Vocal Performance and Best Jazz Vocal Album. In 1975 she received a Tony Award for her role in Broadway musical The Wiz.
