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From the Archives

March 6, 2006

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2006: Miles Davis

Herbie Hancock shares an insider's perspective on the legend of Miles Davis
January 30, 2006

Simon, Hancock School Berklee

Music school celebrates sixtieth birthday with stars and scholars
February 8, 2005

Us3 Flip to Live Loops

London collective samples itself on "Questions"
August 12, 1998

Herbie Hancock Goes Headhunting

new album an dtour

Recordings and Reviews

Dis Is Da Drum

Deep in the mix of "Dis Is Da Drum," the title track of Herbie Hancock's first original work in more than a decade, a professorlike voice proclaims, "This is the drum that brings the good spirits." The voice is presumably talking about an African drum, an instrument that's reduced to a strangely...

1995 RS: 2of 5 Stars

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Biography

Jazz was once popular music, but as far as the jazz community of today is concerned, the less said about that, the better. For many fans and critics, jazz that is dissonant, demanding, and rhythmically complex is to be cheered, while jazz that is funky and direct is to be scorned. As such, the jazz community remains baffled and bemused by Herbie Hancock, a gifted composer and keyboardist who succe...

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