Herbie Hancock News

From jazz standards to the works of classical masters, music lovers will have both traditional and contemporary options with two free concerts by Mercer County Community College (MCCC) students.

It's called Jaco - A Documentary Film and after five years of blood, sweat, tears and treasures, this eagerly - anticipated movie biopic is largely complete. And now the film's producers, Robert Trujillo of Metallica and Passion Pictures (Searching For Sugarman) have partnered with PledgeMusic to further engage with fans on the project.

Hear Fantasia, Philip Bailey, José James, Jazzmeia Horn and the Christian McBride Big Band at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)'s TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival tonight, November 13, 2014 at 8PM in the Prudential Hall. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722)

Kean Stage will present ten-time Grammy Award-winner Bobby McFerrin in Wilkins Theatre tonight, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. McFerrin is an eternal seeker, always defying the music industry'­s practical impulse to pigeonhole artists. His diversity and range are incomparable.

JCC Manhattan presents PREformances with Allison Charney on Monday, November 17th at 12:30pm.

Disney Channel has announced its programming highlights for November 2014 - check them out below!

Jazz Foundation of America will host its 13th Annual 'A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM' Gala Concert, honoring Herbie Hancock, tonight, October 24, 8:30 PM at The Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th Street, NYC.

The NAMM Foundation has announced that Nathan East, one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music, will be inducted into the NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards Hall of Fame.

With his unique vocal style, Grammy Award-winning Al Jarreau is one of the world's musical treasures. This special concert at Smothers Theatre in Malibu at 8 p.m. on Monday, December 15, showcases his warm, inimitable voice interpreting favorite holiday classics, as well as some of his biggest hits.

Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in a one-night-only all- Mozart program featuring the Piano Concertos Nos. 17 and 24, with Lang Lang as soloist, and Overture to The Magic Flute, tonight, October 21, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts opens the 2014-15 Jazz series with the Lionel Loueke Trio featuring Lionel Loueke, voice and guitar, Ferenc Nemeth, drums, and Massimo Biolcati, bass. Tonight, October 18, 2014, 8:00 p.m. at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University (2960 Broadway at 116th Street).

Kean Stage will present ten-time Grammy Award-winner Bobby McFerrin in Wilkins Theatre on November 8 at 7:30 p.m. McFerrin is an eternal seeker, always defying the music industry'­s practical impulse to pigeonhole artists. His diversity and range are incomparable.

When composer/arranger/pianist Billy Childs was introduced to the music of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Laura Nyro at the age of 11, he was left with a powerful and lasting impression of Nyro's unique blend of Broadway-inspired melodies, jazz improvisations and socially conscious lyrics. Childs returned to that early experience for his latest project, creating and orchestrating his newest album, Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro. Orange County jazz fans will have the opportunity to hear Childs' loving homage to the late great Nyro at Segerstrom Center for the Arts tonight, October 17 at 8 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

Hear Fantasia, Philip Bailey, José James, Jazzmeia Horn and the Christian McBride Big Band at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)'s TD James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 8PM in the Prudential Hall. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722)

Performing live, Chris Botti arrives in Boise at the Morrison Center on Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 7:00 pm for one performance. Ticket prices are $35.00, $45.00 and $75.00 (Gold Circle) and available by calling 208-426-1110, or online MorrisonCenter.com.

Two superb jazz singers will share the stage at Segerstrom Center as four-time Grammy winner Dianne Reeves and rising vocalist and Grammy winner Gregory Porter perform on January 16 in the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

As the 11-time Grammy-winning, 25-million-plus-selling Foo Fighters ready their eighth album for release on Nov. 10, Dave Grohl, the band's frontman - and accomplished director of the acclaimed feature-film documentary "Sound City" - delivers FOO FIGHTERS: SONIC HIGHWAYS

Jazz Foundation of America will host its 13th Annual 'A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM' Gala Concert, honoring Herbie Hancock, on Friday, October 24, 8:30 PM at The Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th Street, NYC.