Herbie Hancock News

Due to unforeseen pandemic-related manufacturing delays, the release date of Sting’s forthcoming album, Duets has been postponed to March 19, 2021.

Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic explore solitude in the seventh episode of the LA Phil's SOUND/STAGE series, Friday, November 6, at 10am.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the State's  premiere non-profit cultural and arts institution, is bringing an original, exciting virtual series of stimulating jazz discussions and thrilling performances straight to your living room, no matter where in the country you reside. NJPAC is among the nation's largest producer of virtual content in a wide variety of genres.

Lori Dokken and James A. Rocco have been each other's fans for 15 years.  On Friday, October 30, 2020, at  5 pm Central, they are joining forces for a relaxed musical “snack.” live-streamed to https://www.facebook.com/unityminneapolis/ and https://www.facebook.com/lori.dokken

Lori Dokken and James A. Rocco have been each other's fans for 15 years.  On Friday, October 30, 2020, at  5 pm Central, they are joining forces for a relaxed musical “snack.”

Legends virtually unite Sunday, October 25th for Lift Every Voice, a special concert from the Lift Every Voice Victory Fund raising funds and mobilizing voters. Funds raised will be divided among a coalition of political action committees, including Color of Change PAC, The Collective PAC, CTRL Z and Higher Heights Political Fund. 

Three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and composer Terri Lyne Carrington has been named a 2021 NEA Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C.

Tonight, Friday, October 16th the 38 million member strong AARP will host a special screening of the documentary Herb Alpert Is...about the life and career of the legendary artist and philanthropist. 

Jazz Dispensary, the branch of Craft Recordings that answers to a higher power, is thrilled to announce a partnership with Vinyl Me, Please

The Louis Armstrong House Museum has announced its new program Armstrong Now. In its inaugural season, contemporary Black artists respond to Louis Armstrong in an integrative video series that will roll out from October 5 through December 31, 2020, culminating in a series of live online discussions.

Today, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Casey Abrams shares his new single, a cover of P.F. Sloan’s impassioned “Eve of Destruction.”

Premium television network EPIX® announced today that four-part docuseries By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem will premiere on November 8, 2020 at 10 PM ET/PT.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic returns to Power to the People! in the third episode of its SOUND/STAGE media project of concert films, Friday, October 9, at 10am. The LA Phil's Power to the People! festival, curated by Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock, was cut short earlier this year by COVID-19. Because the issues explored by the festival remain pervasive, the LA Phil chose to revisit its themes and take the opportunity amplify the voices of Black artists.

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Weathersby Productions in conjunction with Super Bad Theater Company is restarting their 2020-2021 tour Theatre season, in Meridian Mississippi at the Historic Temple Theatre of The Performing Arts. The new musical REMEMBERING JAMES- The Life and Music of James Brown will perform Nov. 21, One evening show with a possible matinee show to be added.

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??When the pandemic hit, Jimmy and Dena Katz, creators of Giant Step Arts, the groundbreaking, artist-focused non-profit dedicated to supporting visionary jazz musicians as they create adventurous new music, realized that it would be a while before they could continue their work commissioning, showcasing and recording music by some of modern jazz's most innovative artists.

Tomorrow is National Voter Registration Day and HeadCount, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that promotes participation in democracy, is leading a coordinated music industry effort involving hundreds of artists, concert venues, and digital platforms.

Groundbreaking artist-focused non-profit Giant Step Arts creates Walk With The Wind a?" a free series of performances in Central Park honoring the legacy of U.S. Representative and civil rights leader John Lewis.

With her last album, Mixtura, vocalist Luba Mason established her own musical genre, a “blend of different musical currents.'

Captured before an intimate gathering of invited friends, family and fans at Manhattan's renowned Power Station studio, the album features an unprecedented trio of vocals, vibraphone and bass featuring master musicians Joe Locke and James Genus and produced by longtime Prince collaborator Renato Neto.

To usher in their 63rd year, The Monterey Jazz Festival is going virtual, live on their YouTube channel. Friday, September 25th through Sunday, September 27th from 5-7pm PST each day. Festival participants will be treated to never-before-seen archival footage plus exciting new performances and personal messages from the MJF family of artists, volunteers, patrons and board members.