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| 70 Years Of Cool | ...Blue Note has grown into one of the most influential music labels in the world. Today, the label boasts a back catalogue that includes such jazz icons as Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and HERBIE HANCOCK, as well as contemporary artists like Norah Jones.... |
| Boogie Nights | ...Boy George concludes the eight-part series about disco music. In this programme, he plays tunes by Heatwave, HERBIE HANCOCK and Wild Cherry, and Shalamar's `Friends' is showcased in the `Disco Inferno' slot.... |
| Branford Marsalis Presents Modern Jazz Classics | ...The celebrated American saxophonist explores six key jazz recordings of the last 40 years. 5: `Headhunters' by HERBIE HANCOCK. This recording features the iconic jazz-funk tune `Chameleon', which as a single helped to make `Headhunters' such a commercial success. Hancock himself reveals the origins of this landmark album, with contributions from right-hand man and reeds player Bernie Maupin.... |
| Chameleon - The Herbie Hancock Story | |
| Courtney Pine's Jazz Crusade | ...1/6. There's music from HERBIE HANCOCK, Maceo Parker and Soil and Pimp Sessions amongst others. ourtney's special guest is legendary tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, one of the few surviving icons from a golden era of jazz, whose contemporaries included John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Max Roach, Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey.... |
| Discovering Music | ...The jazz pianist and composer Julian Joseph looks at the role of the piano in the story of jazz. Following a whistle-stop history of "jazz-piano", Joseph focuses his attention on three major artists - Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and HERBIE HANCOCK, each of whom has had a major influence on Joseph's own music. He then deconstructs their music at the piano offering listeners a fascinating insight into how jazz works; what jazz-piano is; and what some of the musical subtleties are that audiences should listen for - while at the same time evaluating the distinct contribution that each of his three chosen legendary artists has made in the development of piano jazz. The programme ends with Joseph's own "summary": one of his own compositions performed especially for the programme by the Julian Joseph Quartet.... |
| From Berkeley To The Bronx | ...The remarkable story of Roger Linn, inventor of the drum machine. The son of an opera singer and a music professor, Linn's invention revolutionised popular music. He has inspired artists as diverse as HERBIE HANCOCK, Heaven 17, and the Wu Tang Clan. Exploited by shady businessmen, Linn has been a reclusive figure for decades.... |
| Invisible Man - The Rod Temperton Story, The | ...Paul Gambaccini profiles the British-born keyboard player and songwriter Rod Temperton, who enjoyed big disco-era success as part of Heatwave before writing hits for American R&B/pop stars like Donna Summer, George Benson, Aretha Franklin, James Ingram, Patti Austin, HERBIE HANCOCK and, most lucratively, Michael Jackson.... |
| Jazz Library | ...He guides Alyn Shipton through his work on disc, including his own trios, quintets and big bands, as well as records with Betty Carter, HERBIE HANCOCK and Kenny Wheeler to help choose the best examples for a jazz library.... |
| Jazz Line-up | ...Since its creation, Blue Note has become one of the most prolific jazz labels in the world, and it helped launch the careers of greats including pioneering pianist Thelonius Monk, saxophonist Eric Dolphy, trumpeter Lee Morgan and composer/pianist HERBIE HANCOCK amongst many others.... |
| Jazz On 3 | ...Jez Nelson presents a selection of previously un-broadcast music recorded for the show, including pieces from HERBIE HANCOCK's 2008 London Jazz Festival gig, featuring Benin guitarist Lionel Loueke. Taking centre stage with two of his own compositions, Seven Teens and Virgin Forest, Loueke performs both guitar and baritone solos. The set features HERBIE HANCOCK (piano), Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Gregoire Maret (harmonica), James Genus (bass) and Kendrick Scott (drums).... |
| Jazzlines | ...He looks at HERBIE HANCOCK's ageless standard Watermelon Man, over 40 years old and still sounding as fresh as ever.... |
| Miles Davis (1926-1991) | ...The departure of John Coltrane spurred Miles on to a new challenge, and he set about recruiting a new quintet featuring such illustrious names as HERBIE HANCOCK, Wayne Shorter and Ron Carter. The group's stylistic range, playing Miles' own pieces, was extraordinary, from the dawn of jazz rock on Eighty-One to the abstract freedom of Agitation.... |
| Miles Davis At 80 | ...Ian Carr begins this episode in the early 1960s, with John Coltrane's momentous decision to leave Miles. For his new quintet, Miles assembled a group of gifted young musicians including HERBIE HANCOCK (piano), Ron Carter (bass) and Tony Williams (drums), with George Coleman and then Wayne Shorter on saxophone. Their first album was the forward-looking ESP.... |
| Mixing It | ...This song features the shipping forecast, a HERBIE HANCOCK sample, and a conversation between the film director Spike Jonze and writer Dave Eggers about their imagined ultimate album.... |
| Rockit - The Herbie Hancock Story | |
| Secret Kind Of Blue, The | ...The documentary includes extracts of rare archive interviews with Miles Davis and pianist Bill Evans. Other contributors include drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving member of the Kind of Blue band; pianist HERBIE HANCOCK; singer and guitarist Chris Rea; singer and saxophonist Curtis Stigers; saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis and Allman Brothers drummer Jaimoe. We'll also hear from writers and critics including Ashley Kahn, Richard Williams, Stanley Crouch and Fred Kaplan; and the man who signed Miles to Columbia - producer George Avakian.... |