Herbie Hancock

Features

The Best Jazz of 2007

In spite of the perception of jazz as an increasingly niche market, the year's best show a style of music that remains ever youthful in its exploration of new territories, expanding its diversity and range of expression. [11 December 2007]

Reviews

Herbie Hancock: River

The great jazz pianist, with Wayne Shorter at his elbow and a list of sympathetic guest singers, makes a stunning Joni Mitchell tribute. [4 October 2007]

Herbie Hancock: The Essential Herbie Hancock

A career retrospective of the great jazz pianist and popsmith spanning four decades, seven labels and as many styles. [9 March 2006]

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

A largely forgettable set of pop duets that could be interpreted as a regrettable sell-out move if it actually had any commercial potential. Hancock's Starbucks album yawns toward blandness. [29 September 2005]

Herbie Hancock: Speak Like a Child

This is every bit a product of the sea-changes in jazz at the time, a melancholy and affecting snapshot of a fading era. [27 April 2005]

Blogs

Sound Affects: Herbie Hancock: Old School American Idol

Herbie Hancock Is Cooler Than Us And He Always Has Been [20 April 2009]

News

At 67, Herbie Hancock hasn’t lost a bit of his go-for-broke attitude [28 August 2007]

"Miles wanted to hear me. That set me free."