The Institute’s vice president of education and curriculum development told students that jazz “evolved through the African American experience and started in New Orleans.” ...
The Joni Mitchell album she produced out of a contractual obligation ended up elevating her reputation in more traditional ...
Spread the loveJazz, with its rich history and diverse styles, has produced countless masterpieces over the decades. This ...
Many might think of jazz fusion as simply being jazz music's rockier mutated sibling, but these five albums prove that ...
Every artist might have inferiority problems, but Joni Mitchell felt this album led to her being taken seriously by her peers ...
Jo Harrop is coming to The Ferret Award-winning singer-songwriter Jo Harrop is set to perform a candlelit seated concert in ...
British rock band Queen, American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan were ...
Herbie Hancock on 80 years of playing the piano and being this year's recipient of the Polar Music Prize.
Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan awarded 2025 Polar Music Prize - The prize is awarded to individuals, groups or ...
He's the octogenarian jazz legend whose six-decade career takes in working with Miles Davis and composing a string of standards. At 84, Herbie Hancock hasn't given up tickling the ivories ...
The NEA Jazz Master tenor saxophonist George Coleman is known for his memorable opening solo on Herbie Hancock’s title tune “ Maiden Voyage ” (Blue Note 1965). That hardy muscular sound was his entré ...
A fast-tracked sand mining proposal is dredging up the painful past for local hapū members, who fear their voices will be ignored amid the rush. Plans for a hotel and student hostel at Auckland's Eden ...