Jazz great Herbie Hancock on playing with Miles Davis, AI, and why the piano makes him cry
BBC article here.
...Hancock has been announced as one of the recipients of this year's Polar Music Prize, the closest music has to a Nobel prize.Previous laureates have included Sir Paul McCartney, Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Quincy Jones...
...Joy comes over Hancock's face when reminiscing about the period between 1964 to 1968, when he toured the world with the man Rolling Stone magazine called "the most revered jazz trumpeter of all time".
"I was always frightened playing with Miles," he laughs.
"It was very intimidating.... "When were all in sync, that made life worth living."
BBC article here.
...Hancock has been announced as one of the recipients of this year's Polar Music Prize, the closest music has to a Nobel prize.Previous laureates have included Sir Paul McCartney, Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Quincy Jones...
...Joy comes over Hancock's face when reminiscing about the period between 1964 to 1968, when he toured the world with the man Rolling Stone magazine called "the most revered jazz trumpeter of all time".
"I was always frightened playing with Miles," he laughs.
"It was very intimidating.... "When were all in sync, that made life worth living."
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