Nov 6th, 2008 · Fifty-five years ago, a young jazz presenter named George Wein discovered that the people sailing yachts around Narragansett Bay loved jazz. With their support, Wein founded the Newport Jazz Festival, the first of its kind, and it's still going strong now with highlight from Herbie Hancock and Dave Holland.
Aug 15th, 2008 · One of the true public faces of jazz, the keyboard giant brought a stellar group of musicians to the JVC Jazz Festival Newport to help perform classics from his catalog, as well as recent reconfigurations of pop music.
Aug 15th, 2008 · Hancock is one of the most influential players and composers on the modern jazz scene. A true innovator and ardent explorer, Hancock continues to push boundaries and transcend musical genres. In a program from 1987, Hancock solos on his own tune, "Dolphin Dance," and then joins Marian McPartland for "That Old Black Magic."
Jul 25th, 2008 · Top-flight artists from many walks of the jazz world once again fill the program at the Newport Jazz Festival. NPR Music and WBGO will webcast performances from keyboard legend Herbie Hancock, as well as many all-star collaborations, live from Newport on the weekend of Aug. 9-10.
Jul 1st, 2008 · It has summer's most promising premise, but Will Smith's much-hyped superzero fable self-destructs after a plot twist so head-shakingly bizarre that even an indestructible crime-fighter can't shake it off.
Feb 11th, 2008 · Last night, the Album of the Year Grammy went to an underdog -- Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters. Though the Joni Mitchell tribute doesn't rank among Hancock's best work, Tom Moon says that for those who know the pianist, the unlikely honor isn't really so unlikely.
Feb 11th, 2008 · British singer Amy Winehouse, of "Rehab" fame, wins five Grammy Awards. Rapper Kanye West wins four. But Herbie Hancock's Joni Mitchell tribute -- River -- is the surprise winner for album of the year.
Dec 24th, 2007 · The jazz legend plays a game called "And That's Why I Earn the Big Bucks": Three questions about the worst business decisions of 2007. Along the way, he also makes a surprising nomination for the sexiest instrument.