Congratulations to everyone who touched the success of this album, from Joni's creative genius to Larry Klein's guidance to Herbie's interpretive vision.
And congratulations to all the musicians, engineers and crews in the studios and to everyone in the offices at Hancock Music Co., Verve Records and Shore Fire who helped introduce this music to music lovers around the world.
-Herbie's web team
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Feb 10, 09:13 PMHerbie Hancock Wins Album of the Year GRAMMYCongratulations to everyone who touched the success of this album, from Joni's creative genius to Larry Klein's guidance to Herbie's interpretive vision.
And congratulations to all the musicians, engineers and crews in the studios and to everyone in the offices at Hancock Music Co., Verve Records and Shore Fire who helped introduce this music to music lovers around the world.
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Feb 10, 05:24 PMHerbie Hancock Wins Best Contemporary Jazz Album GRAMMYIn the pre-televised portion of the GRAMMY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Herbie Hancock won the GRAMMY for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album" today.The staff and management of Hancock Music Co. sends our warmest congratulations to Herbie and to everyone who's work on the album made the entire project and the tour behind it possible. We also extend our congratulations to our friends who also won awards this afternoon.
Michael Brecker, a terrific musician and wonderful person who was taken from us far too soon won the award for "Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group" for his final album, "Pilgrimage," which Herbie is grateful to have been part of.
Michael was also awarded the GRAMMY for "Best Jazz Instrumental Solo" for the song "Anagram" from "Pilgrimage." He shared the nomination in this category with Herbie for the solo on "Both Sides Now" from "River," and with our friend Terence Blanchard, who was nominated for his solo on "Levees" from his latest album, "A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)."
Terence also walked away with an award today in the category of Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for "A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)."
Congratulations to everyone who was honored with nominations and awards.
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Dec 24, 05:27 PMHerbie Hancock statement on the passing of jazz great Oscar Peterson“Oscar Peterson redefined swing for modern jazz pianists for the latter half of the 20th century up until today. I consider him the major influence that formed my roots in jazz piano playing. He mastered the balance between technique, hard blues grooving, and tenderness. You’ll find Oscar Peterson’s influence in the generations that came after him. No one will ever be able to take his place.” -- Herbie Hancock
