All About Jazz — The legendary bassist Freddie Washington has played on sessions or on tour with a "dazzling" (AllMusic) list of notables, including Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Leonard Cohen, and is now touring worldwide with Steely... more info

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All About Jazz — A year ago, Lang Lang fit right in as one of the stars of the historically gaudy opening ceremonies for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Estimates of television viewers worldwide have ranged from 1 billion to 4 billion, obviously some kind of record. ... more info

All About Jazz — Award-winning musician {{Herbie Hancock = 7381}} will take over next year as the creative chair for jazz at the L.A. Philharmonic. Hancock told KPCCs Larry Mantle that he hopes to remove the boundaries between musical and artistic genres. Herbi... more info

All About Jazz — Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang: the jazzman and the classical wonder pair up at the Hollywood Bowl Over the last month these mismatched collaborators have managed to cross cultures, generations and, most irreverently, musical genres to perform toget... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — To prepare for the concerts, Hancock boned up on classical works to shine next to the Chinese virtuoso, who is taking his first steps toward improvisation. Her... more info

Grammy-winning pianist and composer Herbie Hancock has been named as the new creative chair for jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. more info

BBC News - UK — Grammy-winning pianist and composer Herbie Hancock has been named as the new creative chair for jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. more info

Topix — Herbie Hancock has grand plans for his new position as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's creative chair for jazz. more info

All About Jazz — Grammy-winning pianist Herbie Hancock will take over for bassist Christian McBride next year as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's creative chair for jazz. The 69-year-old Hancock says the two-year stint involves choosing artists to perform at the Wal... more info