Hancock is a 14-time Grammy Award winner known for blending jazz, funk, rock, and electronic styles. He will be joined by a band that includes Terence Blanchard on trumpet and James Genus on bass.

It’s important to continue to evolve,’ said the 86-year-old icon, who will perform at the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert at Lyric Opera House on Thursday.

Herbie Hancock is set to host the International Jazz Day All-Star concert today, here in his hometown, with millions expected to tune in live. We caught up with the legendary piano man and musical ...

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock reflects on his six-decade career, from 'Watermelon Man' to 'Rockit,' and his upcoming Florida ...

Herbie Hancock is often overwhelmed with astonishment. Underneath stage lights, he sits at a piano and watches audiences burst into applause upon hearing opening notes — to songs he composed nearly 50 ...

Chicago would seem to be a no-brainer to host International Jazz Day, a joint initiative of UNESCO and the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz. The city is not only a global jazz capital but the hometown ...

It might have been the most important stage Herbie Hancock ever played. Not the Grammys. Not the White House. Not even Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, where Hancock made his debut playing Mozart as a ...

"I'm not a musician": Jazz legend Herbie Hancock opens up about music, science, and his relationship with Benjamin Franklin. Oliver St. Clair Franklin, Honorary British Consul of the RSA, presents ...

Eight bars in, and the band gets the groove. “Blues by Five” was the tune. Miles Davis. A hard-bopping workout, it was. And ...

Herbie Hancock and Carlos Santana In The Studio, circa 1980 (Photo: Hancock Archives) From his earliest days as a pianist for Donald Byrd, then Miles Davis, up through his work in the 1960s, 1970s, ...

On August 6th, 2001, musician Herbie Hancock sat down with Michael Kantor, director of "American Masters — Quincy Jones: In The Pocket" (2001) and current executive producer for American Masters, to ...