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Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter
with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
14 Jan, 2007, Dalhousie
Institute
HERBIE HANCOCK began as a sideman with Miles Davis in
the 1960s and he's now a major force in contemporary music. He's an acclaimed
composer ("Maiden Voyage," "Watermelon Man" and "Cantaloupe Island"), a virtuoso
pianist, an Academy Award-winning soundtrack composer (Round Midnight), and an inventor of classic R&B and
Hip-Hop grooves ("Chameleon" and the chart-topping crossover hit "Rockit"). The always innovative
Hancock has worked in jazz, fusion, soul-funk, disco and classical (at the age of 11, he performed Mozart's D major
piano
concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), and has performed with
artists ranging from George Benson to Stan Getz and Quincy Jones.
Perhaps the most influential living jazz pianist, Hancock devotes a
good portion of his time to music education. The seven-time Grammy
winner is also now partner in a new label venture Transparent Music,
which released his 2001 album FUTURE2FUTURE.
http://www.herbiehancock.com
WAYNE SHORTER - Composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter
has been one of the most original and influential figures in jazz for more than 40 years. He has ha a long and
storied career in jazz. He played hard bop
with Art Blakey, explored new styles with Miles Davis and pioneered
fusion with his group Weather Report. After working with Maynard
Ferguson and Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Shorter became known as "the idea man" behind Miles
Davis' legendary 1960's quintet - which also featured Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams - that changed
the face of jazz. That sprit of innovation continued when
Shorter launched the influential fusion band Weather Report in 1970.
one of the most prolific recording artists in the genre, Shorter has
won six Grammys, the latest for his 2005 release Beyond the Sound
Barrier.
http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/wayne-shorter.htm
THELONIOUS MONK - Institute of Jazz, a nonprofit education
organization, was founded in 1986 by the Monk family along with the
late Maria Fisher, an opera singer and lifelong devotee of music. Its
mission is to offer the world's most promising young musician college
level training by America's jazz masters and to present public
school-based jazz education programs for young people around the
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