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Grammys Staple a Date
(E! Online)
22-May-2008
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E! Online - People might still be talking about "my Blake incarcerated" and Herbie Hancock's surprise Album of the Year victory, but the Recording Academy has started looking ahead to next year.
Johnson fends off Grammy champs on pop chart
(Reuters)
21-Feb-2008
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Reuters - In a slow week for new releases,
mellow crooner Jack Johnson remained No. 1 on the U.S. pop
album charts Wednesday, while newly minted Grammy winners Amy
Winehouse and Herbie Hancock surged into the top five.
Grammy tradition of weird winners abides
(AP)
12-Feb-2008
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AP - To the list of Jethro "Say What?" Tull and Steely "Freaking" Dan, we may now add Herbie "Huh?" Hancock.
Music: A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy?
12-Feb-2008
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“River: The Joni Letters,” by Herbie Hancock can be understood as a celebration of the academy’s more high-minded pop impulses.
Herbie Hancock steals album of year
(AP)
11-Feb-2008
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AP - Herbie Hancock shocked Kanye West, best-album presenters Usher and Quincy Jones, and just about anyone who was watching the Grammys when the jazz veteran won the night's big prize for "River: The Joni Letters."
Hancock says Grammy win is a victory for jazz
(Reuters)
11-Feb-2008
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Reuters - Herbie Hancock won the coveted
album of the year Grammy on Sunday, becoming the first jazz
instrumentalist to win the honor in more than 40 years and
causing Hancock to remark "it's a new day" at the Grammys.
Chris Anderson, 81, Influential Jazz Pianist, Is Dead
11-Feb-2008
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Mr. Anderson’s sophisticated and personal approach to harmony made him a pronounced influence on many other players, notably Herbie Hancock.
Concert honors jazz legend Peterson
(AP)
13-Jan-2008
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AP - Pianist Herbie Hancock and singer Nancy Wilson were among the stars taking the stage at a tribute concert celebrating the life of jazz legend Oscar Peterson whose piano wizardry inspired and influenced many.
Stars say goodbye to jazz legend Oscar Peterson
(Reuters)
13-Jan-2008
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Reuters - Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and Nancy
Wilson were among a star-studded group of performers who
gathered on Saturday for a musical farewell to jazz piano great
Oscar Peterson.
Music: Walking a Tightrope at a Jazz Competition
04-Nov-2007
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The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz wrapped up its 20th annual jazz competition on Sunday with an emblematic scene. Herbie Hancock sported a shoulder-slung synthesizer and a high-wattage smile.
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