HERBIE HANCOCK WINS GRAMMY

At the 50th Grammy Awards, Herbie Hancock wins Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Jazz Album. A jazz album has not won a grammy award 1965 when it was won by Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto. Though Herbie Hancock has 10 Grammy Awards this is the first time he was nominated for Album of The Year. And he won - two times! This means a lot to the jazz world since it seems the world has slipped jazz into their back pocket and we jazz lovers are forgotten about when it comes to being entertained.

The album that won was River: The Joni Letters.



Congratulations Herbie!!


2sweetnsaxy raising her fist, making circle motions and singing Wooh! Wooh! Wooh! Wooh!

HERBIE HANCOCK

Herbie Hancock is a pianist/composer and both a Grammy and Oscar winner. Everyone should know who this man is and if you don't you will most likely know his music even if you don't know it's his name on it because his hits cross over into R&B and he's scored several movies. I'll be sharing a few clips on Herbie Hancock simply because there are so many to choose from and it'll be fun to take you back a little bit.

If you're anywhere near my age (and I'm not telling LOL!), you'll recognize the tune in the clip below "Rockit" from the album Future Shock. When this came out it was new and creative and the video was unlike anything we'd seen before and to me is a perfect example of how innovative his music can be.







You might also get a kick out of this clip of the recording a song for his Possibilities CD with Christina Aguilera.