Hey Music Mag - Issue 3 - December 2018

Photo_Douglas Kirkland
HERBIE HANCOCK
HONOURED BY
JAZZ INSTITUTION
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will be renamed
in honour of Herbie Hancock from 1 January 2019. The
American composer, band leader, jazz pianist and allround
musical icon has been the Chairman of the Institute
for the last 15 years. In his long career he has worked
with legends like Donald Byrd and was a key part of the
Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped refine the role of a
jazz rhythm section, as well as working with a dizzying
array of contemporary stars such as Flying Lotus, Kamasi
Washington, Kendrick Lamar and Snoop Dogg.
The Grammy-winner said the honour was “tremendously
humbling” and a “profound moment” for him and his family.
“I’m looking forward to continuing in my role as Institute
Chairman and carrying on and expanding the organisation’s
important worldwide jazz education and humanitarian
initiatives,” he added.
“We will continue teaching the history and importance of
jazz, its traditions and improvisation, along with exploring
new directions and horizons for the future. Of utmost
importance to the Institute and our programmes is to
highlight the ethics of jazz, which are humanitarian in nature.”
DUBAI BOUND
Jay Kay and Jamiroquai
are heading to the UAE
early next year to headline
Dubai Jazz Festival. The
band has been touring
throughout 2018 following
the 2017 release of their
album Automaton – their
first new material in seven
years. They’ll hit the stage
on 21 February, after Snow
Patrol rock the opening
night. Alicia Keys will close
the three-day event.
SUPERFLY
Spiritual beat maker and
Brainfeeder boss Flying
Lotus has scored and
produced Yasuke, a new
anime series on Netflix. It’s
“based on the historical
samurai of African origin
who fought with Oda
Nobunaga”, and follows his
gory 2017 feature film Kuso,
and the 2016 score of sci-fi
movie Perfect.
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