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Topic: Herbie Hancock & Kamasi Washington Announce Tour
Posted By: snobb
Subject: Herbie Hancock & Kamasi Washington Announce Tour
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2019 at 3:56am

Jazz Heavyweights Herbie Hancock And Kamasi Washington Announce Joint Tour


Kamasi Washington, left, and Herbie Hancock. The jazz luminaries have announced they will be going on tour together this year.

Photo of Kamasi Washington: Getty Images. Photo of Herbie Hancock: courtesy of the artist.

Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington, two of the biggest names in jazz, will join forces for a North American co-headlining tour this summer.

Their initial slew of dates, starting July 30 in Vienna, Va. and ending Aug. 23 in Berkeley, Calif., should go on sale to the general public this Friday. (Tickets for the pair's first date, in Virginia, are  https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wolftrap.org_f_073019&d=DwMGaQ&c=E2nBno7hEddFhl23N5nD1Q&r=vn4_qmdn67yk26Ar2jgxyeTiyH7gFcj_zMqcLtzTixE&m=yykryLsorWw_3_l2rL3sxKf0COh684nl5LPg2lE1_48&s=IrpMFsgsxl36-9T4rnTSR6mgzZW0Hyc8eoAmnJ01um8&e=" rel="nofollow - already available .)

Hancock, a 14-time Grammy-winning pianist and NEA Jazz Master, will lead a band similar to the one featured a few years ago in a https://www.npr.org/2016/10/20/498672744/herbie-hancocks-latest-voyage" rel="nofollow -  Hancock has long been an exemplar of jazz crossover: he's the rare instrumental virtuoso to credibly break through to a mainstream audience, let alone the pop album chart. He received his first gold record in 1974 with Head Hunters, the self-titled debut by his new jazz-funk band. At the time, the critic Lee Underwood stamped a concert review with a smirk: "Mr. Communicate-With-A-Wider-Audience, Herbie Hancock, opened to a full house recently, again pleasing the funkers while disappointing the more cerebrally oriented connoisseurs."

from www.npr.org




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