"But even at age 11, I tended to ignore possible racial slights … it was just my nature."įrom vivid childhood recollections to tales of performing onstage or in the studio, racing up 6th Avenue in his AC Cobra alongside Miles Davis in his Maserati or floating down the Gambia River with Kermit and Miss Piggy, demonstrating an Ensoniq Mirage portable sampling keyboard, Hancock's book chronicles his fascinating career, a journey that has spanned seven decades and work with a cast of musical greats - from Benny Goodman and Tina Turner to Paul Simon and Carlos Santana. "It would have been easy to feel suspicious, to wonder whether someone at the CSO just wanted to discourage the young African-American kid who'd surprised everyone and won their prestigious competition," Hancock explains in his new autobiography, Herbie Hancock: Possibilities. Surprisingly on the bill was Mozart's Piano Concerto No.18. Jordan, took him to see Dame Myra Hess perform with the CSO. He was even asked for his autograph.Ī few weeks later his piano teacher, Mrs. 26 and his performance was ultimately a success. In record time, Hancock learned Mozart's Piano Concerto No. The bad news: The orchestral parts went missing and Hancock would have to learn a new concerto or forgo his prize. The good news: His prize was to perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 4 Herbie Hancock will participate in GRAMMY U Off The Record With Herbie Hancock, an exclusive live Google+ Hangout On Air hosted by Flying Lotus.)Īt age 11, piano prodigy Herbie Hancock won a performance competition sponsored by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In practice, it must be acknowledged that the results are a mess, just as it must be admitted that Stalin's Russia was a murderous dictatorship, that Inception was an emotionally stunted logic puzzle of no lasting merit, and that one drink always become five. The songs they perform include a number of universally-acclaimed pop classics, such as The Beatles' 'Tomorrow Never Knows' and Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come'. His collaborators on The Imagine Project are a diverse crew of very talented musicians, drawn from all over the globe. Hancock himself is a celebrated jazz pianist responsible for some very good albums and one genuinely great one, his 1973 jazz fusion extravaganza Head Hunters. To this list must be added Herbie Hancock's new album, The Imagine Project. It's occasions and chance meetings like these that is why cellphone cameras are a godsend!Ĭontinue reading: Snoop Dogg And John Kerry Living A Boss' Life In The White House Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, is stood next to the pair, chatting with other guests, whilst the two men engage each other in an animated chat. In the inaudible video, posted by Snoop on to his Instagram page, the two are seen involved in discussion, laughing with each other and slapping each other's shoulders, with their talk ending in a fist bump. Like we needed any more convincing that Snoop is a Boss The two exchanged words during a White House reception held for Kennedy Centre honourees, with the exchange ending in a fist bump between the two, an event that has caused the internet to go into meltdown mode. The Obama administration has seen some unlikely celebrity allies rub shoulders with the political elite, yet the recent encounter between Secretary of State John Kerry and Snoop Lion, aka Snoop Doggy Dogg, aka Snoopzilla, might be the best yet. And Sam Spruell and Kris Wu make a solid double act as Alpha officials trying to work out what's going on.Ĭontinue reading: Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets Review Meanwhile, Rihanna has some strong moments once she stops dancing and changing costumes like she's in a music video. So their tetchy romance is enjoyable but rather aimless. Only Valerian and Laureline emerge as fully formed people, even as they conform rather oddly to gender expectations that are old fashioned today, let alone 700 years in the future. Amid a complex power struggle, Valerian and Laureline head into a no-go sector of Alpha to find out what's going on, getting help from a chatty pimp (Ethan Hawke), a submarine pirate (Alain Chabat) and a shape-shifting pole-dancer (Rihanna).īesson fills the nearly two and a half hour running time with outlandishly colourful effects, lively action and lots of verbal banter, but not so much character development. After a mission on a desert planet with parallel dimension issues, they return to Alpha with haunting information about a lost civilisation, which seems to be at the centre of a secret war Alpha's Commander (Clive Owen) is waging. Valerian (Dane DeHaan) is a security officer working with his bickering partner Laureline (Cara Delevingne) to retrieve illegal contraband. It's set in the 28th century, when the human-created mega-city Alpha has travelled across the universe and is now home to beings from a thousand worlds.
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