This is FRESH AIR. In 1965, Miles Davis led one of the all-time great jazz groups with four younger players, including saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Herbie Hancock, but they rarely worked that ...
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock knows when he is in the presence of genius, something revolutionary, a new way forward. He witnessed it as a young pianist with the Miles Davis Quintet, and again the first ...
At the time of this set’s performances, Miles Davis was one of the most pivotal figures in jazz music, and he had long seen France as being important to his career. From a 1949 festival appearance ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Electronic jazz musician Herbie Hancock will play a concert at the CFCC Wilson Center on Saturday, Sept. 21. The legendary and influential player played on the Miles Davis ...
The "Second Quintet" - the Miles Davis Quintet of the mid-1960s - was one of the most innovative and influential groups in the history of the genre. Each of the musicians who performed with Davis- ...