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Well, she lives actually near my house. She would come over with her computer and it would be a combination of conversations and interview in a way, she’d ask me questions but sometimes they would stimulate memories of events or circumstances or people from my past and I would talk to her about it and that would stimulate more questions from her about certain details. That was primarily how we worked.
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Herbie, you’re doing the European jazz festival circuit this year paying tribute to Miles Davis, right? Herbie Hancock: Yes, we’re playing the Montreaux Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival, and several others. MR: And you’re mainly going to be doing this with your pals, Wayne Shorter and Marcus Miller? HH: Right, exactly. […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Your new album The Imagine Project “imagines” unity through music. Can you talk about what your mission is with this new record? Herbie Hancock: Absolutely. The purpose of the record is peace through global collaboration. I was thinking, first of all, what would even be my reason for wanting to make a record? What I […]
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