USA: PIANIST HERBIE HANCOCK RELEASES RECORDING OF COMPOSER GEORGE GERSHWIN'S MUSIC

Record ID: 388067

  • Title: USA: PIANIST HERBIE HANCOCK RELEASES RECORDING OF COMPOSER GEORGE GERSHWIN'S MUSIC
  • Date: 28th November 1998
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 22, 1998) REUTERS - ACCESS ALL SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) HANCOCK SAYING: "I mean this is the world kind of setting that made the George Gershwin that we know. But also there's a Duke Ellington piece, they're both contemporaries. As a matter of fact 1999 is the hundreth anniversary celebration of Duke Ellington's birth. George Gers
  • Embargoed: 13th December 1998 12:00
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVADXF2OWRQ0HFY0L9TB0OH4UE2T
  • Story Text: Legendary pianist/composer Herbie Hancock explores and redefines the music of George Gershwin with his recent release on Verve Records entitled "Gershwin's World".
    He says he wanted this tribute album, in what would have been Gershwin's 100th year, to be different and indeed it is with contributions from Kathleen Battle, Stevie Wonder, and Joni Mitchell.
    Herbie Hancock is well known for experimenting with technology and challenging himself as an artist and composer; witness the seminal 1973 "Headhunters", the Academy Award winning score for "Round Midnight", and his multiple Grammys.
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