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 HERBIE HANCOCK, who this year continued to make jazz history when his album ‘River: The Joni Letters’ won the 2008 Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album and Album of the Year - only the second jazz album ever to win the Album of the Year Award - makes his way to the UK in November for five eagerly anticipated live shows, his first in two years. When the multi-award winning Hancock performs in the UK with his band, it’ll be the perfect opportunity for his fans to experience at first hand one of the world’s best and most enduring musicians at five of the world’s premier concert venues. Following a sold-out month-long European tour this summer, Herbie’s UK tour dates includes two concerts as part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3; at the Barbican and Royal Festival Hall. This marks the first time a major artist has headlined both London venues during the LJF. UK dates are as follows:-
14th November Sage, Gateshead (www.thesagegateshead.org)
Box Office: 0191 443 4661 / Tickets: £29.50
15th November London, Royal Festival Hall (www.southbankcentre.co.uk)
Box Office: 0871 663 2500 / Tickets: £40/£30/£20
16th November Manchester Bridgewater Hall (www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk)
Box Office: 0161 907 9000 / Tickets: £25-£35
19th November London, Barbican (www.barbican.org.uk)
Box Office: 020 7638 8891 / Tickets: £40/£30/£20
20th November Birmingham Symphony Hall (www.thsh.co.uk)
Box Office: 0121 780 3333 / Tickets: £27.50/£32.50
Terence Blanchard –trumpet. Terence Blanchard is an internationally renowned jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger and film score writer whose best known work includes the scores for most of Spike Lee’s films. He’s a recording artist in his own right and, since 2000, has served as Artistic Director at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz.
James Genus – bass. James Genus attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and studied and played with the great Ellis Marsalis. In 1987 moved to New York and quickly found himself in demand as an acoustic and/or electric bassist on the city’s jazz scene. He has recorded and performed with Horace Silver, Roy Haynes, Nat Adderley, Michael Brecker, Bob James, Michel Camilo (since 1995), Branford Marsalis, and many more.
Lionel Loueke – guitar; Lionel Loueke hails from Benin in West Africa. He studied at the National Institute of Art on the Ivory Coast then the American School of Modern Music in Paris from 1994-8. In 1999 he was awarded a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and then, while at the Monk Institute, played on Terence Blanchard’s Flow, on Herbie Hancock’s Possibilities and the Grammy winner The Joni Letters.
Gregoire Maret – harmonica; Gregoire Maret is from Geneva, Switzerland and began playing the harmonica at the age of 17; he studied at the Superior Conservatory of Music in Geneva before moving to New York to pursue his studies. He has recorded and performed with Pat Metheny, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Marcus Roberts, George Benson, Cassandra Wilson, Lionel Loueke, Meshel Ndegeocello, Marcus Miller and more.
Kendrick Scott – drums. Kendrick Scott, who was born in Houston, Texas, is a jazz drummer, bandleader and composer and founder of the World Culture Music Record Company. A graduate of Berklee College he has performed with the Jazz Crusaders, Pat Metheny, Joe Lovano, Kenny Garrett, Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, and Terence Blanchard.
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