Herbie Hancock News

The Westminster West Congregational Church welcomes back Eugene Uman, pianist and artistic director of the Vermont Jazz Center on Sunday, Nov.

Actual Proof was formed in the fall of 2007. The group consists of Eric Mullis on mallet percussion , Silas Aldridge on keys, Phillip Berkley on electric bass, and Scott Brower on acoustic and electric drums.

Chuck Israels' sideman duties make for impressive reading. Most jazz bass players would give their eye teeth to have chalked up anchor roles with the likes of pianist Bill Evans, saxophonist John Coltrane, pianist Herbie Hancock, saxophonist Stan Getz and diva Billie Holiday.

Ready to trade Thanksgiving feasting for some cool jazz on a warm sultry beach ? Head south to the 7th annual Riviera Maya Jazz Festival in Playa del Carmen on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula .

Burly, bearded Zac Brown and his band play Sunset Cove Amphitheatre on Saturday .

Doesn't Christian McBride look like he belongs in the Rat Pack?" You learn a lot about musicians when you hijack their digital music players and set them to access files randomly.

The jazz/hip-hop fusion collective Us3 scored a major hit in 1994 with "Cantaloop ," a song that displayed the group's fondness for sampling classic recordings on the Blue Note label .

Known as the "Jedi of Cool," keyboardist Jon O'Bergh refuses to be pigeonholed in one genre of music.

Admission: $18; $8 for students. Location: Workshops are free at Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Drive Details: 412-394-3353 Election results Bob Karlovits can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7852. For guitarist Yotam Silberstein, appearing at the Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert is simply an event he cannot pass up.

SOURCE: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman The 18th annual St. Louis International Film Festival , which begins Thursday, November 12 and continues through Sunday, November 22, once again will feature the St.

Louis International Film Festival to screen Chops and Icons Among Us , plus more music-related movies The 18th annual St.

Latin percussionist Poncho Sanchez is celebrating his 58th birthday today, October 30th, with a brand-new CD.

Jazz-fusion giants unite to pay tribute to Tony Williams, one of the great jazz/fusion/rock drummers of any generation.

Global Village Monday October 26th 2009 10am-Noon w/ host Maggie LePique and co-host Poncho Sanchez! Join Maggie LePique Monday October 26th 2009 from 10am-Noon as she welcomes back to the KPFK airwaves master conguero Poncho Sanchez to talk about his latest recording from Concord Picante "Psychedelic Blues" The world's top Latin jazz ensemble ...

Corinne Bailey Rae , whose rose to fame with three smooth jazz hit singles from her debut CD, has completed her next CD.

Snarky Puppy, from left: Justin Stanton, Chris Bullock, Nate Werth, Michael League, Robert "Sput" Searight and Brian Donohoe.

The arrival of the world's hottest young maestro, Gustavo Dudamel, at the Los Angeles Philharmonic caused a sensation.

Winding up Herbie Hancock Listening Week at aworks, Watermelon Man remains the favorite.

The state's oldest jazz festival will be held on Friday and Saturday at Marian University, 45 S. National Ave.

I've been listening to lots of Herbie Hancock lately. To be honest, most of what I've heard wasn't that good, possibly because it didn't include his best acoustic jazz piano work.