For over half a century, piano legends Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea have been blazing their own paths of artistic innovation at the keyboard. From the great Miles Davis bands of the 60's, to the stadium-filling, genre-shattering Headhunters and Return to Forever of the 70's, to the unparalleled, award-winning careers ever since. Hancock and Corea are among the most important influences on jazz—and beyond—of our time.
In a rare and historic duo performance, jazz royalty will reign on the Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2015 as they come together for a very special evening of music. In 1978, jazz titans Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea toured together, playing alone as an acoustic piano duo. (Which surprised the music world at the peak of the jazz-rock fusion era; both were alums of seminal Miles Davis bands.) Both of them released double albums drawn from those live tour performances: Hancock’s called “An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert”; Corea’s titled “CoreaHancock”. The two haven’t recorded together since, but they have reunited for acclaimed duo concert appearances....
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For over half a century, piano legends Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea have been blazing their own paths of artistic innovation at the keyboard. From the great Miles Davis bands of the 60's, to the stadium-filling, genre-shattering Headhunters and Return to Forever of the 70's, to the unparalleled, award-winning careers ever since. Hancock and Corea are among the most important influences on jazz—and beyond—of our time.
In a rare and historic duo performance, jazz royalty will reign on the Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2015 as they come together for a very special evening of music. In 1978, jazz titans Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea toured together, playing alone as an acoustic piano duo. (Which surprised the music world at the peak of the jazz-rock fusion era; both were alums of seminal Miles Davis bands.) Both of them released double albums drawn from those live tour performances: Hancock’s called “An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert”; Corea’s titled “CoreaHancock”. The two haven’t recorded together since, but they have reunited for acclaimed duo concert appearances.
Born a year apart, both Corea and Hancock came to the attention of the jazz world through Blue Note sessions in the early '60s, worked extensively with Miles Davis, and were among the architects of jazz, rock, and funk fusion in the '70s. Equally distinguished as pianists, bandleaders and composers, these titans of music have received multiples of every honour that can be bestowed on a jazz musician. From avant garde to bebop, from hard hitting fusion to forays into classical, these two NEA Jazz Masters have touched an astonishing number of musical bases while maintaining a standard of excellence that is unparalleled. Don't miss this extremely rare and intimate duo appearance, that pays homage to their groundbreaking tour and classic live albums of the late '70s.
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20-time Grammy winner, brilliant American composer and keyboard virtuoso, CHICK COREA has attained living legend status after five decades of unparalleled creativity and an artistic output that is simply staggering. From his 2012 Grammy win for Best Improvised Jazz Solo, through his enormously prolific career, Chick has touched an astonishing number of musical bases in his illustrious career – from straight ahead to avant-garde, bebop to fusion, children’s songs to chamber music, along with some far-reaching forays into symphonic works –while maintaining a standard of excellence that is awe-inspiring. A tirelessly creative spirit, Chick continues to forge ahead, continually reinventing himself in the process.
HERBIE HANCOCK is an iconic jazz musician, known as much for his mastery of the traditional as he is for entirely changing the game. Pianist and composer Herbie Hancock has been a part of every permutation and development of both acoustic and electronic jazz since his career began. He truly stepped into the spotlight in 1963, releasing his first hit “Watermelon Man” and then joining the Miles Davis Quintet. From these promising beginnings, Hancock went on to outdo all expectations, earning critical acclaim, the respect of his peers and commercial success. He has generated more than 50 albums, won 12 Grammys, received an Academy Award and even scored five MTV Awards in the 1980s. Hancock is known for his extraordinary career as well as for his penchant for experimentation. A double major in music and electrical engineering at college, his fascination with musical gadgets led him to become one of the first jazz pianists to work with electronic keyboards. As well as using unexpected instruments, Hancock’s landmark albums blurred the boundaries of music, effortlessly mixing jazz with the once unlikely partners of funk, soul, rhythm and blues, and more. Hancock’s experimentation has changed the face of jazz forever, and even as he approaches his 70th year he continues to perform, create, push the envelope and amaze. “Herbie was the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven't heard anybody yet who has come after him.” — Miles Davis
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Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea er hver for sig ansvarlige for en række store øjeblikke i jazzhistorien, og deres berømte duo-samarbejde har rødder tilbage i slut-halvfjerserne. De har aldrig optrådt sammen på Copenhagen Jazz Festival - men til sommer sker det for første gang: Torsdag den 9. juli går Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea på scenen til et historisk duo-møde i DR Koncerthusets smukke koncertsal. Billetsalget starter tirsdag den 16. december kl. 10.
I mere end fem årtier har Herbie Hancock og Chick Corea været de to mest toneangivende og innovative keyboard-spillere og jazzpianister: fra Miles Davis’ første elektriske grupper i 60’erne (hvor Chick Corea afløste Herbie Hancock i 1968); til fusionsjazzens stadion-æra i 1970’erne med Headhunters og Return to Forever, der redefinerede ikke bare jazzen men også synthesizer-musikken i al almindelighed; fra 80’erne og frem til i dag hvor de har ført to uforlignelige prisvindende karrierer med mere end 30 Grammy-priser til sammen - og hvor Chick Corea så sent som i år blev årets jazzmusiker i Downbeat.
Herbie Hancock og Chick Corea overraskede jazzverdenen midt i den elektriske jazz’ storhedstid med deres akustiske duo for to flygler. Deres koncerter fra 1978 bød på så meget unikt materiale, at det udmøntede sig i to dobbelte livealbums, som har klassikerstatus i dag. Hancock udgav “An Evening with Herbie Hancock” på Columbia, og Corea udgav “CoreaHancock” på Polydor, og de sjældne tv-optagelser fra dengang beviser, at vi har at gøre med en duo, som ikke bare flyttede grænserne for, hvordan et jazzpiano kunne lyde, men også gjorde det med et særdeles improviserende væsen og til stor begejstring for publikum verden over.
Den nu 74-årige Herbie Hancock og den 73-årige Chick Corea er blandt de vigtigste og mest indflydelsesrige jazzmusikere efter Miles Davis og har de seneste år bevist, at de stadig er i absolut stormform. Derfor er det en stor glæde at kunne præsentere dem i deres historiske CoreaHancock-duo for en meget speciel musikaften på Copenhagen Jazz Festival, hvor opsætningen er den samme som fra optagelserne i 1978: De to flygler står ryg-mod-ryg midt på scenen, og de to jazzgiganter udfordrer hinanden ansigt til ansigt.
Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea giver koncert torsdag den 9. juli i DR Koncerthusets smukke koncertsal, og det er dermed første gang, man har kunnet opleve de to jazzgiganter på samme scene på Copenhagen Jazz Festival, der blev etableret i 1979. Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2015 finder sted på 100 spillesteder i København den 3.-12. juli.
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