Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 256
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Trim: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2
978-1-4422-5837-2 • Hardback • August 2018 • $38.00 • (£24.95)
978-1-4422-5838-9 • eBook • August 2018 • $36.00 • (£24.95)
Eric Wendell is a New York–based musician, writer, and historian. He is the author of Patti Smith: America’s Punk Rock Rhapsodist (R&L 2014) and was a contributor to the encyclopedia Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture.
Chapter 2: Next Steps: Miles, (Re)Inventions & New Mediums
Chapter 6: The Pop Promise of Herbie Hancock: The Disco/Synth Stew of Monster
A Tribute to Miles
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Possibilities
Epilogue
Selected Reading
Selected Listening
Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock gets a respectful analysis from musician and writer Wendell (Patti Smith), who dissects the illustrious career of the constantly evolving contemporary legend.... This is an excellent overview of a successful musical maverick who made a career out of finding new ways of breaking the rules.— Publishers Weekly
If anyone can be called a Renaissance man, it surely is the musical virtuoso Herbie Hancock. In this finely detailed account of his illustrious and wide-ranging career, Wendell first considers Hancock’s musical roots on the South Side of Chicago.... An absolute must for Hancock fans and everyone interested in jazz and fusion.— Booklist
This is the first book to focus exclusively on Hancock's career from start to finish, and it is an eminently-readable, engaging resource for any fan or musician seeking to understand his deep legacy. Wendell hosts an excellent listening party disguised as an accessible, entertaining book that richly complements Hancock's own autobiography and the jazz-rock literature. — John Howland, author of Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz, Norwegian University of Science and Technology