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with Lionel Hampton. After playing in a military band during a term in the United States Air Force, he

azz Messengers in 1956, he performed with many leading jazz musicians of the day, including John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, and later Herbie Hancock. Byrd's first regular group was a quintet that he co-led from 1958-61 with baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, an ensemble whose hard-drivin

n New York City and Boston areas. The Mike Block Band presents an exciting and genre-bending combinati

y who have had more influence on acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B than Herbie Hancock. As the immortal Miles Davis said in his autobiography, "Herbie was the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven't heard anybody yet who has come after him." Born in Chicago in 1940, Herbie was a

er), Bay Area cult heroes, The Tubes ( The first band I opened for and much like myself- unknown and ig

sweaty and beet red. He looked like an embarrassed Porky Pig in one of those Warner Brothers cartoons when Porky gets caught with his pants down. Herbie got right in my face (or as close as his fat fuck belly would allow, and I know I'm being redundant with "fat fuck" but we're talking about a fat f

n New York City and Boston areas. The Mike Block Band presents an exciting and genre-bending combinatio

stry who have had more influence on acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B than Herbie Hancock. As the immortal Miles Davis said in his autobiography, “Herbie was the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven’t heard anybody yet who has come after him.” Born in Chicago in 1940, Herbie was a ch

cert album, ‘Directions In Music: Live at Massey Hall’, a tribute to John Coltrane and Miles Davis. ‘Possibilities’, released in August 2005, teamed Herbie with many popular artists, such as Sting, Annie Lennox, John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Paul Simon, Carlos Santana, Joss Stone and Damien Rice. That