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Mumbai: ‘Jazz is music where conversation happens’
Updated On: 21 January, 2024 06:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Christalle Fernandes
Ahead of their performance in the city on Saturday, jazz giants Herbie Hancock and Dianne Reeves spoke about their love for the genre and what the state of jazz is today
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Herbie Hancock (in black) with American jazz singer Dianne Reeves at the NCPA. Tom Carter (extreme left), the president of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, and Greg Pardo (fourth from left), spokesperson for the US Consulate General of Mumbai, were also present, as well as sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee and tabla player Swarupa Ananth-Sawkar. Pic/Shadab Khan
Herbie Hancock is a name that every jazz enthusiast will recognise, no matter how nascent their love for the music form is. The American jazz legend is in Mumbai with jazz singer and five-time Grammy Award winner Dianne Reeves for performances and masterclasses dedicated to celebrating Dr Martin Luther King Jr. The performance, which took place on Saturday evening, also featured six students from the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA Ensemble, including two Indian musicians, sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee and tabla player Swarupa Ananth-Sawkar.
This is the fourth time the 83-year-old jazz pianist has visited the country for a jazz performance. “I’m always ready to promote the arts and culture,” he said, when asked what drew him to the city. “The arts have a powerful effect on the heart of human beings.” And there’s the fact that indo-jazz has been a form of jazz he’s interested in. He said Zakir Hussain’s father, the prominent tabla player Ustad Allah Rakha Khan, was one of the first Indian artistes he heard when he was in his twenties.
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