London Jazz Festival, in association with BBC Radio 3, Friday 11 to Sunday 20 November 2011

Herbie Hancock’s music has consistently crossed boundaries and challenged jazz orthodoxy since the heady days of the 1960s. His crucial association with the transition between the acoustic and the electric Miles Davis’ bands, alongside his own exploration of dancefloor grooves, marked the trail for decades of ground-breaking music. Hancock returns to London with the live version of his latest recording, The Imagine Project.

“In several storming piano solos, Hancock’s seething imagination and technique showed he still relishes free-fall spontaneity just as much as he did when Miles Davis first hired him for precisely that fearlessness 45 years ago. A celebration of a dazzling jazz hero’s diversity.” The Guardian

Also plays Sunday 14 November

Part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3