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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 5, 2008
Three-Time 2008 GRAMMY Nominee Herbie Hancock Pays Tribute To George Gershwin At The 50th Annual Grammy Awards On Feb. 19th In Los Angeles
GRAMMY "Album of the Year" nominee Herbie Hancock will perform George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" with classical pianist phenom Lang Lang at the 50th annual GRAMMY awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 10th. Prefacing that appearance, Hancock will play at the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala honoring Aretha Franklin on February 8th at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Celebrating his first "Album of the Year" nod with 'River: The Joni Letters' his tribute to Joni Mitchell, famed performer Hancock also garnered nominations for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album" and "Best Jazz Instrumental Solo." The record received tremendous critical acclaim, landing on 'Best of '07' lists from the Wall Street Journal to the New Yorker.
"Intriguing and often inspired experiment in recontextualizing Mitchell's work"
- Steve Futterman, The New Yorker, 1.14.08
"a refreshingly different breed of 'concept' album"
- Jazz Times, Jan/Feb '08 (#4 Album of '07)
"not only among the more inquisitive and ingenious of 'tribute' albums, but the most encouraging sign yet that pop music of the last three decades can inspire probing, absorbing reinvention."
- Gene Seymour, Newsday, 12.30.07 (#6 Album of '07)
