WILMINGTON — A legendary jazz player that has helped define the genre is coming to Wilmington this fall.
Herbie Hancock will perform at the Wilson Center on Saturday, Sept. 21.
The 84-year-old pianist started out as a child prodigy in Chicago, performing Mozart with the symphony by 11 years old. His career escalated to great heights, including backing jazz great Miles Davis. Hancock was a part of the Miles Davis Quintet in the Sixties, before embarking on a solo career and in the Seventies performing with The Headhunters.
He’s shared stages with Chick Corea and Stevie Wonder, recorded with Wynton Marsalis, and won an Academy Award for scoring the film “‘Round Midnight,” which he also acted in. Hancock also has been honored with upward of a dozen Grammys.
He has released more than 40 albums to date, his last in 2010 — “The Imagine Project.”
Hancock also teaches at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, was named Los Angeles Philharmonic creative chair for jazz and serves as the institute chairman of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz. He founded The International Committee of Artists for Peace as well.
Tickets to his Wilmington show will be on sale here at 10 a.m., Thursday, April 4, for Wilson Center members and to the general public at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 5. The box office is open via telephone or in-person from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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