Over his nearly 50-year career Herbie Hancock has experimented with all kinds of genres, including classical, jazz, funk and hip-hop. Hancock can now add folk to the list. His latest record is River: The Joni Letters, and on it he finds a kindred spirit in the music of Joni Mitchell. Hancock tells Kurt that when he first met Mitchell in the late 1970s he was surprised by what he heard.
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Fantastic interview. Love you, Alan! You were one of the main influences for me to get back into acting later ...
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Really difficult to convey this as a "sound story" and it was done beautifully. Really compelling.
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen is a co-production of Public Radio International and WNYC Radio, and is funded in part by Ken and Lucy Lehman and the National Endowment for the Arts. Studio 360's American Icons series is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Our Science and Creativity series is supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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This was a most excellent interview. It's difficult to talk to Herbie about everything, but you did a better job than most of covering the current project and reviewing snapshots of an amazing career.
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