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August 23, 2026 at 10:48 PM

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August 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM

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His songs speak for themselves. "Lean On Me," became a breakout moment for The Voice's Nicholas
David who performed it on the show in 2012 while Mary J. Bilge's version of "Lean on Me" echoed in
Washington M's Lincoln Memorial at the "We Are One" pre-inaugural festivities for president
Barack Obama, just as Withers' words had similarly honored president Bill Clinton. "Ain't No
Sunshine" set the scene for a much talked about episode in the hit series Scandal in 2013. Commercial
uses, including the Gap Khaki Soul campaign featuring "Lovely Day," match the music to new markets.
The lead single of Jill Scott's The Original Jill Scott from the Vault, Vol. 1 is a cover of Withers' "Lovely
Day" produced by DJ Jazzy Jeff; Willie Nelson and Mavis Staples' duet of "Grandma's Hands" is a
striking rendition on his latest release To All The Girls; and at the unveiling of the Bill Russell Legacy
Project in Boston in 2013, a newly-penned song "I Am My Father's Son" is performed by Johnny
Mathis.

Legacy Recordings' box set of all nine of Withers albums, The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums,
released in late 2012, won a Grammy for Best Historical Recording in 2014. Withers' riveting 1974
concert performance in Zaire preceding the fabled Muhammad Ali/George Foreman "Rumble in the
Jungle" face-off is in the feature film, Soul Power and Withers himself is the subject of the
documentary, Still Bill, that debuted at the SXSW Film Festival, is available on DVD.

Origins
"When you have a talent you know it when you'refive years old— it's just getting around to it." -B.w.

Slab Fork, West Virginia, a town of about 200 residents, was Bill's place of birth. The youngest of six
children, he was raised in nearby Beckley, in coal mining country. Withers' father, a miner, died when
Withers was 13. At 17, enlistment in the Navy was Bill's ticket out.

Withers arrived in Los Angeles in 1967. His self-financed demos on which Watts 103rd Street Band
member Ray Jackson

served as arranger and keyboardist, led Jackson to introduce him to Forrest
Hamilton. Hamilton then introduced Withers to Clarence Avant of Sussex Records who tapped Booker
T. Jones to produce Bill's debut album. This resulted in the album Just As I Am with the Grammywinning "Ain't No Sunshine" and the much-loved "Grandma's Hands." The pragmatic Withers — who
was now able to leave his straight gig at an aircraft company — subsequently assembled the remaining
members of the Watts 103rd Street Band for U.S. and international tours.

The second album, Still Bill, lauded as "a stone-soul masterpiece" by Rolling Stone magazine, delivered
soon-to-be standards "Lean on Me" and "Use Me." Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall followed. After
the release of +Uustinents in 1974, Withers severed ties with Sussex to sign with Columbia (who
subsequently re-released his back catalog.) 1975's Malting Music, Making Friends showcased more
classics, "Hello Like Before" and "Make Love to Your Mind"; 1976's Naked & Warm, with the idyllic
love song to his adopted home, "City of the Angels"; 1977's Menagerie, with the much-covered "Lovely
Day" and 1979's 'Bout Love, and the single "Don't It Make It Better," a top 30 R&B single, continued
the run of top-charting releases.

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May 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM

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HERBIE HANCOCK
Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout
his explorations, he has transcended limitations and
genres while maintaining his unmistakable voice. With an
illustrious career spanning five decades and 14 Grammy*
Awards, including Album of the Year for River: The Joni
Letters, he continues to amaze audiences across the globe.
There are few artists in the music industry
who have had more influence on acoustic and electronic
jazz and R&B than Herbie Hancock. As the immortal
Miles Davis said in his autobiography, "Herbie was
the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I
haven't heard anybody yet who has come after him."
Born in Chicago in 1940, Herbie was a child
piano prodigy who performed a Mozart piano concerto
with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age 11. He
began playing jazz in high school, initially influenced
by Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans. He also developed a
passion for electronics and science, and double-majored
in music and electrical engineering at Grinnell College.
In 1960, Herbie was discovered by trumpeter Donald
Byrd. After two years of session work with Byrd as well as
Phil Woods and Oliver Nelson, he signed with Blue Note
as a solo artist. His 1963 debut album, 'Takin' Off', was an
immediate success, producing the hit "Watermelon Man."
In 1963, Miles Davis invited Herbie to join the
Miles Davis Quintet. During his five years with Davis, Herbie
and his colleagues Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Ron Carter
(bass), and Tony Williams (drums) recorded many classics,
including `ESP', `Nefertiti' and `Sorcerer. Later on, Herbie
made appearances on Davis' groundbreaking 'In a Silent Way'
and 'Bitches Brew, which heralded the birth ofjazz-fusion.
Herbie's own solo career blossomed on Blue Note,

Bill Laswell. The first, `Future Shock', again struck platinum,
and the single "Rockit" rocked the dance and R&B charts,
winning a Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental. The video of
the track won five MTV awards.

'Sound System, the follow-up,
also received a Grammy in the R&B instrumental category.
Herbie won an Oscar in 1986 for scoring the
film "'Round Midnight", in which he also appeared as
an actor. Numerous television appearances over the
years led to two hosting assignments in the 198os: "Rock
School" on PBS and Showtime's "Coast To Coast".
After an adventurous 1994 project for Mercury
Records, `Dis Is Da Drum, he moved to the Verve label,
forming an all-star band to record 1996's Grammywinning 'The New Standard'. In 1997, an album of
duets with Wayne Shorter, `1+1, was released.
The legendary Headhunters reunited in 1998,
recording an album for Herbie's own Verve-distributed
imprint, and touring with the Dave Matthews Band. That
year also marked the recording and release of 'Gershwin's
World', which included collaborators Joni Mitchell, Stevie
Wonder, Kathleen Battle, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra,
Wayne Shorter and Chick Corea. tershwin's World' won three
Grammys in 1999, including Best Traditional Jazz Album
and Best R&B Vocal Performance for Stevie Wonder's
"St. Louis Blues."
Herbie reunited with Bill Laswell to collaborate
with some young hip-hop and techno artists on
zom's FUTURE2FUTURE. He also joined with Roy
Hargrove and Michael Brecker in toot to record a live
concert album, 'Directions In Musk: Live at Massey
Hall', a tribute to John Coltrane and Miles Davis.
`Possibilities', released in August zoos, teamed

with classic albums including 'Maiden Voyage, `Empyrean

Herbie with many popular artists, such as Sting, Annie Lennox,

Isles, and 'Speak Like a Child'. He composed the score to
Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film `Blow Up, which led to

John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Paul Simon, Carlos Santana,
Joss Stone and Damien Rice. That year, he played a number

a successful career in feature film and television music.

of concert dates with a re-staffed Headhunters,

After leaving Davis, Herbie put together a new
band called The Headhunters and, in 1973,

recorded 'Head

and became the first-ever Artist-In-Residence at
the Tennessee-based festival Bonnaroo.

Hunters.' With its crossover hit single "Chameleon,"

In tow, Hancock recorded and released `River: The

music to express its central themes of peace and global
responsibility, the 'Imagine' project was recorded around
the world and features a stellar group of musicians
including Jeff Beck, Seal,Pink, Dave Matthews, The
Chieftains, Lionel Loueke, Oumou Sangare, Konono
#1, Anoushka Shankar, Chaka Khan, Marcus Miller,
Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Tinariwen, and Ceu.
Herbie Hancock also maintains a thriving career
outside the performing stage and recording studio. Recently
named by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Creative Chair
For Jazz, he currently also serves as Institute Chairman of the
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the foremost international
organization devoted to the development of jazz performance
and education worldwide. Hancock is also a founder of
The International Committee of Artists for Peace, and was
recently awarded the much esteemed "Commandeur des Arts
et des Lettres" by French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.
In July of ton Hancock was designated a UNESCO
Goodwill Ambassador by UNESCO Director-General Irina
Bokova. Recognizing Herbie Hancock's "dedication to the
promotion of peace through dialogue, culture and the arts,"
the Director-General has asked the celebrated jazz musician
"to contribute to UNESCO's efforts to promote mutual

it became the first jazz album to go platinum.
By mid-decade, Herbie was playing for stadium-sized

Joni Letters', a tribute to longtime friend and collaborator Joni
Mitchell featuring Wayne Shorter, guitarist Lionel Loueke,

crowds all over the world and had no fewer than four albums in

bassist Dave Holland and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and co-

fostering the emergence of new and creative ideas amongst
youth, to find solutions to global problems, as well as ensuring

the pop charts at once. In total, Herbie had

11 albums in the pop
charts during the 19705. His '7os output inspired and provided

produced by Larry Klein. He enlisted vocalists Norah Jones,

equal access to the diversity of artistic expressions." UNESCO's

Tina Turner, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza, Leonard
Cohen and Mitchell herself to perform songs she wrote or was

Goodwill Ambassadors are an outstanding group of celebrity
advocates who have generously accepted to use their talent

inspired by. The album received glowing reviews and was a

and status to help focus the world's attention on the objectives

year-end Top to choice for many critics. It also garnered three
Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year; Herbie is one

and aims of UNESCO's work in its fields of competence:
education, culture, science and communication/information

samples for generations of hip-hop and dance music artists.
Herbie also stayed close to his love of acoustic
jazz in the '7os, recording and performing with VSOP
(reuniting him with his Miles Davis colleagues), and in
duet settings with Chick Corea and Oscar Peterson.
In 198o, Herbie introduced the trumpeter Wynton
Marsalis to the world as a solo artist, producing his debut
album and touring with him as well. In 1983, a new pull to the
alternative side led Herbie to a series of collaborations with

of only a handful of jazz musicians ever to receive that honor.
In tow Hancock released the critically-acclaimed
CD, 'Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project,' winner of two

understanding among cultures, with a particular emphasis on

Now in the fifth decade of his professional life,
Herbie Hancock remains where he has always been: in the
forefront of world culture, technology, business and music.

toll Grammy Awards for Best Pop Collaboration and Best

Though one can't track exactly where he will go next, he is

Improvised Jazz Solo. Utilizing the universal language of

sure to leave his inimitable imprint wherever he lands.

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February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM

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February 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM

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January 16, 2026 at 3:23 AM

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@waterloorecords.bsky.social hosts TAMARA SAVIANO for a book signing with live musical performance by JACK BARKSDALE Thursday, 11/13 at 5pm! Saviano will discuss her remarkable three-decade career as a journalist, historian, #Grammywinning producer, filmmaker, & artist emissary in #Americanamusic.