This week on KCET’s SoCal Connected, correspondent Michael Okwu pays homage to one of the music industry’s iconic treasures; the “Ambassador of Jazz,” Herbie Hancock at home and on stage. Okwu gains unprecedented access to the 70-year-old jazz great as he prepares for a signature event with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
The show takes you from the origins of Hancock’s career as a musical prodigy when he played with legendary trumpeter Miles Davis, to his time recording hit songs for commercials and TV, to the present as he spearheads the LA Philharmonic & Hollywood Bowl jazz programs with renowned composer Gustavo Dudamel. The half hour special also features amazing performances and never before seen footage of Hancock.
The episode airs Friday, October 28 at 8:30 p.m.