Jazz icon Herbie Hancock has had a long, trailblazing career, from his classic work with Miles Davis in the ‘60s through his wildly popular funk and hip-hop excursions in the '70s and '80s, and into his current guise as one of the genre’s preeminent experimenters and popularizers. But despite a habit of musical mold-breaking, the keyboardist has fallen prey to some all-too-common show-business demons. In this excerpt from his memoir, Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (Viking), out October 23, Hancock, 74, shares his first experience with the drug, crack, that would take him years to overcome.One night I drove to a friend’s place in Beverly Hills for a birthday party, and as I was parking I saw two women I knew getting into their cars. “Are you leaving?” I asked. “Yeah,” one of them said. “You might not want to go up there.” Before I could ask what she meant,...
- 10/23/2014
- by Herbie Hancock
- Vulture
Alex Gibney wrote, directed and produced the 2008 Oscar-winning documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side" and the 2006 Oscar-nominated "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room." His other credits include “No End in Sight" (executive producer); "Mr. Untouchable" (producer), "Who Killed the Electric Car" (consulting producer); "The Trials of Henry Kissinger" (writer-producer); "Herbie Hancock: Possibilities" (producer); "Lightning in a Bottle" (producer); "Wim Wenders' Soul of a Man" (producer) and "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues" (producer). His documentary "Casino Jack and the United States of Money," about lobbyist Jack Abramoff, opens May 7 in theaters. Gibney’s current slate of projects include a feature documentary about Lance Armstrong for Sony Pictures; a film about the rise and fall of Eliot Spitzer that played at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival; and “Magic Bus,” a time-travel immersion experience about Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
- 5/4/2010
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
In the wake of the near-simultaneous release of Bubble in theaters, on DVD and on cable, 2929 Entertainment's Magnolia Pictures arm is ready to do it again, this time with a Herbie Hancock music documentary. Herbie Hancock: Possibilities will become available on all three platforms next month: opening April 14 in theaters in Los Angeles and New York, arriving April 18 on DVD and airing April 23 on the HDNet cable channel. The documentary chronicles the production of last year's Hancock album Possibilities, in which the jazz icon collaborates with a diverse roster of musicians including Christina Aguilera, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Annie Lennox and Sting.
- 3/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the wake of the near-simultaneous release of Bubble in theaters, on DVD and on cable, 2929 Entertainment's Magnolia Pictures arm is ready to do it again, this time with a Herbie Hancock music documentary. Herbie Hancock: Possibilities will become available on all three platforms next month: opening April 14 in theaters in Los Angeles and New York, arriving April 18 on DVD and airing April 23 on the HDNet cable channel. The documentary chronicles the production of last year's Hancock album Possibilities, in which the jazz icon collaborates with a diverse roster of musicians including Christina Aguilera, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Annie Lennox and Sting.
- 3/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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