Herbie Hancock, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association’s William Powers & Carolyn Powers Creative Chair for Jazz, will join an all-star line-up of special guests for Jaco’s World, and host the evening at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday, August 12, 2015.
The concert brings together many jazz greats performing Jaco’s iconic Word of Mouth album as well as other repertoire he was renowned for performing, reimagined by Grammy-winning arranger Vince Mendoza. Clips from the documentary JACO will also be featured on the Bowl’s big screens.
Herbie Hancock, who performed on Word of Mouth, will introduce Wayne Shorter and his Quartet, who opens the show, as well as introduce the special guests and serve as host throughout the evening.
Bassist Victor Bailey, who was previously announced as part of the line-up, is unable to perform due to a scheduling conflict. He is replaced by bassist Will Lee.
For more information, visit HollywoodBowl.com.
Jaco’s World Line-up:
Alex Acuña, special guest
Manolo Badrena, special guest
John Beasley, special guest
Peter Erskine, special guest
Paul Jackson Jr., special guest
Jerry Jemmott, special guest
Booker T. Jones, special guest
Will Lee, special guest
Bob Mintzer, special guest
Sam Moore, special guest
Felix Pastorius, special guest
Wayne Shorter, special guest
Tierney Sutton, special guest
Robert Trujillo, special guest
Vince Mendoza, musical director
Herbie Hancock, host and special guest
Wayne Shorter Quartet
OH Yeah!
Interesting seeing this post show up in my world today. I hadn’t listened to Jaco’s music in awhile. Then the other day I put on the 2 cd of his 2 cd compilation. It’s beautiful to see such a wonderful tribute take place. There may people who say there are players as good as him or better than him these days. But Jaco was a pioneer. No one was playing like him prior to his time. No one was touching and playing the bass like he was. Any artist who sets a precedent that turns into standard is always in a class by himself.
I’m looking forward to the show tonight and the movie on Monday.
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Too bad you cannopt stream it……………………..
Wow!wow!wow!salute for my IDOL!
Awesome !
And Mike Stern? How come he is not in the special guest list?
Giuseppe Trainito ^_^
Dream line up for a dream musician
Wish I was there
Jaco lives on, as Herbie Once said.
Looks like an amazing event and Jaco, who basically rewrote the book, deserves all of the praise. One question…why is Jeff Berlin not on board?
What a lineup to be sure led by the super Buddhists Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter NMRK.
wow!! sounds like it was a increadable concert!
This will be special x