Prof Herbie goes to Harvard...

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  • BLUESNIK'S REVOX
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 4314

    Prof Herbie goes to Harvard...

    "Jazz pianist and composer Herbie
    Hancock will soon be a Harvard man.
    Hancock has been named the 2014
    Charles Eliot Norton Professor of
    Poetry at Harvard University. He’ll be
    delivering six lectures on “The Ethics
    of Jazz” in February and March at
    Harvard University, covering such
    topics as “The Wisdom of Miles
    Davis” and “Cultural Diplomacy and
    the Voice of Freedom.”

    Hancock says his lectures will cover
    the practical lessons he’s learned
    about the harmonious connection
    between “the essential values in jazz
    and the values of Buddhism.”

    Established in 1925, the Norton
    Professorship has been awarded to
    important figures from across the
    arts, including T.S. Eliot, Igor
    Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein."

    Detroit Post.

    BN.

    Miles, of course, was well known for his "Cultural Diplomacy". Things have greatly moved on in academia since Ron Coltrane had a p/t lectureship at Enfield Poly at the time of the 1968 riots.
    Last edited by BLUESNIK'S REVOX; 09-01-14, 08:55.
  • aka Calum Da Jazbo
    Late member
    • Nov 2010
    • 9173

    #2
    well hooray fro Herbie H even if he will be a pale translucence compared to Ron's blood red east european plonk .....
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