By Mary Carole McCauley
American jazz icon Herbie Hancock remains exactly where he always has been – at the forefront of his field, observing, innovating and asking unnerving questions of himself and everyone he encounters.
At 86, Hancock has been performing music and composing it for a very, very long time. Seventy-four years to be exact, if you count the former child prodigy’s debut playing piano with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1952.
Along the way, he has won numerous accolades, including 14 Grammy Awards – and in particular the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. He even picked up an Academy Award in 1987 for composing the best original score for the film Round Midnight.
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