Both Artists To Perform Separate Sets With Their Bands

Los Angeles, California. In what is sure to be one of the most celebrated double-bills of the Summer, Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington have announced a series of tour dates across the U.S. and Canada, each bringing their full band and performing two distinct sets.  Kicking off July 30 in Vienna, VA, the tour will touch down in Philadelphia, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Seattle and Berkeley. Tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, April 12 at 10am local time.   American Express Card Members can purchase tickets in select markets before the general public beginning Wednesday, April 10 at 10am local time through Thursday, April 11 at 10pm local time; in Toronto before the general public on Thursday, April 11 from 10am through 10pm EDT, and in New York before the general public beginning Wednesday, April 17 at 10am EDT through Thursday, April 18 at 10pm EDT.

An all-star band featuring Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, James Genus on bass, Lionel Loueke on guitar and multi-instrumentalist Terrace Martin will accompany Hancock on the road for the duration of the dates.  In addition, fans will be treated to a taste of Hancock’s much talked-about and highly-anticipated new album, a project that has been in the works for several years, along with music from throughout his celebrated career.

Now in the sixth decade of his professional life, Herbie Hancock remains where he has always been:  at the forefront of world culture, technology, business and music. In addition to being recognized as a legendary pianist and composer, Herbie Hancock has been an integral part of every popular music movement since the 1960’s.  Hancock received an Academy Award for his Round Midnightfilm score and 14 Grammy Awards, including Album Of The Year for “River: The Joni Letters.”  He currently serves as Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic  and as Institute Chairman of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.  In 2011 Hancock was named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova,  received a Kennedy Center Honors Award in 2013 and a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2016.  His memoirs, Herbie Hancock:  Possibilities, have been published by Viking.

Since the 2018 release of Heaven and Earthand its counterpart The Choice, Washington has toured the world over with sold-out shows in North America and Europe, including New York’s Apollo Theater and London’s Brixton Academy. Washington recently debuted his short film As Told To G/D Thyselfwhich originally premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival—watch here.

Washington is a multi-instrumentalist and producer born and raised in Los Angeles. Forming his first band, the Young Jazz Giants, with Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner, Ronald Bruner, Jr. and Cameron Graves in high school, Washington went on to study ethnomusicology at UCLA and play with Snoop Dogg, Raphael Saadiq and more. His debut album, The Epic, was released in 2015 to rapturous critical reception, embraced as one of the best of the year and awarded the inaugural American Music Prize. Heaven and Earth follows The Epic as well as Washington’s 2017 EP Harmony of Difference, an exploration of the musical concept of counterpoint that debuted as an original work for the 2017 Whitney Museum of Art Biennial.

A list of tour dates is as follows:

HERBIE HANCOCK/KAMASI WASHINGTON TOUR DATES:

7/30/19 – Vienna, VA, Wolf Trap

8/4/19 – Philadelphia, PA, The Met

8/6/19 – Toronto, ONT, Roy Thompson Hall

8/7/19 – Huber Heights, OH, Rose Music Center at The Heights

8/8/19 – Detroit, MI, Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre

8/9 or 8/10/19 TBC – Chicago, IL, Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

8/14/19 – Denver, CO, The Mission Ballroom

8/16/19 – Seattle, WA, Marymoor

8/17/19 – Portland, OR, Oregon Zoo

8/23/19 – Berkeley, CA, The Greek Theatre

Additional dates to be announced shortly.

ADDITIONAL HERBIE HANCOCK TOUR DATES:

8/1/19 – New York, NY, Beacon Theatre

8/2-3/19 – Newport, RI, Newport Jazz Festival

8/20/19 – San Diego, CA, Humphrey’s By The Sea

8/21/19 – Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Bowl