GREAT PERFORMANCES

HERBIE HANCOCK, GUSTAVO DUDAMEL

& THE LA PHILHARMONIC CELEBRATE GERSHWIN

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock launched the LA Phil’s 2011/12 season with a sparkling George Gershwin gala at Walt Disney Concert Hall in September. “This is the first time as a professional musician that I’ll be playing a piece that’s essentially classical music with jazz overtones with a symphony orchestra, and what a symphony orchestra it is!” marvels Hancock just before the concert, referring to his keyboard work in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.”

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