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On Tuesday, Herbie Hancock, 83, listened to a bunch of young jazz musicians from Delhi play, a sort of masterclass..
The Monday performance, along with jazz singer Dianne Reeves and performers from the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, was to honour King and it also saw US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti play..
Thats why Im so interested in having this institute, Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, because I get a chance to pass the baton to the younger musicians..
But still, Im always willing to encourage young musicians because I was young once like them, you know, and I know mistakes that I made because I really didnt know the chord changes for a certain tune, or how the tune was written, as well as I should have..
He started playing the piano at the age of seven, and was considered a prodigy; he didnt start playing jazz till he was 14, but eight years later, he had his own album..
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