Benefit Concert: Herbie Hancock, Robert Glasper Experiment, and Jamie Lidell and the Royal Pharaohs

Herbie Hancock performing with James Genus, Trevor Lawrence, Jr., Lionel Loueke, and Terrace Martin ******************** Robert Glasper Experiment ******************** Jamie Lidell + The Royal Pharaohs ******************** Gates open at 6:00pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tickets On Sale: ***A LIMITED NUMBER OF $75 SEATED TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE GATE*** General Admission Lawn Tickets will be on sale at the gate! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the final Benefit Concert of the 2016 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, This Is Our Music Live and (le) poisson rouge present Herbie Hancock, who will bring his impressive discography to life at the Bandshell. With a career spanning more than 50 years and 14 Grammy Awards, pianist Herbie Hancock has influenced electronic and acoustic jazz, as well as R&B, with his genre-defying musical voice. In his autobiography, jazz great Miles Davis described Hancock as "the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven't heard anybody yet who has come after him." Grammy Award-winning electronic jazz quartet Robert Glasper Experiment, known for their Black Radio and Black Radio 2 albums, will open the night. More info: http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/benefit-concert-herbie-hancock-friends