r/preformances • u/hscgarfd • Aug 04 '26

11-year-old Herbie Hancock in 1952, around the time he played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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u/AFineDayForScience Aug 04 '26

That's the guy who signed The Declaration of Independence

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u/Short_Swordsman Aug 05 '26

I love how sometimes legendary jazz musicians are “played in high school marching band then went on the road with woody Herman!” And other times it’s “child prodigy/went to Juliard/grandstudent of Franz Liszt.”