Herbie Hancock: ‘I felt like I stood on the shoulders of giants and now it’s my turn’
On International Jazz Day, the music legend opens up about his struggles with addiction, the importance of striving and why the secret to jazz is generosity
It’s 6pm on a Saturday night and Herbie Hancock is chanting down the phone to me.
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, he goes. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.