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Herbie Hancock on embracing the boundless possibilities

In a special two-part interview, jazz legend Herbie Hancock reflects on his storied career.

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock joins guest host Tom Power to discuss his recently released memoir, Possibilities, and his decades-long devotion to re-defining jazz.

In a special two-part interview, the 14-time Grammy Award winner offers insight into his genre-bending hits, his creative chemistry with Miles Davis, and the spiritual worldview that keeps him grounded. 

He also opens up about his long-secret crack cocaine addiction, which he discussed for the first time in the book, and how the curiosity that fuels his work also led him down that dark path.

Click here or on the listen button above to hear the full segment (audio runs 47:40), and check out some of our favourite quotations below. 

On making "mistakes":

On Miles Davis: 

On long-secret crack addiction: