Fact: Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, soul legend Aretha Franklin, and Sting have been invited to the White House to play jazz for U.S. President Barack Obama. The starry quartet will be among the acts lined up to perform as part of Obama's International Jazz Day celebrations on 29 April (16).
Fact: Sales of Herbie Hancock disc RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS have increased by 966 per cent in the last week, following its Album Of The Year Grammy Award win earlier this month (Feb08).