# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Genius of Herbie Hancock
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The final installment of this season’s Jazzclub series is a kind of intimate house concert featuring the WDR Big Band and Bob Mintzer. For the two sets in the cozy Jazzclub setting of the Kleiner Sendesaal at Cologne’s Funkhaus, principal conductor, saxophonist, and arranger Mintzer has put together a special program: music by Herbie Hancock, one of jazz’s great innovators. Mintzer draws on his own arrangements, which he wrote in the early 1980s for the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, and supplements them with new arrangements. Without guest artists, but featuring the band’s outstanding soloists, the result is a concert evening that unites Mintzer’s signature style with Hancock’s genius—musical precision meets creative vision.

WDR Big Band
Bob Mintzer: saxophone, conductor, and arrangements
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Die letzte Ausgabe der Jazzclub-Reihe in dieser Saison ist eine Art familiäres Hauskonzert mit der WDR Big Band und Bob Mintzer. Für die zwei Sets im intimen Jazzclub-Ambiente im Kleinen Sendesaal des Kölner Funkhauses hat Chefdirigent, Saxofonist und Arrangeur Mintzer ein besonderes Programm zusammengestellt: Musik von Herbie Hancock, einem der großen Innovatoren des Jazz. Mintzer greift auf eigene Arrangements zurück, die er Anfang der 1980er-Jahre für das Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra schrieb, und ergänzt sie durch neue Bearbeitungen. Ohne Gäste, aber mit den herausragenden Solist:innen der Band, entsteht so ein Konzertabend, der Mintzers Handschrift und Hancocks Genie vereint - musikalische Präzision trifft auf kreative Vision.

WDR Big Band
Bob Mintzer Saxofon, Leitung und Arrangements
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cologne/the-genius-of-herbie-hancock/200030247747533
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, art, jazz, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 38

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Cologne
- **state**: NW
- **country**: Germany
- **location**: WDR Funkhaus Köln
- **lat**: 50.94054
- **long**: 6.95603
- **full address**: WDR Funkhaus Köln, Wallrafpl. 5,Cologne, Germany

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: The Genius of Herbie Hancock
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/75ed810747fd783217d0aef6607c55ce45390f4c37ab82f2d83f03b0f3d4c3ee-rimg-w1200-h628-dcebd91b-gmir?v=1782201779

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Genius of Herbie Hancock being held?
  - **A:** The Genius of Herbie Hancock takes place on Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm at WDR Funkhaus Koln, Wallrafpl. 5,Cologne, Germany.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Genius of Herbie Hancock?
  - **A:** The Genius of Herbie Hancock is organized by WDR Big Band.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Genius of Herbie Hancock is ideal for live music fans, concert-goers, and anyone who enjoys unforgettable performances from their favorite artists in an electric live atmosphere. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Cologne, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Genius of Herbie Hancock sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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