A story in today’s Tempo section of the Tribune caught my eye: ‘To kids raised on rap, Hancock explores link to jazz.’ It begins:

Herbie Hancock opened obliquely, with a few splashy chords and a couple of rumbling bass notes.

But once he dug into the gently swaying groove that drives his classic “Cantaloupe Island,” the kids literally started screaming.

Instantly, they raised their hands, rocked in their seats, shouted out their approval and otherwise carried on as if they were relishing the latest hip-hop hit — rather than a jazz tune penned eons ago, in the 1960s.

That’s what I’m saying. Hancock, who was originally from Chicago, was playing at a session organized by the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz yesterday. Herbie Hancock: Making heads nod since 1961.