Herbie Hancock

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Born: April 12, 1940
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Biography

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet", Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound. He was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk. Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieved success among pop audiences. His music embraces elements of funk and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz. In his jazz improvisation, he possesses a unique creative blend of jazz, blues, and modern classical music, with harmonic stylings much like the styles of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Hancock's best-known solo works include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians, including bandleader Mongo Santamaría), "Maiden Voyage", "Chameleon", and the singles "I Thought It Was You" and "Rockit". His 2007 tribute album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album ever to win the award after Getz/Gilberto in 1965. As a member of Soka Gakkai, Hancock is an adherent of the Nichiren school of Mahayana Buddhism.

Works

86 films

Tuner

20267.1

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

20176.7

Indecent Proposal

19936.4

'Round Midnight

19867.1

Miles Ahead

20166.4

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

20083.8

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

20197.1

On the Shoulders of Giants

20116.3

Hargrove

20227.0

Kareem: Minority of One

20157.2

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

20065.9

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

20094.6

Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022

2022

Music

2010

A Man's Story

20116.9

Branford Marsalis: Steep

1991

Larry presents: Best of The 80s

2004

I Love Quincy

1984

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

19977.2

That Click

20198.8

It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

20188.1

Hitters

20023.3

Celebrity Guide to Wine

19908.5

They All Came Out to Montreux

20237.0

Herbie

20258.0

Herbie Hancock - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2010

2026

Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl

2024

Chick Corea: The Musician

2017

The Making of Sun City

19859.5

Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones

20187.0

Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound

2008

A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand

20115.6

Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux

20086.2

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

20196.7

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

20048.3

Herbie Hancock Future2future Live

20025.5

Keep On Keepin' On

20147.1

Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

1986

Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

19958.0

Before Midnight

19864.0

Marcus

20156.0

Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964

1964

More Than Jazz

2016

Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions

1987

River of Gold

2016

Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

20035.9

Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue

20047.0

Jazz at the White House

2016

Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996

199610.0

Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity

20146.0

Experience Montreux

2013

Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne

20116.0

Buster Williams Bass to Infinity

2019

Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin

20127.5

Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

20227.0

Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux

20047.0

Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades

20064.2

Miles Davis: Around Midnight

2011

The Girls in the Band

20116.2

Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute

199510.0

Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

20225.0

International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019

20198.0

Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert

1990

World of Rhythm - Live in Lugano

20028.0

Jazz Under the Skies

1990

Prachtig 80: Volume 2

2003

All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater

2011

Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel

20014.5

One Night with Blue Note

20047.1

Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band

2026

Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin

2011

Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song

20239.0

DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live

20108.0

Herbie Hancock - The River Of Possibilities Tour - Jazz a Vienne

2008

Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!

1984

Herbie Hancock Special

2004

Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland: Parallel Realities Live... (Live at Mellon Jazz Festival)

1990

Miles Davis - At La Villette

19914.2

Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva

1988

The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock

2002

Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra

2024

The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is

19918.5

Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival

19876.0

PBS Soundstage 1974: Chick Corea & Return to Forever + Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters

1974

Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band Live in London

2026

Herbie Hancock Trio - Full Concert - 08/14/88 - Newport Jazz Festival

2014