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

Kareem: Minority of One

20157.2

On the Shoulders of Giants

20116.3

Music

2010

Hargrove

20227.0

A Man's Story

20116.9

Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022

2022

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

20065.9

Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl

2024

Branford Marsalis: Steep

1991

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

20094.6

Larry presents: Best of The 80s

2004

Celebrity Guide to Wine

19908.5

That Click

20198.8

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

19977.2

Hitters

20023.3

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

20048.3

The Making of Sun City

19859.5

I Love Quincy

1984

Chick Corea: The Musician

2017

They All Came Out to Montreux

20237.0

A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand

20115.6

It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

20188.1

Herbie

20258.0

Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux

20086.2

Herbie Hancock - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2010

2026

River of Gold

2016

Herbie Hancock Future2future Live

20025.5

Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound

2008

Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones

20187.0

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

20196.7

Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

20035.9

Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions

1987

Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996

199610.0

Before Midnight

19864.0

Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

19958.0

Experience Montreux

2013

Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue

20047.0

Marcus

20156.0

Keep On Keepin' On

20147.1

Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades

20064.2

More Than Jazz

2016

Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel

20014.5

Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

20227.0

Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964

1964

Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

1986

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

20239.0

Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute

199510.0

Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux

20047.0

Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity

20146.0

Buster Williams Bass to Infinity

2019

Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

20225.0

Jazz at the White House

2016

Jazz Under the Skies

1990

Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne

20116.0

The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is

19918.5

Miles Davis: Around Midnight

2011

International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019

20198.0

Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin

20127.5

Miles Davis - At La Villette

19914.2

World of Rhythm - Live in Lugano

20028.0

Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band

2026

One Night with Blue Note

20047.1

Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva

1988

Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert

1990

Herbie Hancock Special

2004

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

2011

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

2008

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

1974

Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!

1984

The Girls in the Band

20116.2

Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin

2011

The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock

2002

Prachtig 80: Volume 2

2003

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

1990

DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live

20108.0

Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra

2024

Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival

19876.0

Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band Live in London

2026

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

2014