Herbie Hancock
Birthday: 1940-04-12
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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The Girls in the Band
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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
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Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!
Three masters explore their roots and capture the full spectrum of the art of Jazz...a display of ly...
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Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
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'Round Midnight
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Larry presents: Best of The 80s
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World of Rhythm: Live in Lugano
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Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
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Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert
Jack DeJohnette - Drums, Herbie Hancock - Keyboards, Dave Holland - Bass, Pat Metheney - Guitars. Fo...
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Hitters
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Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
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One Night with Blue Note
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Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
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Keep On Keepin' On
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Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel
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The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is
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Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
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All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
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Celebrity Guide to Wine
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Hargrove
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The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock
Legendary jazz pianist, composer and innovator Herbie Hancock performs live on "Jazz Central." This ...
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Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
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Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
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The Making of Sun City
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Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
The life and career of jazz musician Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history, featuring ori...
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A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
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Experience Montreux
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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Herbie Hancock Special
Three giants of jazz - Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin and Michael Brecker - join forces in a memorab...
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Herbie Hancock - The River Of Possibilities Tour - Jazz a Vienne
Live at Jazz à Vienne, Antique Theatre, 2008. Tracklist: - Introduction - Actual proof (Herbie Ha...
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Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva
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Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
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Jazz at the White House
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They All Came Out to Montreux
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Herbie Hancock Trio - Full Concert - 08/14/88 - Newport Jazz Festival
"Herbie Hancock Trio - Full Concert "Recorded Live: 8/14/1988 - Newport Jazz Festival (Newport, RI)...
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Jazz Under the Skies
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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Indecent Proposal
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Miles Davis: Around Midnight
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Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute
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Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
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Kareem: Minority of One
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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
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Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
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Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
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Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
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Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
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Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound
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Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
A documentary on the music of Miles Davis which contains concert footage from the 1986 New Orleans J...
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Music
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International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019
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Marcus
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Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
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We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
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That Click
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On the Shoulders of Giants
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Branford Marsalis: Steep
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Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
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More Than Jazz
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Buster Williams Bass to Infinity
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River of Gold
Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, River of Gold is the disturbing a...
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Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
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PBS Soundstage 1974: Chick Corea & Return to Forever + Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters
Chicago, IL @ PBS Soundstage (1974)...
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Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
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Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band
The Grammy Award winning Herbie Hancock and the Rockit Band take you to the center of the break danc...
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Before Midnight
Filmmaker Jean Achache shot extensively on the set of ’Round Midnight. This documentary presents tha...
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