Herbie Hancock
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- April 12, 1940 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Tuner · Herbie Hancock
- Herbie · Self
- Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl · Self
- Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra · Self
- They All Came Out to Montreux · Self
- Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song · Self
- Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes · Self
- Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022 · Self
- Hargrove · Self
- Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens · Self
- By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem · Self
- That Click · Self
- Buster Williams Bass to Infinity · Self
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool · Self
- Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes · Self
- International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019 · Self
- Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones · Self
- It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story · Self
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets · Defence Minister
- Chick Corea: The Musician · Self
- More Than Jazz · Self
- Jazz at the White House · Self
- River of Gold · Narrator
- Miles Ahead · Live Concert Band
- Kareem: Minority of One · Self
- Jay Leno's Garage · Self
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · Self
- Marcus · Self
- Herbie Hancock Trio - Full Concert - 08/14/88 - Newport Jazz Festival · Self
- Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity · Piano
- Girl Meets World · Self
- Keep on Keepin' On · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Experience Montreux · Self
- Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin · Self
- Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin
- The Girls in the Band
- A Man's Story · Self
- All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater · Self
- Miles Davis: Around Midnight · Piano
- Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne · Self
- A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand · Self
- On the Shoulders of Giants · Music
- Music · Self
- DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live · Self
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial · Self
- Miles Davis: Kind of Blue · Self
- Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux · Self
- Herbie Hancock - The River Of Possibilities Tour - Jazz a Vienne · Piano
- Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound · Self
- Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades · Self
- Herbie Hancock: Possibilities · Self
- Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue · Self
- Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos · Musical
- Herbie Hancock Special
- Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments · Self
- One Night with Blue Note · Self
- Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
- Larry presents: Best of The 80s · Self
- Prachtig 80: Volume 2 · Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind · Self
- Hitters · District Attorney
- World of Rhythm - Live in Lugano · Self
- The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock · Self
- Herbie Hancock Future2future Live · Self
- Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel · Herbie Hancock, Director
- Traffic · Musician
- Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz · Self
- Glastonbury · Self
- Classic Albums · Self
- Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
- Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute · Self
- Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar · Self
- Indecent Proposal · Herbie Hancock
- Later... with Jools Holland
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- ECHO-Verleihung · Self
- The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is · Music Director
- Livin' Large! · Music