Herbie Hancock
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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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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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Known for
Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
They All Came Out to Montreux
Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
Hargrove
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
That Click
Buster Williams Bass to Infinity
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
More Than Jazz
Jazz at the White House
River of Gold
Miles Ahead
Kareem: Minority of One
Jay Leno's Garage
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Marcus
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
Girl Meets World
Keep On Keepin’ On
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Experience Montreux
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin
Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin
The Girls in the Band
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
On the Shoulders of Giants
Music
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
Herbie Hancock - The River Of Possibilities Tour - Jazz a Vienne
Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound
Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
One Night with Blue Note
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
Larry presents: Best of The 80s
Prachtig 80: Volume 2
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
Hitters
World of Rhythm: Live in Lugano
The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock Future2future Live
Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel
Traffic
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Classic Albums
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
Kulturzeit
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Indecent Proposal
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is
Livin' Large!
Miles Davis - At La Villette
Branford Marsalis: Steep
Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert
Jazz Under the Skies
Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland: Parallel Realities Live... (Live at Mellon Jazz Festival)
Celebrity Guide to Wine
Harlem Nights
The George McKenna Story
Colors
Action Jackson
Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Round Midnight
A Soldier's Story
Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!
Saturday Night Live
Death Wish
PBS Soundstage 1974: Chick Corea & Return to Forever + Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters
Rock Concert
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
Great Performances
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert
Blow-Up
Herbie
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson