Herbie Hancock
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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.

Films Featuring Herbie Hancock

The Girls in the Band

20116.2

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

19977.2

Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!

1984

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

20065.9

'Round Midnight

19867.1

Larry presents: Best of The 80s

2004

World of Rhythm - Live in Lugano

20028.0

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

20239.0

Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert

1990

Hitters

20023.3

Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux

20086.2

One Night with Blue Note

20047.1

Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades

20064.2

Keep On Keepin' On

20147.1

Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel

20014.5

Herbie Hancock Future2future Live

20025.5

Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival

Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival

19876.0

Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin

20127.5

The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is

19917.7

Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne

20116.0

Miles Davis - At La Villette

19914.2

I Love Quincy

1984

Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

20225.0

DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live

DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live

20108.0

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

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

2011

Celebrity Guide to Wine

19908.5

Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022

Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022

2022

Hargrove

20227.0

The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock

2002

Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue

20047.0

Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions

Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions

1987

The Making of Sun City

19859.5

Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

20227.0

A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand

20115.6

Experience Montreux

2013

Prachtig 80: Volume 2

2003

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

20197.1

Herbie Hancock Special

Herbie Hancock Special

2004

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

2008

Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva

1988

Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra

2024

Miles Ahead

20166.4

Jazz at the White House

2016

They All Came Out to Montreux

They All Came Out to Montreux

20237.0

Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band Live in London

Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band Live in London

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

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

2014

Jazz Under the Skies

1990

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

20176.7

Indecent Proposal

19936.4

Miles Davis: Around Midnight

2011

Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute

199510.0

Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind

20035.9

Kareem: Minority of One

20157.2

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

20048.3

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

1990

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

20196.7

Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin

2011

Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

19958.0

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

20083.8

Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity

20146.0

It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

20188.1

Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound

2008

Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis

1986

Music

2010

International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019

20198.0

Marcus

20156.0

Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones

20187.0

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

20094.6

That Click

20198.8

On the Shoulders of Giants

20116.3

Branford Marsalis: Steep

1991

Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux

20047.0

More Than Jazz

2016

Buster Williams Bass to Infinity

2019

River of Gold

2016

Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996

199610.0

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

1974

Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964

1964

Herbie

20258.0

A Man's Story

20116.9

Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band

Before Midnight

19864.0

Chick Corea: The Musician

2017

Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl

2024

Tuner

20267.2

Herbie Hancock - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2010