Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor.[1] He started his career with Donald Byrd. He then joined the Miles Davis Quintet. Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section. He was one of the main architects of the post-bop sound. He was also one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk music.
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Birth name | Herbert Jeffrey Hancock |
Born | Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | April 12, 1940
Genres | Jazz, post-bop, fusion, jazz-funk, electro, classical |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, bandleader, record producer, arranger, actor |
Instruments | Piano, electric piano, keyboards, synthesizers, workstation synthesizers, organ, clavinet, keytar, vocoder, Fairlight CMI |
Years active | 1961–present |
Labels | Columbia, Blue Note, Warner Bros., Verve |
Associated acts | Clark Terry, Miles Davis Quintet, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, The Headhunters, V.S.O.P., Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell, Howard Jones |
Website | HerbieHancock.com |
Hancock's best-known compositions include "Watermelon Man", "Canteloupe Island" and "Chameleon". His 2007 tribute album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Hancock was born in Chicago.
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Hancock playing keytar in La Spezia, Italy, July 2008
Hancock performing at the Tollwood Festival in Munich, Germany, July 2006
Hancock playing a Roland AX-7 keytar, at The Roundhousein Camden, London, November 2006
Hancock in Warsaw, Polandwith his Imagine Project, November 2010
Hancock in Washington, D.C., 1999
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry pose for a photo with the 2013 Kennedy Center honorees – Shirley MacLaine, Martina Arroyo, Billy Joel, Carlos Santana, and Herbie Hancock at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2013
References
- ↑ "Herbie Hancock". Film Reference. Retrieved April 3, 2017.