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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 7.234 |
Birthday | 1940-04-12 |
Place of Birth | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Also Known As | Herbert Jeffrey Hancock, Herbert Hancock, |
1997
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
7.1/6
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1984
Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!
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2006
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
5.4/6
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1986
'Round Midnight
7.1/88
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2002
World of Rhythm: Live in Lugano
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2008
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One Night with Blue Note
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Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
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2001
Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel
4.5/2
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2002
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Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival
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Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin
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2011
Tribute to Miles - Jazz a Vienne
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All-Star Jazz Show: Live From The Ed Sullivan Theater
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Miles Davis: Around Midnight
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2013
Experience Montreux
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2004
Herbie Hancock Special
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2008
Herbie Hancock - The River Of Possibilities Tour - Jazz a Vienne
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- Actual proof (Herbie Hancock)
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2016
Jazz at the White House
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Jazz Under the Skies
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1995
Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute
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Indecent Proposal
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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2003
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
6.4/7
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Kareem: Minority of One
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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
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1990
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2019
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
6.9/13
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2011
Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin
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1995
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
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Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
6/1
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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
8.2/10
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Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
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2008
Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound
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2019
International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019
8/1
The 2019 All-Star Global Concert brings together a stellar lineup of international artists in Melbourne, Australia... Herbie Hancock (USA), James Mor...
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2015
Marcus
6/5
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Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
5/1
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We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
4.6/5
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That Click
9/4
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2011
On the Shoulders of Giants
6.3/3
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Branford Marsalis: Steep
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Recorded live on 13th November, 1987, at the Spirit Square Arts Centre, North Carolina, USA.
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2004
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
6.7/3
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2016
More Than Jazz
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2016
River of Gold
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2019
Buster Williams Bass to Infinity
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1996
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
10/1
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Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
1974
PBS Soundstage 1974: Chick Corea & Return to Forever + Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters
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Chicago, IL @ PBS Soundstage (1974)
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1964
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
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2011
The Girls in the Band
6.167/6
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The Girls in the Band
1990
Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert
0/0
Jack DeJohnette - Drums, Herbie Hancock - Keyboards, Dave Holland - Bass, Pat Metheney - Guitars. For the first time, these four masterful musicians c...
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2002
Hitters
2.667/3
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2022
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
5/1
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2022
Herbie Hancock at Glastonbury 2022
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Herbie Hancock at Glastonbury 2022
2022
Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022
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Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022
2022
Hargrove
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Jazz trumpet legend Roy Hargrove, deemed by his peers as a musical prophet, up close and personal like you have never seen him before. The film follow...
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2002
The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock
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Legendary jazz pianist, composer and innovator Herbie Hancock performs live on "Jazz Central." This concert was recorded live at Black Entertainment T...
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2004
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
6/3
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Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
2022
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
4/1
The life and career of jazz musician Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history, featuring original concert footage and insights from jazz icons...
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Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
2012
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
5.6/4
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• 02 Guilty - Seal
• 03 Somewhere - Leona Lewis
• 04 On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) / Lazy Afternoon - Herb...
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2003
Prachtig 80: Volume 2
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Larry presents: Best of The 80s
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2023
Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
9/3
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2014
Keep On Keepin’ On
7/15
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1991
The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is
9/1
The emblematic New Orleans soul band, play with a host of guests in a festive concert filmed in 1989.
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1984
I Love Quincy
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1990
Celebrity Guide to Wine
10/1
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1985
The Making of Sun City
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
7.192/87
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
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1988
Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva
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2024
Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
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2016
Miles Ahead
6.474/213
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2023
They All Came Out to Montreux
9/1
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