Herbie Hancock
Sound
- Born:
- 1940-04-12
- Place of birth:
- 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
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
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
Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022
Hargrove
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
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
Chick Corea: The Musician
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
Herbie Hancock Trio - Full Concert - 08/14/88 - Newport Jazz Festival
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
Girl Meets World
Keep on Keepin' On
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Experience Montreux
Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin
Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin
The Girls in the Band
A Man's Story
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
On the Shoulders of Giants
Music
DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live
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
Herbie Hancock Special
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
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Glastonbury
Classic Albums
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Indecent Proposal
Later... with Jools Holland
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
ECHO-Verleihung
The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is
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
Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
'Round Midnight
Before Midnight
The Making of Sun City
I Love Quincy
Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!
The South Bank Show
Saturday Night Live
PBS Soundstage 1974: Chick Corea & Return to Forever + Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters
Rock Concert
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
Great Performances
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Grammys
Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band Live in London
Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band
Herbie Hancock - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2010