Herbie Hancock
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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Great Performances
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Girl Meets World
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Classic Albums
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Defence Minister
Indecent Proposal
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That Click
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Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
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Rock Concert
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ECHO-Verleihung
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Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
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Branford Marsalis: Steep
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Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022
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'Round Midnight
Eddie Wayne
Herbie Hancock Future2future Live
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One Night with Blue Note
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Chick Corea: The Musician
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Hargrove
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Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel
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The Girls in the Band
Hitters
District Attorney
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
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Music
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I Love Quincy
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Miles Ahead
Live Concert Band
Prachtig 80: Volume 2
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A Man's Story
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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Kareem: Minority of One
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A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
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Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
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Keep On Keepin' On
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We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
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Celebrity Guide to Wine
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Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
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The Making of Sun City
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On the Shoulders of Giants
More Than Jazz
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Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
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They All Came Out to Montreux
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Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
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Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
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Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva
River of Gold
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Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
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Experience Montreux
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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
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Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
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Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Before Midnight
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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
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Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
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The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is
Herbie Hancock Special
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
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Jazz at the White House
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Jazz Under the Skies
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Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
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Miles Davis: Around Midnight
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Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound
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Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
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Larry presents: Best of The 80s
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World of Rhythm: Live in Lugano
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Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
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Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
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Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
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Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Marcus
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DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live
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International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019
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The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock
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Miles Davis - At La Villette
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Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
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Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
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Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!
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Buster Williams Bass to Infinity
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Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band Live in London
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Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland: Parallel Realities Live... (Live at Mellon Jazz Festival)
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PBS Soundstage 1974: Chick Corea & Return to Forever + Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters
Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival
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Saturday Night Live
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Herbie Hancock - The River Of Possibilities Tour - Jazz a Vienne
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Herbie Hancock Trio - Full Concert - 08/14/88 - Newport Jazz Festival
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Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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Kulturzeit
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Jay Leno's Garage
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StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
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The Grammys
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