Herbie Hancock
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-04-12
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Herbie Hancock
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.
Also Known For
The Girls in the Band
Oct 13, 2011
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Oct 01, 1997
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
Apr 18, 2006
Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!
Jan 01, 1984
'Round Midnight
Sep 23, 1986
Larry presents: Best of The 80s
Jan 16, 2004
World of Rhythm: Live in Lugano
Nov 19, 2002
Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
Mar 31, 2023
Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert
Apr 25, 1990
Hitters
Dec 01, 2002
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
Jul 14, 2008
One Night with Blue Note
Jan 27, 2004
Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
Nov 12, 2006
Keep On Keepin’ On
Apr 19, 2014
Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel
Apr 06, 2001
Herbie Hancock Future2future Live
Jan 01, 2002
Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival
Jan 01, 1987
Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin
Jun 16, 2012
The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is
Oct 31, 1991
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
Jul 12, 2011
Miles Davis - At La Villette
Jul 10, 1991
I Love Quincy
Mar 23, 1984
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
May 02, 2022
DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live
Jan 01, 2010
All-Star Jazz Show: Live from The Ed Sullivan Theater
Sep 28, 2011
Celebrity Guide to Wine
Jan 01, 1990
Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022
Jun 15, 2022
Hargrove
Jun 12, 2022
The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock
Jan 02, 2002
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue
Nov 23, 2004
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
Nov 17, 1987
The Making of Sun City
Jan 23, 1985
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
Oct 21, 2022
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Nov 12, 2012
Experience Montreux
Jun 18, 2013
Prachtig 80: Volume 2
Dec 01, 2003
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Aug 23, 2019
Herbie Hancock Special
Jul 23, 2004
Herbie Hancock - The River Of Possibilities Tour - Jazz a Vienne
Jun 15, 2008
Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva
Jan 01, 1988
Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
May 27, 2024
Miles Ahead
Jan 22, 2016
Jazz at the White House
Apr 30, 2016
They All Came Out to Montreux
Jun 16, 2023
Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band Live in London
Herbie Hancock Trio - Full Concert - 08/14/88 - Newport Jazz Festival
Oct 31, 2014
Jazz Under the Skies
Mar 13, 1990
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Jul 19, 2017
Indecent Proposal
Apr 07, 1993
Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute
Jan 01, 1995
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
Sep 20, 2011
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
Apr 03, 2003
Kareem: Minority of One
Nov 03, 2015
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
May 01, 2004
Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland: Parallel Realities Live... (Live at Mellon Jazz Festival)
Feb 20, 1990
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Jun 14, 2019
Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin
Nov 01, 2011
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Jan 01, 1995
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Oct 27, 2008
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
Aug 05, 2014
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Jul 02, 2018
Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound
Jan 15, 2008
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
Oct 17, 1986
Music
Oct 15, 2010
International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019
Apr 30, 2019
Marcus
Jan 24, 2015
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Dec 09, 2018
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Jan 18, 2009
That Click
Dec 30, 2019
On the Shoulders of Giants
Feb 11, 2011
Branford Marsalis: Steep
Jan 04, 1991
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
Jan 26, 2004
More Than Jazz
Jul 03, 2016
Buster Williams Bass to Infinity
Nov 12, 2019
River of Gold
Mar 26, 2016
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
Jul 08, 1996
PBS Soundstage 1974: Chick Corea & Return to Forever + Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters
Jan 01, 1974
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
Oct 11, 1964
Herbie
Jan 23, 2025
A Man's Story
Oct 08, 2011
Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band
Before Midnight
Jan 01, 1986
Chick Corea: The Musician
Jun 23, 2017
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
Dec 31, 1972
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Rock Concert
Sep 27, 1973
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Apr 20, 2015
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
ECHO-Verleihung
May 18, 1992
Classic Albums
Apr 14, 1997
Jay Leno's Garage
Oct 07, 2015
Girl Meets World
Jun 27, 2014
Great Performances
Jan 28, 1971
Kulturzeit
Oct 02, 1995
The Grammys
Nov 29, 1959
