Herbie Hancock
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican jazz pianist and composer (born 1940)
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound.
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Hancock c. 1970
Hancock (left) with the Headhunters, 1975
Hancock in 1976
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 Roundhouse in Camden, London, November 2006
Hancock in Warsaw, Poland with his Imagine Project, November 2010In their own words 8
redefined swing for modern jazz pianists for the latter half of the 20th century up until today.
"Herbie Hancock on the Passing of Oscar Peterson". HerbieHancock.com. December 24, 2007.
I'm not a chauffeur. Nobody would have bought any of my records if I were. I'd have had nothing to say. I'm supposed to be presenting things to the public, not accepting requests.
Speaking with Bill Flanagan, c. January 1985; op. cit., p. 90
Hey, man; I would never dare to sing alone and unaided. I mean, nobody would want to hear the sound of my natural voice.
As quoted in "Herbie Hancock--Keyboard Virtuoso Turns Vocalist," Call and Post (July 29, 1978), p. 12A and "Keyboard Wizard Herbie Hancock
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Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, he experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles using a wide array of synthesizers and electronics. It was during this time that he released one of his best-known and most influential albums, Head Hunters.
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