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Chicago, United States (1940 – present)

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a and from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Hancock is one of jazz music’s most important and influential pianists and composers. He embraced elements of , , and while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz.

As part of Miles Davis’ “second great quintet” Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, and was later one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and . Yet for all his restless experimentation, Hancock’s music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs “crossover” and achieve success among audiences.

Probably the most influential era in Herbie Hancock’s extensive career is with the ”Headhunters” ensemble during the mid-late 70’s, including (among others) Paul Jackson on bass, Bennie Maupin on saxophones, Harvey Mason on drums, ”Wah Wah” Watson on guitar and Bill Summers on percussion.

His 2007 tribute album, River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Early life and career
Like many jazz pianists, Hancock started with a classical music education; Hancock studied from age seven. His talent was recognized early, and he played the first movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 5 at a young people’s concert with the Chicago Symphony at age eleven.[1]

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  • CobeVegese

    у кого есть лишний билетик на завтрашнее событие в Москве в доме музыки, прошу обращаться в личку

    14 days ago
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    In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, SiriusXM presents Herbie Hancock Radio this weekend exclusively on SiriusXM channel 67! The limited-run channel will launch today at 9am ET and run through International Jazz Day on Monday 4/30. Hosted by Herbie with special guests Chick Corea, Marcus Miller, Terrence Blanchard and Bennie Maupin, the channel will feature music spanning his 50-year career – plus a special live broadcast of SiriusXM’s Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center hosted by Terence Blanchard featuring the music of Wayne Shorter and his Quartet. For more information, visit www.siriusxm.com/realjazz.

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    Ready or Not, should be rated higher!!!

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    Great beat... http://ivy.fm/3CTdF

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  • ashleyrobb

    the egg !

    March 2012
  • idoxcase

    כזה מושלם, מת עליו

    March 2012
  • RonZol

    Excellent!

    March 2012
  • Slavyanka_

    a scene from Russian (Soviet) film "Курьер" (1986). Music - Herbie Hancock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBv3jqUmqyg

    February 2012
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"The Imagine Project" iTunes pre-order now live...

1 Jun 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/herbiehancock

Herbie's highly anticipated release of The Imagine Project is now available for pre-order on iTunes!  Click the link below to pre-order, and in turn receive a live version of "Watermelon …

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