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Herbie Hancock

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (b. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Herbie Hancock, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Apr 12, 1940 In Chicago, Illinois, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
11
First Appeared:
In the movie 'Round Midnight 1986-01-09
Latest Project:
Movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 2017-07-20
Known For
Filmography
Movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Defence Minister 2017-07-20
Movie Jazz at the White House Self 2016-04-30
Movie Kareem: Minority of One Self 2015-11-03
Movie A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand Self 2012-11-12
Movie Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments Self 2004-05-01
Movie Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue self 2004-11-23
Movie Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz Self 1997-10-01
Movie Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar Self 1995-01-01
Movie Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute Self - Pianist 1995-01-01
Movie Indecent Proposal Himself 1993-04-07
Movie 'Round Midnight Eddie Wayne 1986-01-09
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