Herbie Hancock
Sound
Born: April 12, 1940 (age 86) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Highest Rated
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.
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Movies (22)
Tuner
Herbie Hancock
Indecent Proposal
Herbie Hancock
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Defence Minister
Miles Ahead
Live Concert Band
'Round Midnight
Eddie Wayne
Hitters
District Attorney
River of Gold
Narrator
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
2004
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
Piano
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
Piano
Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva
1988
Herbie Hancock - The River Of Possibilities Tour - Jazz a Vienne
Piano
Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland: Parallel Realities Live... (Live at Mellon Jazz Festival)
Keyboards
The Girls in the Band
2011
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
1964
Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert
1990
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
1996
The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is
1991
Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel
Herbie Hancock
Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin
2011
PBS Soundstage 1974: Chick Corea & Return to Forever + Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters
1974
TV Shows (3)
Self / Appearances (66)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Girl Meets World
Self · 1 eps
Classic Albums
Self · 1 eps
Jay Leno's Garage
Self · 1 eps
Rock Concert
Self · 1 eps
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self · 1 eps
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
Self · 1 eps
Glastonbury
Self · 1 eps
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Self · 4 eps
A Man's Story
Self
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
Self
Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound
Self
Larry presents: Best of The 80s
Self
Kareem: Minority of One
Self
Hargrove
Self
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
Self
The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock
Himself
I Love Quincy
Self
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Self - Performer
Marcus
Self
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Self
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
Self
The Grammys
Self · 2 eps
Chick Corea: The Musician
Self
Herbie Hancock Future2future Live
Himself
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
Self
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Self
Herbie
Self (Archives)
That Click
Self
One Night with Blue Note
Self
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Self
Music
Self
Keep on Keepin' On
Self
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Self
Branford Marsalis: Steep
Self
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Self
Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute
Self - Pianist
Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue
Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
More Than Jazz
Himself
Prachtig 80: Volume 2
Self
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
Himself
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Self
Jazz Under the Skies
Self
Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
Self
Celebrity Guide to Wine
Self
World of Rhythm - Live in Lugano
Self
The Making of Sun City
Self
Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
Self
Buster Williams Bass to Infinity
Himself
Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
Self
Experience Montreux
Self
Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!
Self - Piano
Jazz at the White House
Self
Before Midnight
Self (archive footage)
Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin
Himself
Miles Davis - At La Villette
Himself
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Self
International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019
Self
Upcoming (2)
Directing (1)
Writing (1)
Other Crew (19)
Traffic
Musician
Harlem Nights
Original Music Composer
Death Wish
Original Music Composer
Death Wish
Orchestrator
Action Jackson
Original Music Composer
A Soldier's Story
Original Music Composer
Colors
Original Music Composer
'Round Midnight
Original Music Composer
'Round Midnight
Conductor
Blow-Up
Original Music Composer
The George McKenna Story
Original Music Composer
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Original Music Composer
Livin' Large!
Original Music Composer
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Original Music Composer
On the Shoulders of Giants
Original Music Composer
Herbie
Music
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert
Original Music Composer
Rabbit Ears - Koi and the Kola Nuts
Music
The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is
Music Director