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...
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.
Movies (Cast)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Indecent Proposal
'Round Midnight
Hitters
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is
Miles Ahead
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
Herbie Hancock Future2future Live
Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel
DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live
Miles Davis - At La Villette
One Night with Blue Note
Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin
International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019
Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song