Herbie Hancock
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Herbie Hancock, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- 2024 · Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra as Self
- 2023 · They All Came Out to Montreux as Self
- 2023 · Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song as Self
- 2022 · Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes as Self
- 2022 · Herbie Hancock at Glastonbury 2022 as
- 2022 · Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022 as Self
- 2022 · Hargrove as Self
- 2022 · Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens as
- 2020 · That Click as Self
- 2019 · Buster Williams Bass to Infinity as Himself
- 2019 · Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Self - Musician
- 2019 · Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes as Self
- 2019 · International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019 as Self
- 2018 · Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones as Self
- 2018 · It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story as Self
- 2017 · Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets as Defence Minister
- 2016 · More Than Jazz as Himself
- 2016 · Jazz at the White House as Self
- 2016 · River of Gold as Narrator
- 2016 · Miles Ahead as Live Concert Band
- 2015 · Kareem: Minority of One as Self
- 2015 · Jay Leno's Garage as Self
- 2015 · StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self
- 2015 · Marcus as Self
- 2014 · Herbie Hancock Trio - Full Concert - 08/14/88 - Newport Jazz Festival as Self
- 2014 · Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity as Piano
- 2014 · Girl Meets World as Self
- 2014 · Keep On Keepin’ On as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2013 · Experience Montreux as Self
- 2012 · A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand as Self
- 2012 · Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin as Himself
- 2011 · Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin as
- 2011 · The Girls in the Band as
- 2011 · All-Star Jazz Show: Live From The Ed Sullivan Theater as Self
- 2011 · Miles Davis: Around Midnight as Piano
- 2011 · Tribute to Miles - Jazz a Vienne as Himself
- 2011 · On the Shoulders of Giants as
- 2010 · Music as Self
- 2010 · DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live as Himself
- 2009 · We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self
- 2008 · Miles Davis: Kind of Blue as Himself
- 2008 · Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux as Self
- 2008 · Herbie Hancock - The River Of Possibilities Tour - Jazz a Vienne as Piano
- 2008 · Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound as Self
- 2006 · Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades as Self
- 2006 · Herbie Hancock: Possibilities as Self
- 2004 · Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue as Self
- 2004 · Herbie Hancock Special as
- 2004 · Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments as Self
- 2004 · One Night with Blue Note as Self
- 2004 · Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux as
- 2004 · Larry presents: Best of The 80s as Self
- 2003 · Prachtig 80: Volume 2 as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind as Self
- 2002 · Hitters as District Attorney
- 2002 · World of Rhythm: Live in Lugano as Self
- 2002 · The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock as Himself
- 2002 · Herbie Hancock Future2future Live as Himself
- 2001 · Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel as Herbie Hancock
- 1997 · Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz as Self
- 1997 · Classic Albums as Self
- 1996 · Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996 as
- 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
- 1995 · Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar as Self
- 1995 · Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute as Self - Pianist
- 1993 · Indecent Proposal as Himself
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · ECHO-Verleihung as Self
- 1991 · The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is as
- 1991 · Miles Davis - At La Villette as Himself
- 1991 · Branford Marsalis: Steep as Self
- 1990 · Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert as
- 1990 · Jazz Under the Skies as Self
- 1990 · Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland: Parallel Realities Live... (Live at Mellon Jazz Festival) as Keyboards
- 1990 · Celebrity Guide to Wine as Self
- 1988 · Live at Munich Summer Piano Festiva as
- 1987 · Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions as Himself
- 1986 · Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis as Self
- 1984 · Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane! as Self - Piano
- Future · Herbie Hancock And The Rockit Band Live in London as Themself
- 1987 · Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival as Himself
- 1986 · Round Midnight as Eddie Wayne
- 1985 · The Making of Sun City as Self
- 1984 · I Love Quincy as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
- 1974 · PBS Soundstage 1974: Chick Corea & Return to Forever + Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters as
- 1973 · Rock Concert as Self
- 1972 · Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1964 · Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964 as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self