Herbie Hancock
Sound
Born April 12, 1940 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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…
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday Night Live
Great Performances
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Kulturzeit
Tuner
Girl Meets World
Jay Leno's Garage
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
Classic Albums
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Rock Concert
ECHO-Verleihung
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Indecent Proposal
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
'Round Midnight
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Miles Ahead
The Grammys
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Larry presents: Best of The 80s
On the Shoulders of Giants
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
A Man's Story
Herbie Hancock - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2010
I Love Quincy
Kareem: Minority of One
The Making of Sun City
Music
That Click
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Celebrity Guide to Wine
Branford Marsalis: Steep
Hargrove
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Herbie
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story