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Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock Quartet at the Round House, Camden
Background information
Birth name	Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
Born	April 12, 1940 (1940-04-12) (age 68) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genre(s)	Jazz fusion, jazz-funk, modal jazz, hard bop, post-bop, electro
Occupation(s)	Pianist, keyboardist, flutist, composer, bandleader
Instrument(s)	Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, electric piano, flute
Label(s)	Blue Note, Warner Bros., Columbia, PolyGram/Mercury, Verve
Website	www.herbiehancock.com

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award and Grammy award-winning American jazz pianist and composer. He embraced elements of rock, funk, and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz.

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. Later, he was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk. Yet for all his restless experimentalism, Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieved success among pop audiences.

Hancock's best-known solo works include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians, including bandleader Mongo Santamaria), "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 to win the award.

Herbie Hancock

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