Person Details

Birthday: 1940-04-12 06:41:34

Aliases: Herbert Jeffrey Hancock , Herbert Hancock

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 62

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (b. 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

Most Famous Work

Classic Albums
Average
8

Classic Albums

(1997) Self
Jay Leno's Garage
Average
8

Jay Leno's Garage

(2015) Self
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
Average
5
ECHO-Verleihung
Average
0

ECHO-Verleihung

(1992) Self
Rock Concert
Average
8

Rock Concert

(1973) Self
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Average
7
'Round Midnight
Average
7

'Round Midnight

(1986) Eddie Wayne
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Average
7

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self
2022 Self
N/A
Self
Self
N/A
2020 Self
2019 Himself
Self
Self
Self
2018 Self
Self
2017 Defence Minister
2016 Himself
Self
Narrator
2015 Self
Self
Self
Self
2014 Piano
Self
Self
N/A
2013 Self
2012 Self
Himself
2011 N/A
N/A
Self
Piano
Himself
N/A
2010 Self
Himself
2009 Self
2008 Himself
Self
Piano
Self
2006 Self
Himself
2004 self
N/A
Self
Self
N/A
Self
2003 Self
Self
Himself
2002 District Attorney
Self
Himself
Himself
2001 Herbie Hancock
1997 Self
Self
1996 N/A
1995 self
Self - Pianist
Self
1993 Himself
1992 N/A
Self
1991 N/A
Himself
N/A
1990 N/A
Self
Keyboards
Self
1987 Himself
Himself
1986 Self
Eddie Wayne
1984 Self
Self - Piano
1975 Self - Musical Guest
1974 N/A
1973 Self
1972 Self
1971 Self
1964 N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2004 Musical
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2001 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Sound


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