Herbie Hancock

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock·United StatesUnited States· Chicago

American jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer, band leader (born April 12, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, USA). Hancock is one of the best-known modern jazz composers, creator of “Watermelon Man” (which has been a reference point throughout his career), “Maiden Voyage”, “Dolphin Dance”, right through to the dance grooves of “3173760”. Learned the piano from the age of 6, performing piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra aged 11. He came to wider attention via his work with trumpeter Donald Byrd who introduced him to co-founder Alfred Lion; he recorded for Lion's label as both leader and sideman throughout the 1960s while he was a member of trumpeter Miles Davis' regular working group from 1963 to 1968. Entered a period of working in jazz fusion from the late 1960s, initially with Davis, and then in his own groups in the 1970s; the "Headhunters" album was a best seller. Around the same time, he worked with the acoustic The V.S.O.P. Quintet, effectively the Davis second quintet with Freddie Hubbard substituting.

Discography

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Royal Flush

1961

Studio Album

Touchstone

1961

Studio Album

Takin' Off

1962

Studio Album

My Point Of View

1963

Studio Album

Empyrean Isles

1964

Studio Album

Inventions And Dimensions

1964

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Maiden Voyage

1965

Studio Album

Bob Brookmeyer And Friends

1965

Studio Album

Speak Like A Child

1968

Studio Album

Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony In Jazz

1968

Studio Album

Fat Albert Rotunda

1969

Studio Album

The Prisoner

1970

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Jammin' With Herbie

1970

Studio Album

Jazz Masters

1970

Studio Album

Mwandishi

1971

Studio Album

Crossings

1972

Studio Album

Head Hunters

1973

Studio Album

Sextant

1973

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Thrust

1974

Studio Album

Dedication

1974

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Man-Child

1975

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Secrets

1976

Studio Album

Third Plane

1978

Studio Album

Sunlight

1978

Studio Album

Feets Don't Fail Me Now

1979

Studio Album

The Piano

1979

Studio Album

Butterfly

1979

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Oblique

1979

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Directstep

1979

Studio Album

Mr. Hands

1980

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Monster

1980

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By All Means

1981

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Magic Windows

1981

Studio Album

Morning Sun

1981

Studio Album

Complete Live At Jorgie's 1961

1981

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Quartet

1982

Studio Album

Lite Me Up = ライト・ミー・アップ

1982

Studio Album

Lite Me Up

1982

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Future Shock

1983

Studio Album

Sound-System

1984

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Village Life

1985

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Town Hall Concert

1985

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Nightwind

1987

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Harvest Time

1987

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Perfect Machine

1988

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The Quintet

1989

Studio Album

Koi And The Kola Nuts

1991

Studio Album

The Yale University Music Library - Benny Goodman, Vol. 6 - Live At The Rainbow Grill

1991

Studio Album