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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 SantamarÃa), "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.
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Filmography
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Movies 95
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TV Shows 17
Narrator 1
Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song (2023)
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes (2022)
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon (2022)
Herbie Hancock at Glastonbury 2022 (2022)
They All Came Out to Montreux (2022)
Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022 (2022)
Hargrove (2022)
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens (2022)
Oscar Peterson: Black + White (2021)
That Click (2020)
Buster Williams Bass to Infinity (2019)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2019)
International Jazz Day Australia Concert 2019 (2019)
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones (2018)
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story (2018)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
More Than Jazz (2016)
Jazz at the White House (2016)
River of Gold (2016)
Kareem: Minority of One (2015)
Jay Leno's Garage (2015)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015)
Marcus (2015)
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity (2014)
Girl Meets World (2014)
Keep On Keepin’ On (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Experience Montreux (2013)
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand (2012)
The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet (2012)
Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin (2012)
Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock Celebrate Gershwin (2011)
The Girls in the Band (2011)
All-Star Jazz Show: Live From The Ed Sullivan Theater (2011)
Miles Davis: Around Midnight (2011)
Tribute to Miles - Jazz a Vienne (2011)
On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
Music (2010)
Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House (2010)
DeJohnette, Metheny, Holland, Hancock - Parallel Realities Live (2010)
We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama (2009)
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (2008)
Miles Davis, So What (2008)
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux (2008)
Herbie Hancock - The River Of Possibilities Tour - Jazz a Vienne (2008)
Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound (2008)
An Evening with Quincy Jones (2008)
Live from Abbey Road (2007)
Live From Abbey Road: Best of Season 1 (2006)
Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades (2006)
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (2006)
Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (2004)
Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos (2004)
Herbie Hancock Special (2004)
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004)
One Night with Blue Note (2004)
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux (2004)
Larry presents: Best of The 80s (2004)
Prachtig 80: Volume 2 (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind (2003)
Hitters (2002)
World of Rhythm: Live in Lugano (2002)
The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock (2002)
Herbie Hancock Future2future Live (2002)
Herbie Hancock: Jazz Channel (2001)
Traffic (2000)
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)
Classic Albums (1997)
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996 (1996)
Kulturzeit (1995)
Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute (1995)
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar (1995)
Indecent Proposal (1993)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
ECHO-Verleihung (1992)
The Neville Brothers: Tell It Like It Is (1991)
Livin' Large! (1991)
Miles Davis - At La Villette (1991)
Branford Marsalis: Steep (1991)
Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert (1990)
Jazz Under the Skies (1990)
Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland: Parallel Realities Live... (Live at Mellon Jazz Festival) (1990)
Celebrity Guide to Wine (1990)
Harlem Nights (1989)
The George McKenna Story (1988)
Colors (1988)
Action Jackson (1988)
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions (1987)
Herbie Hancock At The Munich Summer Piano Festival (1987)
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis (1986)
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
'Round Midnight (1986)
A Soldier's Story (1984)
I Love Quincy (1984)
Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane! (1984)
Rockschool (1983)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Death Wish (1974)
PBS Soundstage 1974: Chick Corea & Return to Forever + Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters (1974)
Rock Concert (1973)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest (1972)
Great Performances (1971)
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert (1969)
Blow-Up (1966)
Herbie (1966)
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964 (1964)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Ballad of Don Lewis
The Making of Sun City
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1940-04-12 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
ReligionNichiren Buddhism
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsHerbert Jeffrey Hancock, Herbert Hancock
AwardsCésar Award for Best Music Written for a Film, NEA Jazz Masters, MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects, Grammy Hall of Fame, Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals, Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo, Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album, Library of Congress Living Legend, MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing, Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video, MTV Video Music Award for Best Concept Video, MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction, Grammy Award for Album of the Year
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