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| Birth name | Herbert Jeffrey Hancock |
| Born | April 12, 1940 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Discography | Herbie Hancock discography |
| Years active | 1961–present |
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| Website | herbiehancock |
| Education | Grinnell College Roosevelt University Manhattan School of Music |
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Gigi Meixner (m. 1968) |
| Children | 1 |
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer.[2] Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, Hancock experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles, using a wide array of synthesizers and electronics. It was during this period that he released perhaps his best-known and most influential album, Head Hunters.[3]
Hancock's best-known compositions include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man", "Maiden Voyage", and "Chameleon", all of which are jazz standards. During the 1980s, he enjoyed a hit single with the electronic instrumental "Rockit", a collaboration with bassist/producer Bill Laswell. Hancock has won an Academy Award and 14 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for his 2007 Joni Mitchell tribute album River: The Joni Letters.
Since 2012, Hancock has served as a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he teaches at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.[4] He is also the chairman of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz[4] (known as the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz until 2019).
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- ^ a b "Herbie Hancock". The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.