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Herbie's Career
Hancock's early career found him playing with Donald Byrd in New York in 1961. He released a solo album on Blue Note, Takin' Off, which caught the attention of Miles Davis, In 1963, Hancock joined Davis' band. During his years with Davis, Hancock continued to record solo albums and scored Michelangelo Antonioni's film Blow Up.Hancock left Davis in 1968 and recorded a funk album, Fat Albert Rotunda. Hancock was experimenting with electronics and synthesizers at the time and formed the jazz-funk group The Headhunters. The group's first single "Chameleon" became the biggest-selling jazz LP of the time.
Through the late 70s and early 80s, Hancock would tour with his former colleagues from Davis' band as the V.S.O.P. quintent, but his electronic dabbling and cross-genre collaborations would continue, producing the 1983 chart-topping single "Rockit."
Since the release of "Rockit," Hancock has continued to produce a hyrbrid of jazz, funk, pop and electronic music with such albums as Future2Future and the Grammy Award-winning River: The Joni Letters.
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Herbie Hancock on Amazon
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Possibilities - $18.98
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The Herbie Hancock Collection - $19.95
One of American music's most gifted and eclectic artists, Hancock's talent as a pianist and composer is highlighted in these 8 note-for-note solo piano transcriptions of his perfor...Amazon
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Herbie Hancock Questions
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Who is Herbie Hancock? 3 AnswersA very famous American jazz composer and performer who worked with miles Davis' "second great quintet." His most well known tunes include include "Cantaloupe I... read more -
Do Jazz musicians make the best all round studio musicians? 4 AnswersYes - they can improv, rarely need sheet music, and are used to communicating with minimal fuss. Jazz musicians can usually play rock quite well, and technical... read more -
Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard died this week. What was your favorite memory of his work? 1 AnswerPerhaps his "Misty" read more
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On Twitter Powered by Twitter
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@marclamonthill No one should remake a Joni Mitchell song but Prince. And Herbie Hancock. But not Adam Duritzy or Vanessa Carlton.
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NOW PLAYING: Herbie Hancock - First Trip - Montreal Quebec Afrique Antilles Paris France http://www.radiojazzplus.com
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Listening to: Herbie Hancock - Rockit
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Tonight's workout soundtrack: Earth To Andy (Cardio), J.J. Cale (Weights), Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters (Stretching)
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Shedding: "stiched up" {herbie hancock with john mayer} - http://tinyurl.com/ygcwvca
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