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Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock Quartet at the Round House, Camden
Herbie Hancock Quartet at the Round House, Camden
Background information
Birth name Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
Born April 12, 1940 (1940-04-12) (age 68)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genre(s) Jazz fusion, jazz-funk, modal jazz, hard bop, post-bop, electro
Occupation(s) Pianist, keyboardist, flutist, composer, bandleader
Instrument(s) Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, electric piano, flute
Label(s) Blue Note, Warner Bros., Columbia, PolyGram/Mercury, Verve
Website www.herbiehancock.com

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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. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. A rhythm section is the Musicians in a Popular music band or ensemble who establish the Rhythmic pulse of a Song or musical Post-bop is a term for a form of small-combo Jazz music that evolved in the early-to-mid sixties Later, he was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk. Yet for all his restless experimentalism, Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieved success among pop audiences. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure

Hancock's best-known solo works include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians, including bandleader Mongo Santamaria), "Maiden Voyage", "Chameleon", and the singles "I Thought It Was You" and "Rockit". " Cantaloupe Island " is a Jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock. " Watermelon Man " is a Jazz standard written by Herbie Hancock, first released on his debut album Takin' Off (1962 in a grooving Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría ( April 7, 1917 in Havana, Cuba &ndash February 1, 2003) was an Afro-Cuban Maiden Voyage is the fifth Album led by Jazz musician Herbie Hancock, and was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1965 for Blue Note For the type of lizard see Chameleon. For other uses of the word see Chameleon (disambiguation. I Thought It Was You is the second studio album released by American country music singer Doug Stone, released in 1991 " Rockit " is a hit Song recorded by Herbie Hancock. It was released as a single from his 1983 album Future Shock His 2007 tribute album, "River: The Joni Letters" won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album to win the award. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A tribute album is a recorded collection of Cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions River The Joni Letters is the 2008 Grammy -winning album by Herbie Hancock. The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize Excellence in a certain field a certificate of excellence

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Early life and career

Like many jazz pianists, Hancock started with a classical music education; Hancock studied from age seven. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music His talent was recognized early, and he played the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 5 in D Major at a young people’s concert with the Chicago Symphony at age eleven. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( CSO) is an American orchestra based in Chicago Illinois. [1]

Through his teens, Hancock never had a jazz teacher. Instead, around high school age, Hancock grew to like jazz after hearing some Oscar Peterson and George Shearing recordings, which he transcribed on his own time, and which developed his ear and sense of harmony. Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, OOnt ( 15 August 1925 – 23 December 2007) was a Canadian Sir George Shearing OBE (b August 13, 1919) is a British Jazz Pianist who during the 1950s "had one of the He was also influenced by records of the vocal group the Hi-Lo's:

. The Hi-Lo's were an a cappella quartet formed in 1953 They named themselves the "Hi-Lo's" to emphasize their collective vocal range . by the time I actually heard the Hi-Lo's, I started picking that stuff out; my ear was happening. The Hi-Lo's were an a cappella quartet formed in 1953 They named themselves the "Hi-Lo's" to emphasize their collective vocal range I could hear stuff and that's when I really learned some much farther-out voicings -like the harmonies I used on 'Speak Like a Child' -just being able to do that. I really got that from Clare Fischer's arrangements for the Hi-Lo's. Clare Fischer (born October 22, 1928 in Durand Michigan) is an American Composer, Arranger, Pianist and Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. Clare Fischer (born October 22, 1928 in Durand Michigan) is an American Composer, Arranger, Pianist and . . He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) ( August 16, 1929 &ndash September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous and influential Gil Evans ( 13 May 1912 in Toronto Canada – 20 March 1988 in Cuernavaca, Mexico) was a Jazz You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were. [2]

Hancock also listened to other pianists, including Don Goldberg (also a prodigy and a Hyde Park High School classmate), McCoy Tyner, and Wynton Kelly, and studied recordings by Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Lee Morgan. Alfred McCoy Tyner (born 11 December 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Wynton Kelly ( December 2, 1931 in Jamaica &mdash April 12 1971 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a Jazz pianist Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. Lee Morgan ( 10 July, 1938 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania &ndash 19 February, 1972 in New York City) was an American

Hancock began his studies as an engineering major at Grinnell College, but switched to music after two years. Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in He left Grinnell one course short of graduation in 1961, moved to Chicago and began working with Donald Byrd and Coleman Hawkins, during which period he also took courses at Roosevelt University. Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American Jazz and Rhythm and blues Trumpeter Coleman Randolph Hawkins ( November 21 1904 - May 19 1969) Nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean" was a prominent Roosevelt University is a private Institution of Higher education with full service Campuses in Chicago's Loop and northwest (Grinnell awarded Hancock an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 1972). [1][3] The pianist quickly earned a reputation, and played subsequent sessions with Oliver Nelson and Phil Woods. Oliver Edward Nelson ( June 4, 1932 in St Louis Missouri &ndash October 28, 1975) was an American Jazz Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American Jazz Bebop alto He recorded his first solo album Takin' Off for Blue Note Records in 1962. Takin' Off is the 1962 debut album (see 1962 in music) of jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Watermelon Man" (from Takin' Off) was to provide Mongo Santamaria with a hit single, but crucially Takin' Off was to catch the attention of Miles Davis, who was at that time assembling a new band. " Watermelon Man " is a Jazz standard written by Herbie Hancock, first released on his debut album Takin' Off (1962 in a grooving Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría ( April 7, 1917 in Havana, Cuba &ndash February 1, 2003) was an Afro-Cuban Hancock was introduced to Davis by the young drummer Tony Williams, a member of the new band. Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams ( December 12, 1945 &ndash February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer.

Miles Davis quintet and Blue Note

Hancock received considerable attention when, in May 1963,[1] he joined Miles Davis' "second great quintet. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " This new band was essentially Miles Davis surrounded by fresh, new talent. Davis personally sought out Hancock, whom he saw as one of the most promising talents in jazz. The rhythm section Davis organized was young but effective, comprising bassist Ron Carter, seventeen year old drummer Tony Williams, and Hancock on piano. A rhythm section is the Musicians in a Popular music band or ensemble who establish the Rhythmic pulse of a Song or musical Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937, Ferndale, Michigan) is an American Jazz Double-bassist. Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams ( December 12, 1945 &ndash February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. After George Coleman and Sam Rivers each taking turns at the saxophone spot, the quintet would gel with Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone. George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935 in Memphis Tennessee) is an American Hard bop saxophonist, Bandleader Samuel Carthorne Rivers (born September 25, 1923, in El Reno Oklahoma) is an American Jazz musician and Composer. Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the Saxophone family a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s This quintet is often regarded as one of the finest jazz ensembles, and the rhythm section has been especially praised for its innovation and flexibility. A rhythm section is the Musicians in a Popular music band or ensemble who establish the Rhythmic pulse of a Song or musical

The second great quintet was where Hancock found his own unique voice as a master of jazz piano. Not only did he find new ways to use common chords, he also popularized chords then rarely used in jazz. This article describes musical chords in traditional Western styles Hancock also developed a unique taste for "orchestral" accompaniment - using fourths and Debussy-like harmonies, with stark contrasts then unheard of in jazz. In Music, quartal harmony is the building of chordal and melodic structures with a distinct preference for intervals of fourths Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer.

With Williams and Carter he would weave a labyrinth of rhythmic intricacy on, around and over existing melodic and chordal schemes. In the later half of the sixties their approach would be so sophisticated and unorthodox that conventional chord changes would hardly be discernible, hence their improvisational concept would become known as "Time, No Changes. A chord progression (also chord sequence and harmonic progression or sequence) is a series of chords played in order "

While in the Davis band, Hancock also found time to record dozens of sessions for the Blue Note label, both under his own name and as a sideman with other musicians such as Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Grant Green, Bobby Hutcherson, Sam Rivers, Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard. Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams ( December 12, 1945 &ndash February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. Grant Green ( June 6, 1935 &ndash January 31, 1979; some sources erroneously give the birth year as 1931 was a Jazz Guitarist Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941 in Los Angeles) is a Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba player Samuel Carthorne Rivers (born September 25, 1923, in El Reno Oklahoma) is an American Jazz musician and Composer. Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American Jazz and Rhythm and blues Trumpeter McKinley Howard (Kenny Dorham ( August 30, 1924 - December 5, 1972) was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Singer Henry (Hank Mobley ( July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American Hard bop and Soul jazz tenor Saxophonist Lee Morgan ( 10 July, 1938 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania &ndash 19 February, 1972 in New York City) was an American Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American Jazz Trumpeter.

His albums Empyrean Isles (1964) and Maiden Voyage (1965) were to be two of the most famous and influential jazz LPs of the sixties, winning praise for both their innovation and accessibility (the latter demonstrated by the subsequent enormous popularity of the Maiden Voyage title track as a jazz standard, and by the jazz rap group US3 having a hit single with "Cantaloop" (derived from "Cantaloupe Island" on Empyrean Isles) some twenty five years later. Empyrean Isles is the fourth Album by Jazz musician Herbie Hancock, released on June 17, 1964 on Blue Note Records Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Maiden Voyage is the fifth Album led by Jazz musician Herbie Hancock, and was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1965 for Blue Note Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. A gramophone The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Jazz rap (also known as hip bop) is a fusion of Alternative hip hop and Jazz, developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s Us3 is a Jazz-rap group founded in London in 1991. Their name was inspired by a Horace Parlan recording produced by Alfred Lion, the " Cantaloop " is a song by the band Us3 which samples Herbie Hancock 's song " Cantaloupe Island " Empyrean Isles featured the Davis rhythm section of Hancock, Carter and Williams with the addition of Freddie Hubbard on cornet, while Maiden Voyage also added former Davis saxophonist George Coleman (and had Freddie Hubbard on trumpet). George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935 in Memphis Tennessee) is an American Hard bop saxophonist, Bandleader Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American Jazz Trumpeter. Both albums are regarded as among the principal foundations of the post-bop style. Post-bop is a term for a form of small-combo Jazz music that evolved in the early-to-mid sixties Hancock also recorded several less-well-known but still critically acclaimed albums with larger ensembles — My Point of View (1963), Speak Like a Child (1968) and The Prisoner (1969) featured flugelhorn, alto flute and bass trombone. My Point Of View is the second Album by Herbie Hancock, originally released in 1963 by Blue Note Records. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Speak Like a Child is the 6th album for Blue Note Records by Herbie Hancock. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Prisoner is the 7th and final album by Herbie Hancock, on the Blue Note label Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The flugelhorn (also spelled fluegelhorn or flügelhorn) is a Brass instrument resembling a Trumpet but with a wider conical bore The alto flute is a type of Western concert flute, a Musical instrument in the Woodwind family There are many different types of trombones. The most frequently encountered trombones today are the tenor and bass though as with other Renaissance instruments such as the Recorder 1963's Inventions and Dimensions was an album of almost entirely improvised music, teaming Hancock with bassist Paul Chambers and two Latin percussionists, Willie Bobo and Osvaldo Martinez. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Inventions and Dimensions is the third Album by Herbie Hancock, originally released in 1963 by Blue Note Records. Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr ( April 22 1935 – January 4 1969) was one of the most influential Jazz bassists of the Willie Bobo was the Stage name of William Correa ( February 28, 1934 – September 15, 1983) an American

During this period, Hancock also composed the score to Michelangelo Antonioni's film Blowup which was to be the first of many soundtracks he would record in his career. Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( September 29 1912 &ndash July 30 2007) was an Italian Modernist Blowup (as in screen credits also rendered as Blow-Up) is an award-winning 1966 British - Italian Art film

Davis had begun incorporating elements of rock and popular music into his recordings by the end of Hancock's tenure with the band. Despite some initial reluctance, Hancock began doubling on electric keyboards including the Fender Rhodes electric piano at Davis's insistence. A Rhodes piano is an electromechanical Musical instrument, a brand of Electric piano. An electric piano is an electric Musical instrument. The popularity of the electric piano began to grow in the late 1960s, reaching its greatest height during the Hancock adapted quickly to the new instruments, which proved to be instrumental in his future artistic endeavors.

In the summer of 1968, Hancock left Davis's band to form his own sextet, although he was formally kicked out under the pretext that he was late coming back from a honeymoon in Brazil. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Davis would soon disband his quartet to search for a new sound himself. Despite his departure from the working band, Hancock would continue to appear on Miles Davis records for the next few years; noteworthy appearances include In a Silent Way, A Tribute to Jack Johnson and On the Corner. In a Silent Way is a 1969 album by Jazz Trumpeter Miles Davis. A Tribute to Jack Johnson is a Studio album by Jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1971 in the United States and in 1970 in On the Corner is a Studio album by Jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded in June and July of 1972 and released later that year on Columbia

Fat Albert and Mwandishi

Hancock left Blue Note in 1969, signing up with Warner Bros. Records. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. In 1969, Hancock composed the soundtrack for the Bill Cosby TV show Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. William Henry Cosby Jr (born July 12 1937 is an American Comedian, Actor, Author, Television producer and Activist. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an animated series created produced and hosted (in Live action bookends by comedian Bill Cosby, who also Titled Fat Albert Rotunda, the album was mainly an R&B-influenced album with strong jazz overtones. Fat Albert Rotunda is the tenth Album by Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1970 One of the jazzier songs on the record, "Tell Me A Bedtime Story," was later re-worked as a more electronic sounding song for the Quincy Jones album, "Sounds. Quincy Delight Jones Jr (born March 14, 1933) also known as Q, is an American Music Impresario, conductor . . and Stuff Like That. "

Hancock was fascinated with accumulating musical gadgets and toys. Together with the profound influence of Davis's Bitches Brew, this fascination would culminate in a series of albums in which electronic instruments are coupled with acoustic instruments. Bitches Brew is a studio Double album by Jazz musician

Hancock's first ventures into electronic music started with a sextet comprising Hancock, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Billy Hart, and a trio of adventurous horn players: Eddie Henderson (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), and multireedist Bennie Maupin. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production A sextet is a formation containing exactly six members It is commonly associated with vocal or musical instrument groups but can be applied to any situation where six similar or related Charles Anthony Williams (born April 17, 1942 in Camden New Jersey) is an American Jazz bassist. For other uses see William Hart. William "Billy" Hart (born November 29, 1940) is a jazz drummer and Eddie Henderson (b October 26 1940 is a Jazz Trumpet and Flugelhorn player Julian Priester (born 29 June, 1935 in Chicago) is an American Jazz Trombonist and composer He has played with many The trombone is a Musical instrument in the brass family Like all brass instruments it is a lip-reed Aerophone: sound is produced when the player’s Multireedist is a term sometimes used to describe a musician who is a capable performer on more than one Reed instrument. Bennie Maupin (born 29 August 1940) is a Detroit Jazz Multireedist. Dr. Patrick Gleeson was eventually added to the mix to play and program the synthesizers.

The sextet, later a septet with the addition of Gleeson, made three experimental albums under Hancock's name: Mwandishi (1971), Crossings (1972) (both on Warner Bros. Records), and Sextant (1973) (released on Columbia Records); two more, Realization and Inside Out, were recorded under Henderson's name with essentially the same personnel. The music often had very free improvisations and showed influence from the electronic music of some contemporary classical composers. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production In the broadest and popular sense Contemporary music is any music being written in the present day

Synthesizer player Patrick Gleeson, one of the first musicians to play synthesizer on any jazz recording, introduced the instrument on Crossings, released in 1972, one of a handful of influential electronic jazz/fusion recordings to feature synthesizer that same year. On Crossings (as well as on I Sing the Body Electric), the synthesizer is used more as an improvisatory global orchestration device than as a strictly melodic instrument. This reflected Gleeson's (and Powell's) interest in contemporary European electronic music techniques and in the West Coast synthesis techniques of Morton Subotnik and other contemporaries, several of whom were resident at one time or another, as was Gleeson, at The Mills College Tape Music Center. An early review of Crossings in Downbeat magazine complained about the synthesizer, but a few years later the magazine noted in a cover story on Gleeson that he was "a pioneer" in the field of electronics in jazz. Gleeson used a modular Moog III for the recording of the album, but used an ARP 2600 synthesizer, and occasionally an Arp Soloist for the group's live performances. The term Moog (ˈmoʊg as in 'vogue' Synthesizer can refer to any number of Analog synthesizers designed by Dr The ARP 2600 is a semi-modular analog subtractive audio synthesizer, designed by Alan R On Sextant Gleeson used the more compact ARP synthesizers instead of the larger Moog III for both studio and live performances. ARP Instruments Inc was an early Electronic music company founded by Alan Robert Pearlman. In the albums following The Crossings, Hancock started to play synth himself and unlike Gleeson, he plays it as a melodical and rhythm instrument just like electric pianos.

Hancock's three records released in 1971-1973 became later known as the "Mwandishi" albums, so-called after a Swahili name Hancock sometimes used during this era (Mwandishi is Swahili for writer). Swahili (called Kiswahili in the language itself is the First language of the Swahili people (Waswahili who inhabit several large stretches The first two, including Fat Albert Rotunda were made available on the 2-CD set Mwandishi: the Complete Warner Bros. Fat Albert Rotunda is the tenth Album by Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1970 Recordings, released in 1994, but are now sold as individual CD editions. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Of the three electronic albums, Sextant is probably the most experimental since the Arp synthesizers are used extensively, and some advanced improvisation ("post-modal free impressionism") is found on the tracks "Hornets" and "Hidden Shadows" (which is in the meter 19/4). The time signature (also known as " meter signature" is a notational convention used in Western Musical notation to specify how many beats "Hornets" was later revised on the 2001 album Future2Future as "Virtual Hornets. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Future2Future is the forty-third Album by Herbie Hancock. Hancock reunited with bass player Bill Laswell (who worked on Future "

Among the instruments Hancock and Gleeson used were Fender Rhodes piano, ARP Odyssey, ARP 2600, ARP Pro Soloist Synthesizer, a Mellotron and the Moog III. A Rhodes piano is an electromechanical Musical instrument, a brand of Electric piano. The ARP Odyssey was an analog Synthesizer introduced in 1972 Responding to pressure from Moog Music to create a portable affordable (the The ARP 2600 is a semi-modular analog subtractive audio synthesizer, designed by Alan R The ARP Pro Soloist was one of the first successful Preset synthesizers. The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s

All three Warner Bros. albums Fat Albert Rotunda, Mwandishi, and Crossings, were remastered in 2001 and released in Europe but were not released in the U. Fat Albert Rotunda is the tenth Album by Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1970 Mwandishi is the eleventh Album by Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1970 Crossings is the twelfth Album by Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1972 Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. S. A. as of June 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the Winter of 2006-2007 a remastered edition of Crossings was announced and scheduled for release in the Spring.

Head Hunters and Death Wish

See also: The Headhunters

After the sometimes "airy" and decidedly experimental "Mwandishi" albums, Hancock was eager to perform more "earthy" and "funky" music. The Headhunters are a popular Jazz-funk fusion band, best known for their albums they recorded as a backing band of Jazz keyboard Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul The Mwandishi albums — though these days seen as respected early fusion recordings — had seen mixed reviews and poor sales, so it is probable that Hancock was motivated by financial concerns as well as artistic restlessness. Hancock was also bothered by the fact that many people did not understand avant-garde music. He explained that he loved funk music, especially Sly Stone's music, so he wanted to try to make funk himself. Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart on 15 March 1943, in Denton, Texas) is an American Musician, Songwriter

He gathered a new band, which he called The Headhunters, keeping only Maupin from the sextet and adding bassist Paul Jackson, percussionist Bill Summers, and drummer Harvey Mason. The Headhunters are a popular Jazz-funk fusion band, best known for their albums they recorded as a backing band of Jazz keyboard Paul Jackson is an American Jazz Bass guitarist He has played with many of the great jazz artists most notably playing bass on Herbie Hancock's Harvey William Mason (born February 22 1947 in Atlantic City New Jersey) is one of the best-known session drummers The album Head Hunters, released in 1973, was a major hit and crossed over to pop audiences, though it prompted criticism from some jazz fans. Head Hunters is an album by Herbie Hancock, released in 1973 on Columbia Records. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure

Despite charges of "selling out", later ears have regarded the album well: "Head Hunters still sounds fresh and vital three decades after its initial release, and its genre-bending proved vastly influential on not only jazz, but funk, soul, and hip-hop. "Sold Out" redirects here For other uses see Sold Out (disambiguation or Selling Out (disambiguation. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with " Allmusic.com entry

Mason was replaced by Mike Clark, and the band released a second album, Thrust, the following year. Mike Clark ( October 3, 1946) is a Jazz and Funk Drummer who is most noted for playing in the Headhunters band headed up Thrust is a Jazz fusion album by Herbie Hancock, released in 1974 on Columbia Records. (A live album from a Japan performance, consisting of compositions from those first two Head Hunters releases was released in 1975 as Flood. Flood is the eighteenth album by Herbie Hancock. It was released only in Japan in 1975 The record has since been released on CD in Japan. ) This was almost as well-received as its predecessor, if not attaining the same level of commercial success. The Headhunters made another successful album (called Survival of the Fittest) without Hancock, while Hancock himself started to make even more commercial albums, often featuring members of the band, but no longer billed as The Headhunters. The Headhunters reunited with Hancock in 1998 for Return of the Headhunters, and a version of the band (featuring Jackson and Clark) continues to play live and record. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)

In 1973, Hancock composed his second masterful soundtrack to the controversial film The Spook Who Sat By The Door. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a novel by Sam Greenlee, first published in 1969 (in the UK by Allison & Busby and a 1973 film of the same name Then in 1974, Hancock also composed the soundtrack to the first Death Wish film. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Death Wish is a 1974 action - crime - Drama film based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. One of his memorable songs, "Joanna's Theme", would later be re-recorded in 1997 on his duet album with Wayne Shorter 1 + 1. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the 1 + 1 is a Duet Album by Herbie Hancock ( Piano) and Wayne Shorter ( Soprano saxophone)

Hancock's next jazz-funk albums of the 1970s were Man-Child (1975), and Secrets (1976), which point toward the more commercial direction Hancock would take over the next decade. Man-Child is the seventeenth Album by Herbie Hancock. The album is arguably one of his most Funk influenced albums and it represents his Secrets is a 1976 Jazz - Funk fusion Album by keyboard player Herbie Hancock. These albums feature the members of the 'Headhunters' band, but also a variety of other musicians in important roles.

Back to the Basics: VSOP and the Future Shock

During late 1970s and early 1980s, Hancock toured with his "V. S. O. P. " quintet, which featured all the members of the 1960s Miles Davis quintet except Davis, who was replaced by trumpet giant Freddie Hubbard. Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American Jazz Trumpeter. There was constant speculation that one day Davis would reunite with his classic band, but he never did so. VSOP recorded several live albums in the late 1970s, including VSOP (1976), and VSOP: The Quintet (1977). VSOP is a 1976 Jazz - Funk fusion Live album by keyboard player Herbie Hancock featuring performances V S O P The Quintet was recorded from two live performances one at the Greek Theatre University of California Berkeley, on July 16, 1977

In 1978, Hancock recorded a duet with Chick Corea, who had replaced him in the Miles Davis band a decade earlier. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (born June 12, 1941) is a multiple Grammy Award winning American Jazz Pianist He also released a solo acoustic piano album titled The Piano (1978), which, like so many Hancock albums at the time, was initially released only in Japan. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. (It was finally released in the US in 2004. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " ) Several other Japan-only releases have yet to surface in the US, such as Dedication (1974), VSOP: Tempest at the Colosseum (1977), and Direct Step (1978). Dedication is the sixteenth Album by Herbie Hancock. About the Album The first album that Hancock made in Japan (he did this album Directstep is the twenty-fourth album by Herbie Hancock. About the Album Directstep, released only in Japan was one of the one of the earliest Live Under the Sky was a VSOP album remastered for the US in 2004, and included an entire second concert from the July 1979 tour. Live Under the Sky is the twenty-eighth Album by Herbie Hancock.

From 1978-1982, Hancock recorded many albums consisting of jazz-inflected disco and pop music, beginning with Sunlight (featuring guest musicians like Tony Williams and Jaco Pastorius on the last track) (1978). Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Sunlight is a 1977 Jazz-funk fusion album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock. Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams ( December 12, 1945 &ndash February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III (December 1 1951–September 21 1987 was a American Jazz Musician and Composer widely Singing through a vocoder, he earned a British hit, "I Thought It Was You", although critics were unimpressed. A vocoder, ˈvoʊkoʊdər (a Portmanteau of vox/voc ( voice) and encoder) is an analysis / synthesis system mostly used for speech in which the input is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located [1]. This led to more vocoder on the 1979 follow-up, Feets, Don't Fail Me Now, which gave him another UK hit in "You Bet Your Love. For the album by Little Feat see Feats Don't Fail Me Now. Feets Don't Fail Me Now is the twenty-seventh album by Herbie Hancock " Albums such as Monster (1980), Magic Windows (1981), and Lite Me Up (1982) were some of Hancock's most criticized and unwelcomed albums, the market at the time being somewhat saturated with similar pop-jazz hybrids from the likes of former bandmate Freddie Hubbard. Monster is the twenty-ninth Album by Herbie Hancock. Track listing Saturday Night (Cohen Hancock Rubinson Magic Windows is the thirty-second Album by Herbie Hancock. Track listing "Magic Number" "Tonight's Lite Me Up! is the thirty-third Album by Herbie Hancock. Track listing Lite Me Up! Bomb Gettin' to the Good Part Hancock himself had quite a limited role in some of those albums, leaving singing, composing and even producing to others. Mr. Hands (1980) is perhaps the one album during this period that was critically acclaimed. Mr Hands is the thirtieth Album by Herbie Hancock. About The Album This album features the late Jaco Pastorius on the track To the delight of many fans, there were no vocals on the album, and one track featured Jaco Pastorius on bass. John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III (December 1 1951–September 21 1987 was a American Jazz Musician and Composer widely The album contains a wide variety of different styles, including a disco instrumental song, a Latin-jazz number and an electronic piece in which Hancock plays alone with the help of computers.

Hancock also found time to record more traditional jazz whilst creating more commercially-oriented music. He toured with Tony Williams and Ron Carter in 1981, recording Herbie Hancock Trio, a five-track live album released only in Japan. Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams ( December 12, 1945 &ndash February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937, Ferndale, Michigan) is an American Jazz Double-bassist. Herbie Hancock Trio (with Ron Carter & Tony Williams) is the thirty-first Album and the second of the same name by Herbie Hancock A month later, he recorded Quartet with Wynton Marsalis, released in the US the following year. Quartet is the thirty-fourth Album by Herbie Hancock and the first with the V Wynton Learson Marsalis (b October 18, 1961) is an American Trumpeter and Composer.

In 1983, Hancock had a mainstream hit with the Grammy-award winning instrumental single "Rockit" from the album Future Shock. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Mainstream is generally the common current of Thought of the Majority. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences " Rockit " is a hit Song recorded by Herbie Hancock. It was released as a single from his 1983 album Future Shock Future Shock is Herbie Hancock 's thirty-fifth Album and the first of his Electro - Jazz era It was perhaps the first mainstream single to feature scratching, and also featured an innovative animated music video which was directed by Godley and Creme and showed several robot-like artworks by Jim Whiting. "Scratching" is also a Present participle of " Scratch " and may also refer to a form of street art Scratching A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Godley & Creme were a duo of English Pop musicians and Music video directors Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The video was a hit on MTV. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Regardless of any controversy, the video won 5 different categories at the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards, including the category for Video Of The Year. The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top Music videos of the year This single ushered in a collaboration with noted bassist and producer Bill Laswell. Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem Hancock experimented with electronic music on a string of three LPs produced by Laswell: Future Shock (1983), Sound-System (1984) and Perfect Machine (1988). Future Shock is Herbie Hancock 's thirty-fifth Album and the first of his Electro - Jazz era Sound-System is the thirty-sixth Album by Herbie Hancock and the second of three albums with the Rockit Band Perfect Machine is the thirty-seventh Album by Herbie Hancock, and the last with the Rockit Band Despite the success of "Rockit," Hancock's trio of Laswell-produced albums (particularly the latter two) are among the most critically derided of his entire career, perhaps even more so than his erstwhile pop-jazz experiments. Hancock's level of actual contribution to these albums was also questioned, with some critics contending that the Laswell albums should have been labelled "Bill Laswell featuring Herbie Hancock. "

During this period, he appeared onstage at the Grammy awards with Stevie Wonder, Howard Jones, and Thomas Dolby, in a famous synthesizer jam. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an Howard Jones (born John Howard Jones, 23 February 1955) is an English Singer and Songwriter who gained acclaim in Thomas Dolby (born Thomas Morgan Robertson, on 14 October 1958) is an English Musician, producer and inventor Jam bands (or jambands) are musical groups whose albums and live performances relate to a fan culture which originated with the 1960s group Grateful Dead and continued Lesser known works from the 80s are the live album Jazz Africa and the studio album Village Life (1984) which were recorded with Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso. A live album recorded by Keyboardist Herbie Hancock and Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso in 1986. The kora is a 21- string Harp - Lute used extensively by peoples in West Africa. Foday Musa Suso (b Sarre Hamadi Village Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of eastern Gambia) is a musician and composer from the West African [2] Also, in 1985 he performed as a guest on the album So Red The Rose by the Duran Duran shoot off group Arcadia. So Red The Rose is the platinum-selling album by the Duran Duran -spinoff group Arcadia, which was released in 1985 — the only album the band ever Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two Arcadia were the pop group formed in 1985 by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran, He also provided introductory and closing comments for the PBS rebroadcast in the United States of the BBC educational series from the mid-1980s, Rock School (not to be confused with the most recent Gene Simmons' Rock School series). The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. For the documentary about an actual school of rock music see Rock School (film.

In 1986, Hancock performed and acted in the film 'Round Midnight. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Round Midnight is a 1986 film directed by Bertrand Tavernier that tells the story of an African American Tenor saxophone player in Paris He also wrote the score/soundtrack, for which he won an Academy Award for Original Music Score. The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically Often he would write music for TV commercials. "Maiden Voyage", in fact, started out as a cologne advertisement. At the end of the Perfect Machine tour, Hancock decided to leave Columbia Records after a 15-plus-year relationship.

As of June 2005, almost half of his Columbia recordings have been remastered. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The first three US releases, Sextant, Head Hunters and Thrust as well as the last four releases Future Shock, Sound-System, the soundtrack to Round Midnight and Perfect Machine. Sextant is the thirteenth Album by Herbie Hancock, and the last album with his Mwandishi Band Head Hunters is an album by Herbie Hancock, released in 1973 on Columbia Records. Thrust is a Jazz fusion album by Herbie Hancock, released in 1974 on Columbia Records. Future Shock is Herbie Hancock 's thirty-fifth Album and the first of his Electro - Jazz era Sound-System is the thirty-sixth Album by Herbie Hancock and the second of three albums with the Rockit Band Round Midnight is a 1986 film directed by Bertrand Tavernier that tells the story of an African American Tenor saxophone player in Paris Perfect Machine is the thirty-seventh Album by Herbie Hancock, and the last with the Rockit Band Everything released in America from Man-Child to Quartet has yet to be remastered. Man-Child is the seventeenth Album by Herbie Hancock. The album is arguably one of his most Funk influenced albums and it represents his Quartet is the thirty-fourth Album by Herbie Hancock and the first with the V Some albums, made and initially released in the US, were remastered between 1999 and 2001 in other countries such as Magic Windows and Monster. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Magic Windows is the thirty-second Album by Herbie Hancock. Track listing "Magic Number" "Tonight's Monster is the twenty-ninth Album by Herbie Hancock. Track listing Saturday Night (Cohen Hancock Rubinson Hancock also re-released some of his Japan-only releases in the West, such as The Piano. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

1990s and later

Herbie Hancock performing at The XM Sonic Stage at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 12th, 2005.
Herbie Hancock performing at The XM Sonic Stage at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 12th, 2005. The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four-day annual Music festival, created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held in 2002 Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

After leaving Columbia, Hancock took a break. In 1991, three years after Perfect Machine was released, his mentor Miles Davis, died. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Perfect Machine is the thirty-seventh Album by Herbie Hancock, and the last with the Rockit Band Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. Along with friends Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, and Davis admirer Wallace Roney, they recorded A Tribute to Miles which was released in 1994. Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937, Ferndale, Michigan) is an American Jazz Double-bassist. Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams ( December 12, 1945 &ndash February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the Wallace Roney (born May 25, 1960) is an American Hard bop and Post-bop Trumpeter. A Tribute to Miles is a tribute album by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The album contained two live recordings and studio recording classics with Roney playing Davis's part as trumpet player. The album won a Grammy for best group album. He also toured with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland and Pat Metheny in 1990 on their Parallel Realities tour, which included a memorable performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 1990. Jack DeJohnette (born 9 August 1942) is an American Jazz Drummer, pianist, and composer Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a British Jazz Bassist and Composer who is a significant representative Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954 in Lee's Summit Missouri) is an American Jazz Guitarist and Composer Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music Festival in Switzerland, Europe's most prestigious Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)

Hancock's next album, Dis Is Da Drum released in 1994 saw him return to Acid Jazz. Dis Is Da Drum is the thirty-ninth album and the first solo album since leaving Columbia Records by Herbie Hancock. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Acid jazz (also known as groove jazz in USA is a Musical genre that combines elements of Jazz, Funk and Hip-hop Most 1995's The New Standard found him and an all-star band including John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette and Michael Brecker interpreting pop songs by Nirvana, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Prince, Peter Gabriel and others. The New Standard is the fortieth album by Herbie Hancock. It consists of jazz renditions of classic and contemporaneous rock and R&B songs John Scofield (born December 26 1951 in Dayton Ohio) is an American Jazz Guitarist and Composer, who has played and collaborated Jack DeJohnette (born 9 August 1942) is an American Jazz Drummer, pianist, and composer Michael Brecker ( March 29, 1949 &ndash January 13, 2007) was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Songwriter. A 1997 duet album with Wayne Shorter titled 1 + 1 was successful, the song "Aung San Suu Kyi" winning the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, and Hancock also achieved great success in 1998 with his album Gershwin's World which featured inventive readings of George & Ira Gershwin standards by Hancock and a plethora of guest stars including Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell and Shorter. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar 1 + 1 is a Duet Album by Herbie Hancock ( Piano) and Wayne Shorter ( Soprano saxophone) Aung San Suu Kyi ( àunsʰánsṵtʃì born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, is a pro- Democracy activist and leader of the National League for The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Gershwin's World is the forty-second Album by Herbie Hancock. George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Ira Gershwin ( 6 December 1896 &ndash 17 August 1983) was an American Lyricist who collaborated with his younger Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7 1943) is a Canadian Musician, Songwriter, and

In 2001, Hancock recorded Future2Future, which reunited Hancock with Bill Laswell and featured doses of electronica as well as turntablist Rob Swift of The X-Ecutioners. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Future2Future is the forty-third Album by Herbie Hancock. Hancock reunited with bass player Bill Laswell (who worked on Future Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer. The X-Ecutioners is a group of Hip hop DJs / turntablists from New York. Hancock later toured with the band, and released a live concert DVD with a different lineup which also included the "Rockit" music video. Also in 2001, Hancock partnered with Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove to record a live concert album saluting Davis and John Coltrane called Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall recorded live in Toronto. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Michael Brecker ( March 29, 1949 &ndash January 13, 2007) was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer Roy A Hargrove (born October 16 1969) is an American Jazz Trumpeter and founding member of the RH factor Directions in Music Live at Massey Hall is a live recording by Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove and Michael Brecker. The threesome then toured together, and have toured on and off through 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

2005 saw the release of a duet album called Possibilities. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Possibilities is the forty-fifth Studio album by American Jazz musician and pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 2005 (see It features duets with Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Sting and others. For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales. Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13 1941 is an American Songwriter, Musician, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Annie Lennox (born 25 December 1954 is a Scottish born British Musician, Vocalist and Academy Award -winning Songwriter John Clayton Mayer (; born October 16 1977 is an American musician Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951) better known by his Stage name Sting, is a three time Academy Award In 2006, Possibilities was nominated for Grammy awards in two categories: "A Song For You," featuring Christina Aguilera was nominated in the Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals category, and "Gelo No Montanha," featuring Trey Anastasio on guitar was nominated in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Possibilities is the forty-fifth Studio album by American Jazz musician and pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 2005 (see The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter. Trey Anastasio (born Ernest Joseph Anastasio III on Neither nomination resulted in an award.

Also in 2005, Hancock toured Europe with a new quartet that included Beninese guitarist Lionel Loueke, and explored textures ranging from ambient to straight jazz to African music. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benin (bə'nɪn officially the Republic of Benin, and also known as Benin Republic, is a country in Western Africa. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Guitarist Lionel Loueke was born in the west African country of Benin. Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's many regions, nations and Ethnic groups Although there is no distinctly pan-African Plus, during the Summer of 2005, Hancock re-staffed the famous Head Hunters and went on tour with them, including a performance at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four-day annual Music festival, created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held in 2002

However, this lineup did not consist of any of the original Headhunters musicians. The group included Marcus Miller, Terri Lyne Carrington, Lionel Loueke and John Mayer. Marcus Miller (born June 14, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Grammy Award-winning Jazz musician composer producer and multi-instrumentalist Terri Lyne Carrington (born 1965 in Medford Massachusetts) is a musician composer producer and clinician Guitarist Lionel Loueke was born in the west African country of Benin. John Clayton Mayer (; born October 16 1977 is an American musician Hancock also served as the first artist in residence for Bonnaroo that summer. The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four-day annual Music festival, created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held in 2002

Also in 2006, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (which bought out Hancock's old label, Columbia Records) released the two-disc retrospective The Essential Herbie Hancock. Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group The Essential Herbie Hancock is the forty-sixth Album by American Jazz musician and pianist Herbie Hancock. This two-disc set is the first compilation of Herbie's work at Warner Bros. Records, Blue Note Records, Columbia and at Verve/Polygram. This became Hancock's second major compilation of work since the 2002 Columbia-only "The Herbie Hancock Box" which was released at first in a plastic 4x4 cube then re-released in 2004 in a long box set. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Hancock also in 2006, recorded a new song with Josh Groban and Eric Mouquet (co-founder of Deep Forest) titled "Machine". Deep Forest is a musical group consisting of two French musicians Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez. It is featured on Josh Groban's CD "Awake. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio " Hancock also recorded and improvised with guitarist Lionel Loueke on Loueke's debut album Virgin Forest on the ObliqSound label in 2006, resulting in two improvisational tracks "Le Réveil des Agneaux (The Awakening of the Lambs)" and "La Poursuite du lion (The Lion's Pursuit)". Guitarist Lionel Loueke was born in the west African country of Benin.

Hancock, a longtime associate and friend of Joni Mitchell released a 2007 album, River: The Joni Letters, that paid tribute to her work. Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7 1943) is a Canadian Musician, Songwriter, and River The Joni Letters is the 2008 Grammy -winning album by Herbie Hancock. Norah Jones and Tina Turner recorded vocals,[4] as did Corinne Bailey Rae, and Leonard Cohen contributed a spoken piece set to Hancock's piano. Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30 1979) is an American Singer-songwriter, Pianist, Keyboardist Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American Corinne Bailey Rae (born Corinne Jacqueline Bailey on 26 February 1979) is an English Singer-songwriter and Guitarist Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Quebec) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter Mitchell herself also made an appearance. The album was released on September 25, simultaneously with the release of Mitchell's album Shine. Shine is the seventeenth Studio album by Canadian Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell and was released on September 25 [5] "River" was nominated for and won the 2008 Album of the Year Grammy Award, only the second jazz album ever to receive either honor. The album also won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, and the song "Both Sides Now" was nominated for Best Instrumental Jazz Solo. " Both Sides Now " is a song by Joni Mitchell. Her recording first appeared on the album Clouds, released in 1969 and later on the album of

Discography

As a leader

  1. Takin' Off (1962) – Blue Note
  2. My Point of View (1963) – Blue Note
  3. Inventions and Dimensions (1963) – Blue Note
  4. Empyrean Isles (1964) – Blue Note
  5. Maiden Voyage (1965) – Blue Note
  6. Blow-Up (Soundtrack) (1966) – MGM
  7. Speak Like a Child (1968) – Blue Note
  8. The Prisoner (1969) – Blue Note
  9. Fat Albert Rotunda (1969) – Warner Bros.
  10. Mwandishi (1970) – Warner Bros. Takin' Off is the 1962 debut album (see 1962 in music) of jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. My Point Of View is the second Album by Herbie Hancock, originally released in 1963 by Blue Note Records. Inventions and Dimensions is the third Album by Herbie Hancock, originally released in 1963 by Blue Note Records. Empyrean Isles is the fourth Album by Jazz musician Herbie Hancock, released on June 17, 1964 on Blue Note Records Maiden Voyage is the fifth Album led by Jazz musician Herbie Hancock, and was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1965 for Blue Note Blowup (as in screen credits also rendered as Blow-Up) is an award-winning 1966 British - Italian Art film Speak Like a Child is the 6th album for Blue Note Records by Herbie Hancock. The Prisoner is the 7th and final album by Herbie Hancock, on the Blue Note label Fat Albert Rotunda is the tenth Album by Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1970 Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Mwandishi is the eleventh Album by Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1970
  11. Crossings (1972) – Warner Bros. Crossings is the twelfth Album by Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released in 1972
  12. Sextant (1973) – Columbia
  13. Head Hunters (1973) – Columbia
  14. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (Soundtrack) (1973)
  15. Thrust (1974) – Columbia
  16. Death Wish (Soundtrack) (1974) – Columbia
  17. Dedication (1974) – Columbia
  18. Man-Child (1975) – Columbia
  19. Flood (1975) – Columbia – live album only released in Japan
  20. Secrets (1976) – Columbia
  21. VSOP (1976) – Columbia
  22. VSOP: The Quintet (1977) – Columbia
  23. VSOP: Tempest at the Colosseum (1977) – Columbia
  24. Sunlight (1978) – Columbia
  25. Direct Step (1978) – Columbia
  26. An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978) – Columbia
  27. The Piano (1979) – Columbia
  28. Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (1979) – Columbia
  29. VSOP: Live Under the Sky (1979) – Columbia
  30. Monster (1980) – Columbia
  31. Mr. Hands (1980) – Columbia
  32. Herbie Hancock Trio (1981) – Columbia
  33. Magic Windows (1981) – Columbia
  34. Lite Me Up (1982) – Columbia
  35. Quartet (1982) – Columbia
  36. Future Shock (1983) – Columbia
  37. Sound-System (1984) – Columbia
  38. Village Life (1985) - Columbia (with Foday Musa Suso)
  39. Round Midnight (Soundtrack) (1986) – Columbia
  40. Perfect Machine (1988) – Columbia
  41. A Tribute to Miles (1994) – Qwest/Warner Bros. Sextant is the thirteenth Album by Herbie Hancock, and the last album with his Mwandishi Band Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company Head Hunters is an album by Herbie Hancock, released in 1973 on Columbia Records. The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a novel by Sam Greenlee, first published in 1969 (in the UK by Allison & Busby and a 1973 film of the same name Thrust is a Jazz fusion album by Herbie Hancock, released in 1974 on Columbia Records. Death Wish is a 1974 action - crime - Drama film based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. Dedication is the sixteenth Album by Herbie Hancock. About the Album The first album that Hancock made in Japan (he did this album Man-Child is the seventeenth Album by Herbie Hancock. The album is arguably one of his most Funk influenced albums and it represents his Flood is the eighteenth album by Herbie Hancock. It was released only in Japan in 1975 Secrets is a 1976 Jazz - Funk fusion Album by keyboard player Herbie Hancock. VSOP is a 1976 Jazz - Funk fusion Live album by keyboard player Herbie Hancock featuring performances V S O P The Quintet was recorded from two live performances one at the Greek Theatre University of California Berkeley, on July 16, 1977 Sunlight is a 1977 Jazz-funk fusion album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock. Directstep is the twenty-fourth album by Herbie Hancock. About the Album Directstep, released only in Japan was one of the one of the earliest An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea In Concert is a live album recorded over the course of several live performances in February 1978 and released that same year For the album by Little Feat see Feats Don't Fail Me Now. Feets Don't Fail Me Now is the twenty-seventh album by Herbie Hancock Live Under the Sky is the twenty-eighth Album by Herbie Hancock. Monster is the twenty-ninth Album by Herbie Hancock. Track listing Saturday Night (Cohen Hancock Rubinson Mr Hands is the thirtieth Album by Herbie Hancock. About The Album This album features the late Jaco Pastorius on the track Herbie Hancock Trio (with Ron Carter & Tony Williams) is the thirty-first Album and the second of the same name by Herbie Hancock Magic Windows is the thirty-second Album by Herbie Hancock. Track listing "Magic Number" "Tonight's Lite Me Up! is the thirty-third Album by Herbie Hancock. Track listing Lite Me Up! Bomb Gettin' to the Good Part Quartet is the thirty-fourth Album by Herbie Hancock and the first with the V Future Shock is Herbie Hancock 's thirty-fifth Album and the first of his Electro - Jazz era Sound-System is the thirty-sixth Album by Herbie Hancock and the second of three albums with the Rockit Band Village Life is an Album by Herbie Hancock and Foday Musa Suso. Foday Musa Suso (b Sarre Hamadi Village Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of eastern Gambia) is a musician and composer from the West African Perfect Machine is the thirty-seventh Album by Herbie Hancock, and the last with the Rockit Band A Tribute to Miles is a tribute album by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter. (with Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams)
  42. Dis Is Da Drum (1994) – Verve/Mercury
  43. The New Standard (1995) – Verve
  44. 1 + 1 (1997) – Verve (with Wayne Shorter)
  45. Gershwin's World (1998) – Verve
  46. Mr. Wallace Roney (born May 25, 1960) is an American Hard bop and Post-bop Trumpeter. Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937, Ferndale, Michigan) is an American Jazz Double-bassist. Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams ( December 12, 1945 &ndash February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. Dis Is Da Drum is the thirty-ninth album and the first solo album since leaving Columbia Records by Herbie Hancock. The New Standard is the fortieth album by Herbie Hancock. It consists of jazz renditions of classic and contemporaneous rock and R&B songs 1 + 1 is a Duet Album by Herbie Hancock ( Piano) and Wayne Shorter ( Soprano saxophone) Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the Gershwin's World is the forty-second Album by Herbie Hancock. Funk (2001) - Columbia
  47. Future2Future (2001) – Transparent
  48. Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall (2002) – Verve
  49. Possibilities (2005) – Concord/Hear Music
  50. The Essential Herbie Hancock (2006) – Columbia/Sony BMG
  51. River: The Joni Letters (2007) – Verve

There are also these albums: Cantaloupe Island (CDP724382933120), Jazz To Funk (AI432) & Piano Genius (QED076)

As a sideman

To Miles Davis:

To Donald Byrd:

To Bobby Hutcherson:

To Jackie McLean:

To Freddie Hubbard:

To Sam Rivers:

To Grant Green:

To Lee Morgan:

To Kenny Dorham:

To Joe Henderson:

To Joni Mitchell:

To Hank Mobley:

To Milt Jackson:

To Wayne Shorter:

To Grachan Moncur III:

To Tony Williams:

To Ron Carter:

To Terry Plumeri

To/With Quincy Jones:

To/With Quincy Jones and Lesley Gore:

To Stevie Wonder:

To Jaco Pastorius:

To Jack DeJohnette:

To Miroslav Vitous:

To/With Simple Minds:

To/With Marcus Miller:

To/With Lionel Loueke:

Awards

Academy Awards

Grammy Awards

  1. 1983, Best R&B Instrumental Performance, for Rockit
  2. 1984, Best R&B Instrumental Performance, for Sound-System
  3. 1987, Best Instrumental Composition, for Call Sheet Blues
  4. 1994, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group, for A Tribute to Miles
  5. 1996, Best Instrumental Composition, for Manhattan (Island Of Lights And Love)
  6. 1998, Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s), for St. Quincy Delight Jones Jr (born March 14, 1933) also known as Q, is an American Music Impresario, conductor Lesley Gore (born May 2, 1946 as Lesley Sue Goldstein) is an American Singer-songwriter of the " Girl group era" Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an Songs in the Key of Life is an album by Stevie Wonder, released on Motown on September 28, 1976 (see 1976 in music John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III (December 1 1951–September 21 1987 was a American Jazz Musician and Composer widely This self-titled Album was Pastorius ' solo debut and was originally released in 1976 Jack DeJohnette (born 9 August 1942) is an American Jazz Drummer, pianist, and composer Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954 in Lee's Summit Missouri) is an American Jazz Guitarist and Composer Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a British Jazz Bassist and Composer who is a significant representative Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš, born 6 December 1947) is a Czech Jazz bassist who was born in Prague. Simple Minds are a rock band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s Marcus Miller (born June 14, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Grammy Award-winning Jazz musician composer producer and multi-instrumentalist M² is a 2001 album by Marcus Miller, and the winner of the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Guitarist Lionel Loueke was born in the west African country of Benin. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1970 to 1990 and in 1993 " Rockit " is a hit Song recorded by Herbie Hancock. It was released as a single from his 1983 album Future Shock Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Sound-System is the thirty-sixth Album by Herbie Hancock and the second of three albums with the Rockit Band Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition has been awarded since 1960 Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album has been presented since 1992 A Tribute to Miles is a tribute album by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Louis Blues
  7. 1998, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group, for Gershwin's World
  8. 2002, Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group, for Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
  9. 2002, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, for My Ship
  10. 2004, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, for Speak Like a Child
  11. 2008, Best Contemporary Jazz Album, for River: The Joni Letters
  12. 2008, Album of the Year, for River: The Joni Letters

Playboy Music Poll

Keyboard Magazine's Readers Poll

Other notable awards

References

  1. ^ a b c Dobbins, Bill and Kernfeld, Barry. The NEA or National Endowment for the Arts, every year honors up to seven Jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards "Herbie Hancock", Grove Music Online, ed. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an Encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians L. Macy (accessed 19 February 2007), grovemusic.com (subscription access). Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  2. ^ Julie Coryell & Laura Friedman "Jazz-Rock Fusion. The People, The Music", A Delta Special 1978, ISBN 0-440-04187-2, page 161-162".
  3. ^ The tune Dr Honoris Causa written by Joe Zawinul and performed by Cannonball Adderley's quintet is an ironic celebration of the honorary degree. Josef Erich Zawinul ( July 7 1932 &ndash September 11 2007) was a Jazz keyboardist and Composer. Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley ( September 15 1928 – August 8 1975) was a Jazz alto saxophonist of
  4. ^ Andre Mayer (June 18, 2007). Key figure: An interview with jazz legend Herbie Hancock. Retrieved on 2007-09-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul
  5. ^ JoniMitchell.com
  6. ^ Hancock named Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year — The Harvard University Gazette

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