Herbie Hancock
Piano, Electric Piano
84 age
April 12, 1940 Birthday
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Birthplace
www.herbiehancock.com Website
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Herbie Hancock is a prolific pianist, bandleader and composer. With over 40 studio albums and 14 Grammy Awards spanning the genres of jazz, funk, fusion and film soundtracks it is hard to find a more influential artist. Hancock began his career in the 1960s with Miles Davis, spending 5 years as part of Davis' quintet. In the 1970s Hancock embraced electronic music resulting in the cross-over hit album "Head Hunters" and he experimented throughout the 1980s with fusion sounds. But he never abandoned traditional jazz and continued to perform with jazz groups such as V.S.O.P. In 2008 Hancock won a Grammy for his album "River: The Joni Letters", a jazz treatment of Joni Mitchell songs. He also composed for film, writing scores/soundtracks for 4 films and winning a grammy for the "Round Midnight" score. Currently in his 80's, Hancock continues to perform regularly.
Trivia
Hancock's 1973 album "Head Hunters" was the first jazz album to go platinum. The video for Hancock's 1983 R&B song "Rockit" won 5 MTV awards. Hancock helped to establish the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA and in 2019 it was renamed the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance.
Early Life
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock was born in Chicago in 1940. He began playing classical piano at age 7 and was soon identified as a child prodigy. When he was 11, Hancock played the first movement of a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Hancock majored in Electrical Engineering and Music at Grinnell College in Iowa. After graduation he joined Donald Byrd's group and moved to New York City in 1961. Hancock recorded his first solo album with Blue Note that year which got the attention of Miles Davis. Davis asked Hancock to join his quintet in 1963.
Herbie Hancock Solos
1971
Electric Piano solo - Lonely Town - 1971
4/4 swing in F major at 131 BPM
1970
Electric Piano solo - Straight Life - 1970
4/4 funk in F major at 103 BPM
Electric Piano solo - Mr. Clean - 1970
4/4 funk in F minor at 172 BPM
Electric Piano solo - Red Clay - 1970
4/4 funk in D♭ minor at 140 BPM
Electric Piano solo - Delphia - 1970
3/4 waltz in F major at 173 BPM
Electric Piano solo - Suite Sioux - 1970
4/4 swing in D minor at 160 BPM
Electric Piano solo - The Intrepid Fox - 1970
4/4 swing in C minor at 287 BPM
Electric Piano solo - Cold Turkey - 1970
4/4 rock in A minor at 126 BPM
1966
Piano solo - Adam's Apple - 1966
4/4 boogaloo in A♭ major at 175 BPM
Piano solo - 502 Blues (Drinkin' and Drivin') - 1966
3/4 waltz in A minor at 124 BPM
Piano solo - El Gaucho - 1966
4/4 latin in F major at 187 BPM
Piano solo - Footprints - 1966
3/4 waltz in C minor at 137 BPM
Piano solo - Teru - 1966
4/4 ballad in F major at 54 BPM
Piano solo - Chief Crazy Horse - 1966
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 138 BPM
Piano solo - The Collector - 1966
4/4 swing in E minor at 271 BPM
1965
Piano solo - Maiden Voyage - 1965
4/4 straight in D major at 125 BPM
Piano solo - The Eye of the Hurricane - 1965
4/4 swing in F minor at 264 BPM
Piano solo - Little One - 1965
3/4 waltz in F major at 124 BPM
Piano solo - Survival of the Fittest - 1965
4/4 swing in D minor at 284 BPM
Piano solo - Dolphin Dance - 1965
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 122 BPM
1964
Piano solo - One Finger Snap - 1964
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 272 BPM
Piano solo - Oliloqui Valley - 1964
4/4 swing in A major at 182 BPM
Piano solo - Cantaloupe Island - 1964
4/4 funk in F minor at 117 BPM
Piano solo - The Egg - 1964
E minor
Piano solo - One Finger Snap - 1964
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 253 BPM
Piano solo - One Finger Snap - 1964
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 272 BPM
Piano solo - Oliloqui Valley - 1964
4/4 swing in A major at 198 BPM
Piano solo - Witch Hunt - 1964
4/4 swing in C minor at 139 BPM
Piano solo - Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum - 1964
4/4 swing in C major at 105 BPM
Piano solo - Dance Cadaverous - 1964
3/4 waltz in B major at 120 BPM
Piano solo - Speak No Evil - 1964
4/4 swing in C minor at 143 BPM
Piano solo - Infant Eyes - 1964
4/4 ballad in B♭ major at 51 BPM
Piano solo - Wild Flower - 1964
3/4 waltz in B♭ major at 167 BPM
Piano solo - Dance Cadaverous - 1964
3/4 waltz in B major at 125 BPM
1962
Piano solo - Watermelon Man - 1962
4/4 straight in F major at 130 BPM
Piano solo - Three Bags Full - 1962
3/4 waltz in D minor at 167 BPM
Piano solo - Empty Pockets - 1962
4/4 swing in F major at 132 BPM
Piano solo - The Maze - 1962
4/4 swing in E minor at 177 BPM
Piano solo - Driftin' - 1962
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 119 BPM
Piano solo - Alone and I - 1962
4/4 ballad in A major at 52 BPM
Piano solo - Watermelon Man - 1962
4/4 straight in F major at 128 BPM
Piano solo - Three Bags Full - 1962
3/4 waltz in D minor at 166 BPM
Piano solo - Empty Pockets - 1962
4/4 swing in F major at 126 BPM