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Herbie Hancock
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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…
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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 Santamaría), "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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Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Tuner
Movie Herbie Hancock
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2025
Herbie
Movie Self (Archives)
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2024
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Movie Self
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2024
Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
Movie Self
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2023
They All Came Out to Montreux
Movie Self
- 2023
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2022
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
Movie Self
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2022
Herbie Hancock - Live at SummerStage 2022
Movie Self
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2022
Hargrove
Movie Self
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2022
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Movie Self
- 2020
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2019
That Click
Movie Self
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2019
Buster Williams Bass to Infinity
Movie Himself
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2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Movie Self - Musician
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2019
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Movie Self
- 2019
More credits
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2018
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Movie Self
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2018
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Movie Self
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2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Movie Defence Minister
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2017
Chick Corea: The Musician
Movie Self
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2016
More Than Jazz
Movie Himself
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2016
Jazz at the White House
Movie Self
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2016
River of Gold
Movie Narrator
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2016
Miles Ahead
Movie Live Concert Band
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2015
Kareem: Minority of One
Movie Self
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2015
Jay Leno's Garage
TV show Self
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2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV show Self
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2015
Marcus
Movie Self
- 2014
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2014
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
Movie Piano
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2014
Girl Meets World
TV show Self
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2014
Keep on Keepin' On
Movie Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2013
Experience Montreux
Movie Self
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2012
Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock - Live in Berlin
Movie Himself
- 2011
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2011
The Girls in the Band
Movie
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2011
A Man's Story
Movie Self
- 2011
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2011
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
Movie Piano
