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Birth Name: Herbert Jeffrey Hancock

Age: 84, born 12 April 1940

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 5' 7"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Gigi Hancock

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The 80's in 100 music videos (100 items)
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Music...Jazz Artist (97 items)
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Celebrity Buddhists (34 items)
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500 favorite songs of the 60's - UPDATED (227 items)
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Published 11 years, 1 month ago

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Most consistent artists (60 items)
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Published 11 years ago

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Herbie Hancock - Rockit

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Herbie Hancock - Stars In Your Eyes (12" Mix) (Slayd5000)

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Herbie Hancock - Jazz Fusion Cantelope Island

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Description: Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Shortly thereafter he 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, utilizing 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. Hancock's best-known compositions include "Cantaloupe ... (more)

Tags: Jazz (4), Born 1940 (3), American (3), Piano (2), Composer (2), Pianist (2), Musician (2), Bandleader (2), Still Living (1), Jazz-funk (1), Jazz Fusion (1), Keyboardist (1), Synthesizer (1), Post Bop (1), Headhunters (1), Electro Funk (1), 07 (1), Clavinet (1), Keytar (1), Vocoder (1)

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Celebrity Buddhists (34 person items)

""Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different." Famed Jazz musician and composer Herbie Hancock began practicing Nichiren Buddhism in 1972. In an interview on Beliefnet, Hancock describes the way Buddhism has enhanced his creative process: "... jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit. Because in jazz we share, we listen to each other, we respect each other, we are cre"

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Black American Firsts in Film and Theatre (70 person items)

" The first black winner for best original score, Herbie Hancock, won for his work on 'Round Midnight. He beat the scores for Aliens (James Horner), Hoosiers (Jerry Goldsmith), The Mission (Ennio Morricone) and Leonard Rosenman (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home). Accepting the award from Bette Midler, Hancock indicated that perhaps preparing a speech ahead of time, as he was asked to do, but hadn't done before, was good luck. And he paid tribute to the jazz greats that paved the w"

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