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Herbie Hancock (Pianist) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer, and actor. Hancock started his career with Donald Byrd. He shortly thereafter 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. Hancock's best-known compositions include the jazz standards "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man", "Maiden Voyage", and "Chameleon", as well as the hit 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 to win the award, after Getz/Gilberto in 1965. Since 2012, Hancock has served as a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he teaches at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He is also the chairman of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.
Birth nameHerbert Jeffrey Hancock
BornApril 12, 1940, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresJazz, post-bop, modal jazz, fusion, jazz-funk, electro, classical
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter, composer, DJ, bandleader, record producer, arranger, actor
InstrumentsKeyboards, piano
Years active1961–present
LabelsColumbia, Blue Note, Warner Bros, Verve
Associated actsClark Terry, Miles Davis Quintet, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, the Headhunters, V.S.O.P, Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell, Howard Jones

About Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock

Pianist Herbie Hancock was born on April 12, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States (He's 83 years old now).

Jazz musician whose stint with Trumpet Player Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet revolutionized the way the rhythm section was perceived. He grew up in the post-bop era.

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Herbie Hancock before becoming famous

Herbie Hancock was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1940 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dragon (龍).

He was a prodigy as a child, performing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 5 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of eleven.

Achievement of Herbie Hancock

His solo pieces Cantaloupe Island and Watermelon Man garnered him much acclaim, and his 1964 album Empyrean Isles and his 1965 album Maiden Voyage were held to be among the 1960s' most influential jazz LPs.

Herbie Hancock's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock

On August 31, 1968, he married Gudrun Mexines, with whom he had one kid.

Herbie Hancock on Social Media

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Herbie Hancock Collabed with

At a Grammy Awards ceremony in the 1980s, he, R&B Singer Stevie Wonder, Pop Singer Howard Jones, and Pop Singer Thomas Dolby all played a synthesizer session.

Herbie Hancock Income & Net worth

Herbie Hancock's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a pianist. Information about his net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Herbie Hancock.

Herbie Hancock Height and Weight

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Latest information about Herbie Hancock updated on March 16 2023.