First Name |
Herbie
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Last Name |
Hancock
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Full Name at Birth |
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
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Birthday |
12th April, 1940
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Birthplace |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Build |
Average
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Hair Color |
Black
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Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Religion |
Buddhist
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Ethnicity |
Black
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Nationality |
American
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Occupation Text |
Musician, composer, bandleader
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Occupation |
Pianist
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Music Genre (Text) |
Jazz, Bebop, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Funk, R&B, Electro, Classical, Fusion
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Music Genre |
Jazz, Piano
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Year(s) Active |
1961–present
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Music Style |
Funk, Jazz-Funk, Fusion, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Electro, Electronic, R&B, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
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Music Mood |
Elegant, Sophisticated, Cerebral, Stylish, Amiable/Good-Natured, Poignant, Refined/Mannered, Rousing, Freewheeling, Complex, Searching, Sprawling, Spacey, Wry, Earnest, Literate, Exuberant, Quirky, Witty, Playful, Passionate
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Instrument |
Synthesizer, Piano, Composer, Keyboards, Leader, Piano (Electric), Clavinet, Guitar (Synthesizer), Fender Rhodes
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Instrument (text) |
Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizers, Organ, Clavinet, Keytar, Vocoder, Fairlight CMI, Workstation Synthesizers, Keyboards
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Record Label |
Columbia, Blue Note, Warner Bros., Verve
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Associated Acts |
Miles Davis Quintet, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, The Headhunters, V.S.O.P., Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell, Clark Terry, Howard Jones
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Official Websites |
http://www.herbiehancock.com/, http://herbiehancock.com
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Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) 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.