Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock (født 12. april 1940 i New York) er en amerikansk jazz-, funk- og popmusiker. Han er kendt i experimentaljazzen, samt i relation til producer-virksomhed.
Spillet jazz sammen med Miles Davis i 60erne. Da Miles Davis i slut 60erne ønskede en mere elektrisk lyd. Blev Herbie presenters for det elektriske Fender Rhodes. En elektrisk lyd Hancock forsatte med i sit jazz/funk band Headhunters
Egen gruppe Headhunters fra 1973, hvor han spillet keyboards som Fender Rhodes, Hohner D6 Clavinet, Mini Moog og ARP synthesizer. Samme år solgte han guld for første gang. Funknummeret Chameleon blev et stort hit i 1973.
Op gennem 70erne blev Hancocks plader mere og mere poppet, dog arbejdede han som sidemand i andre jazz sammenhæng. bla i VSOP: The Quintet hvor Hancock spillet jazz sammen med Tony Williams (drums), Freddie Hubbart (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (Sax) og Ron Carter (bass).
I 80'erne crossover til hiphop. Fra Future Shock pladen (1983) blev "Rockit" et kæmpe hit på verdensplan, bl.a. takket være en prisvindene og nyskabene musikvideo af Godley & Creme, med nogle robotdukker, som bevæger sig efter rytmerne.
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Solo Plader
Takin' Off (1962) – Blue Note
My Point of View (1963) – Blue Note
Inventions and Dimensions (1963) – Blue Note
Empyrean Isles (1964) – Blue Note
Maiden Voyage (1965) – Blue Note
Blow-Up (Soundtrack) (1966) – MGM
Speak Like a Child (1968) – Blue Note
The Prisoner (1969) – Blue Note
Fat Albert Rotunda (1969) – Warner Bros.
Mwandishi (1970) – Warner Bros.
Crossings (1972) – Warner Bros.
Sextant (1973) – Columbia
Head Hunters (1973) – Columbia
The Spook Who Sat By The Door (Soundtrack) (1973)
Thrust (1974) – Columbia
Death Wish (Soundtrack) (1974) – Columbia
Dedication (1974) – Columbia
Man-Child (1975) – Columbia
Flood (1975) – Columbia – live album only released in Japan
Secrets (1976) – Columbia
VSOP (1976) – Columbia
VSOP: The Quintet (1977) – Columbia
VSOP: Tempest at the Colosseum (1977) – Columbia
Sunlight (1978) – Columbia
Direct Step (1978) – Columbia
An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978) – Columbia
The Piano (1979) – Columbia
Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (1979) – Columbia
VSOP: Live Under the Sky (1979) – Columbia
Monster (1980) – Columbia
Mr. Hands (1980) – Columbia
Herbie Hancock Trio (1981) – Columbia
Magic Windows (1981) – Columbia
Lite Me Up (1982) – Columbia
Quartet (1982) – Columbia
Future Shock (1983) – Columbia
Sound-System (1984) – Columbia
Village Life (1985) - Columbia (with Foday Musa Suso)
Round Midnight (Soundtrack) (1986) – Columbia
Perfect Machine (1988) – Columbia
A Tribute to Miles (1994) – Qwest/Warner Bros. (with Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams)
Dis Is Da Drum (1994) – Verve/Mercury
The New Standard (1995) – Verve
1 + 1 (1997) – Verve (with Wayne Shorter)
Gershwin's World (1998) – Verve
Future2Future (2001) – Transparent
Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall (2002) – Verve
Possibilities (2005) – Concord/Hear Music
The Essential Herbie Hancock (2006) – Columbia/Sony BMG
River: The Joni Letters (2007) – Verve
There are also these albums: Cantaloupe Island (CDP724382933120), Jazz To Funk (AI432) & Piano Genius (QED076)
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Seven Steps to Heaven (1963) – Columbia (on portions of album)
E.S.P. (1965) – Columbia
Miles Smiles (1966) – Columbia
Sorcerer (1967) – Columbia
Nefertiti (1967) – Columbia
Miles in the Sky (1968) – Columbia
Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968) – Columbia
In a Silent Way (1969) – Columbia
A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1970) – Columbia
On the Corner (1972) – Columbia
Big Fun (album) (1974) - Columbia (on portions of album)
Get Up with It (1974) - Columbia (on portions of album)
Water Babies (1976) (recorded in 1968) - Columbia To Joe Henderson:
Power to the People (Milestone 1969) To Milt Jackson:
Sunflower (1972) – CTI/Columbia To Wayne Shorter:
Speak No Evil (1964) - Blue Note Native Dancer (1974) – Columbia To Tony Williams:
The Joy of Flying (1979) – Columbia To Ron Carter:
Third Plane (1996) – Columbia To Terry Plumeri
He Who Lives In Many Places (1971) – (original- Airborne) (re-released in 2007- GMMC) To/With Quincy Jones:
Sounds...and Stuff Like That (1978) – A&M To/With Quincy Jones and Lesley Gore:
Love Me By Name (1975) - A&M To Stevie Wonder:
Songs in the Key of Life (1976) - Motown To Jaco Pastorius:
Jaco Pastorius (1976) - Epic/Legacy (Sony Music) To Jack DeJohnette:
Parallel Realities (1990, with Pat Metheny and Dave Holland) - MCA To Miroslav Vitous:
Magical Shepherd (1976) - Warner To/With Simple Minds:
Synthesizer solo on 'New Gold Dream', track: 'Hunter And The Hunted To/With Marcus Miller:
M² (2001), plays piano on two tracks (including a solo on Goodbye Pork Pie Hat) To/With Lionel Loueke:
Virgin Forest (2006) - ObliqSound - Improvisational duets with [Lionel Loueke] on two tracks: Le Réveil des Agneaux (The Awakening of the Lambs) and La poursuite du Lion (The Lion's Pursuit)
