
Artist
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock is a jazz artist from Chicago, Illinois, USA. 70 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Best jazz albums
- 70
- Releases
- 1962–2019
- Active years

Artist
Herbie Hancock is a jazz artist from Chicago, Illinois, USA. 70 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Best jazz albums

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Head Hunters
1973

Maiden Voyage
1965

Empyrean Isles
1964

Future Shock
1983

Man-Child
1975

Thrust
1974

Secrets
1976

River: The Joni Letters
2007

Gershwin's World
1998

Mr. Hands
1980

Takin' Off
1962

The Essential Herbie Hancock
2006

Sunlight
1978

Sextant
1973

Fat Albert Rotunda
1969

Speak Like a Child
1968

The New Standard
1996

The Piano
1979

Monster
1980

The Imagine Project
2010

Crossings
1971

Mwandishi
1970

Feets Don't Fail Me Now
1979

My Point of View
1963

Lite Me Up
1982

Dedication
1974

Quartet
1982

Magic Windows
1981

The Prisoner
1969

Perfect Machine
1988

Sound-System
1984

Directstep
1979

An Evening with Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock
1979

Dis Is da Drum
1994

The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions
2019

Sleeping Giant
2018

Blow-Up (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2017
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The Warner Bros. Years [1969-1972]
2014

An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea In Concert (Live)
2013

Les Incontournables du jazz : Herbie Hancock
2008

Death Wish: Original Soundtrack Album
2008

V.S.O.P. (Live)
2008

Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter & Tony Williams
2008

Village Life
2008

Flood (Live in Tokyo - 1975)
2008

'Round Midnight - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2008

Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings
2008

Then And Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock
2008

Directions in Music: Live At Massey Hall
2007

Inventions And Dimensions (Expanded Edition)
2005

Possibilities
2005

Solos And Duets
2005

The Best Of Herbie Hancock
2003

Future 2 Future
2001

The Essence
2001

Voyager
1999

1+1
1997

Cantaloupe Island
1994

Herbie Hancock Trio
1982

CoreaHancock: An Evening With Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock (Live)
1979

Third Plane
1978

Flood
1975

Kawaida
1975

Blow-Up
1966

Inventions & Dimensions
1963
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Grammy Awards
×5
MTV Video Music Awards
×2
Grammy Hall of Fame
×2
Soul Train Music Awards
×1
Hollywood Walk of Fame
×1
NEA Jazz Masters
×1
Academy Award for Best Original Score
×1
Polar Music Prize
×1
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
×1
Kennedy Center Honors
×1
Library of Congress Living Legend
×1
César Award for Best Music Written for a Film
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Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, Hancock helped to 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 music synthesizers and funk music (characterized by syncopated drum beats). 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 wi…