Herbie Hancock

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Hancock is one of jazz music's most important and influential pianists and composers. He embraced elements of rock, funk, and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz. As part of Miles Davis' "second great quintet" Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, and was later one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and Jazz funk.

Influenced by: Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson

Active:

1960s-present

Scene:

Chicago/New York jazz

• Daryl DavisSun, Oct 18
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• Rugan LewisMon, Jul 13
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• Myles SmithThu, Sep 10
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• Jeff BabkoSat, Sep 19
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• Wayne HancockThu, Jul 16
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• ChicagoMon, Jul 20
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• Washingtonian's Best of WashingtonThu, Jul 23
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• Herb AlpertTue, Jul 28
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