Herbert Jeffrey Hancock

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Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative contributions to post-bop, jazz fusion, and electronic music.

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instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ
birthName Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-04-12 ⓘ
familyName Hancock ⓘ
genre electronic music ⓘ
funk ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
givenName Herbert ⓘ
instrument keyboards ⓘ
piano ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
memberOf Miles Davis Quintet ⓘ
movement jazz fusion ⓘ
jazz-funk ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
notableFor innovative jazz fusion compositions ⓘ
integrating funk and rock elements into jazz ⓘ
pioneering use of synthesizers in jazz ⓘ
notableWork Cantaloupe Island ⓘ
Chameleon ⓘ
Empyrean Isles ⓘ
Head Hunters ⓘ
Maiden Voyage ⓘ
River: The Joni Letters ⓘ
Rockit ⓘ
Round Midnight (film score) ⓘ
Speak Like a Child ⓘ
Watermelon Man ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
jazz pianist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
residence Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles
usedInstrument ARP synthesizer ⓘ
Clavinet ⓘ
Fender Rhodes electric piano ⓘ

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subject linked to: Herbert Jeffrey Hancock