Herbie Hancock

About

American jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer, band leader (born April 12, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, USA). Hancock is one of the best-known modern jazz composers, creator of “Watermelon Man” (which has been a reference point throughout his career), “Maiden Voyage”, “Dolphin Dance”, right through to the dance grooves of “[r=3173760]”. Learned the piano from the age of 6, performing piano concertos by [a95546] with the [a837562] aged 11. He came to wider attention via his work with trumpeter [a2