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Herbie Hancock
Born: Apr 12, 1940 in Chicago, IL
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Classic/Old School Hip-Hop, Funk, Pop, Soul and R&B, Dance, Electronica, Avante-Garde, Electro, Crossover Jazz, Fusion/Jazz Rock, Hard Bop, Jazz-Funk
Biography: Herbie Hancock will always be one of the most revered and controversial figures in jazz -- just as his employer/mentor Miles Davis was when he was alive. Unlike Miles, who pressed ahead relentlessly and never looked back until near the very end, Hancock has cut a zigzagging forward path, shuttling between ...Read full biography
Maiden Voyage
Released: 1965
Label: JCT
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Less overtly adventurous than its predecessor, Empyrean Isles, Maiden Voyage nevertheless finds Herbie Hancock at a creative peak. In fact, it's arguably his finest record of the '60s, reaching a perfect ...Read full review
Head Hunters
Released: 1973
Label: COLUMBIA/LEGACY
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Head Hunters was a pivotal point in Herbie Hancock's career, bringing him into the vanguard of jazz fusion. Hancock had pushed avant-garde boundaries on his own albums and with Miles Davis, but he had ...Read full review
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