Herbie Hancock

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (bɛ dɔɣi o la Anashaara goli April 12, 1940) ka o nyɛ America "jazz" yiliyiina, ni ŋun niŋdi binkumda niŋdi yila ni. Hancock pilila o tuma ni Donald Byrd kalamboo pɛbbu laɣingu.

Discography


Studio albums

 Takin' Off (1962)
 My Point of View (1963)
 Inventions & Dimensions (1964)
 Empyrean Isles (1964)
 Maiden Voyage (1965)
 Speak Like a Child (1968)
 The Prisoner (1969)
 Fat Albert Rotunda (1969)
 Mwandishi (1971)
 Crossings (1972)
 Sextant (1973)
 Head Hunters (1973)
 Dedication (1974)
 Thrust (1974)
 Man-Child (1975)
 Secrets (1976)
 Third Plane (1977)
 Herbie Hancock Trio (1977)
 Sunlight (1978)
 Directstep (1979)
 The Piano (1979)
 Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (1979)
 Monster (1980)
 Mr. Hands (1980)
 Magic Windows (1981)
 Herbie Hancock Trio (1982)
 Quartet (1982)
 Lite Me Up (1982)
 Future Shock (1983)
 Sound-System (1984)
 Village Life (1985)
 Perfect Machine (1988)
 A Tribute to Miles (1994)
 Dis Is da Drum (1994)
 The New Standard (1996)
 1+1 (1997)
 Gershwin's World (1998)
 Future 2 Future (2001)
 Possibilities (2005)
 River: The Joni Letters (2007)
 The Imagine Project  (2010)

 Filmography 
 Year Title Role Notes1981Concrete CowboysGideonEpisode: "The Wind Bags"1985The New Mike HammerHimselfEpisode: "Firestorm"1986Round MidnightEddie WayneAlso producer of the original motion pictures soundtrack1988Branford Marsalis SteepHimself1993Indecent ProposalHimself1995Invisible UniversePoetry reader (voice)Video game2002Hitters District Attorney2014Girl Meets WorldCatfish Willie SlimEpisode: "Girl Meets Brother"2015Miles AheadHimself2016River of GoldNarratorDocumentary2017Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsDefense Minister

 Concert films 
 2000: DeJohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny – Live in Concert
 2002: Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane! with Ron Carter and Billy Cobham
 2002: The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock (BET on Jazz) with Cyro Baptista, Terri Lynne Carrington, Ira Coleman, Eli Degibri and Eddie Henderson (recorded in 2000)
 2004: Herbie Hancock – Future2Future Live
 2005: Herbie Hancock's Headhunters Watermelon Man (Live in Japan)
 2006: Herbie Hancock – Possibilities with John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Joss Stone, and more

 Bukunima 
 Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (2014) 
 Reaching Beyond: Improvisations on Jazz, Buddhism, and a Joyful Life (2017) 

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 Academy Awards 
 1986, Best Original Score, for Round Midnight

 Grammy Awards 
 1984: Best R&B Instrumental Performance, for Rockit
 1985: Best R&B Instrumental Performance, for Sound-System
 1988: Best Instrumental Composition, for Call Sheet Blues
 1995: Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group, for A Tribute to Miles
 1997: Best Instrumental Composition, for Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love)
 1999: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s), for St. Louis Blues
 1999: Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group, for Gershwin's World
 2003: Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group, for Directions in Music at Massey Hall
 2003: Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, for My Ship
 2005: Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, for Speak Like a Child
 2008: Album of the Year, for River: The Joni Letters
 2008: Best Contemporary Jazz Album, for River: The Joni Letters
 2011: Best Improvised Jazz Solo, for A Change Is Gonna Come
 2011: Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, for Imagine

 Pina din pahi 
 Keyboard Readers' Poll: Best Jazz Pianist (1987, 1988); Keyboardist (1983, 1987)
 Playboy Music Poll: Best Jazz Group (1985), Best Jazz Album Rockit (1985), Best Jazz Keyboards (1985, 1986), Best R&B Instrumentalist (1987), Best Jazz Instrumentalist (1988)
 MTV Awards (5), Best Concept Video, "Rockit", 1983–'84
 Gold Note Jazz Awards – New York Chapter of the National Black MBA Association, 1985
 French Award Officer of the Order of Arts & Letters, 1985
 BMI Film Music Award, Round Midnight, 1986
 Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music, 1986 
 U.S. Radio Award, Best Original Music Scoring – Thom McAnn Shoes, 1986
 Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Best Score – Round Midnight, 1986
 BMI Film Music Award, Colors, 1989
 Miles Davis Award, Montreal International Jazz Festival, 1997
 Soul Train Music Award, Best Jazz Album – The New Standard, 1997
 VH1's 100 Greatest Videos, "Rockit" is 10th Greatest Video, 2001
 NEA Jazz Masters Award, 2004
 Downbeat Readers' Poll Hall of Fame, 2005"Hancock named Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year", Harvard University Gazette, February 27, 2008 
 Kennedy Center Honors, 2013
 Benjamin Franklin Medal (Royal Society of Arts), 2018

Memberships
 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013
 Foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

Kundivihira

External links

Herbie Hancock interview about music and technology at AppleMatters
Herbie Hancock Outside The Comfort Zone interview at JamBase
Hancock Article by C.J Shearn on the New York Jazz Workshop blog, November 2014
Herbie Hancock Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection (2006)
Herbie Hancock on YouTube


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