This man collaborated with Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso on Jazz Africa.
This man collaborated with Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso on Jazz Africa. He briefly took theSwahili name "Mwandishi," which sometimes refers to a set of three albums that also includes Crossingsand Sextant. This man's quintet V.S.O.P. reunited him with Ron Carter, Tony Williams, and WayneShorter, with Freddie Hubbard filling in for a by-then deceased Miles Davis. He won an Academy Awardfor his score to 'Round Midnight and also wrote the score for Blow-Up. His solo debut album, Takin' Off,features the song "Watermelon Man." For 10 points, name this keyboard player equally adept at post-bopand jazz fusion styles, whose funk-inspired 1973 album Headhunters became the best-selling jazz album ofall time.
This man collaborated with Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso on Jazz Africa.
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock [or Herbie Hancock]