American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940) · US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer
| Description | American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940) Source: Wikidata |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940-04-12 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Birthplace | Chicago Chicago Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Area | United States Source: MusicBrainz |
| Country | US Source: MusicBrainz |
| Citizenship | United States Source: Wikidata |
| Occupation | conductor singer-songwriter film score composer pianist keyboardist bandleader actor jazz musician musician composer music arranger Source: Wikidata |
| Instruments | electronic keyboard synthesizer keytar musical keyboard electric piano ARP Chroma piano flute Source: Wikidata |
| Genres | jazz-funk jazz fusion electro modal jazz hard bop bebop post-bop jazz classical music funk pop rock rhythm and blues Source: Wikidata |
| Record labels | Blue Note PolyGram Warner Records Inc. Verve Records Mercury Records Columbia Records Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. Source: Wikidata |
| Member of | Miles Davis Quintet The Headhunters The Herbie Hancock Quintet The Herbie Hancock Trio V.S.O.P. Artists United for Nature The Herbie Hancock Sextet Future 2 Future The Herbie Hancock Quartet Bahia Black Various Artists for Children’s Promise Orquestra Was The All Star Jazz Reunion VSOP II Artists United Against Apartheid The Miles Davis Quintet The Hank Mobley Quintet Giants (3) The V.S.O.P. Quintet Sonny Rollins & Co. Eric Dolphy Quintet Collins-Shepley Galaxy Herbie Hancock Trio The Herbie Hancock Group Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet Joe Henderson Quartet The Rockit Band Charles Tolliver And His All Stars Herbie Hancock Quartet Buster Williams Quartet Various Artists For Children's Promise Herbie Hancock Bobby Hutcherson Quartet Herbie Hancock's Super Quartet Herbie Hancock Special Quartet American Academy of Arts and Sciences Source: Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Awards | MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video MTV Video Music Award for Best Concept Video Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals César Award for Best Music Written for a Film MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Library of Congress Living Legend Kennedy Center Honors Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance Grammy Hall of Fame MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects Academy Award for Best Original Score NEA Jazz Masters Polar Music Prize Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album Grammy Award for Album of the Year star on Hollywood Walk of Fame MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing Source: Wikidata |
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