‘Gershwin’s World’ won three Grammys in 1999, including Best Traditional Jazz Album and Best R&B Vocal Performance for Stevie Wonder’s “St. That year also marked the recording and release of ‘Gershwin’s World’, which included collaborators Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Kathleen Battle, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Wayne Shorter and Chick Corea. The legendary Headhunters reunited in 1998, recording an album for Herbie’s own Verve-distributed imprint, and touring with the Dave Matthews Band. In 1997, an album of duets with Wayne Shorter, ‘1+1’, was released. Numerous television appearances over the years led to two hosting assignments in the 1980s: “Rock School” on PBS and Showtime’s “Coast To Coast”.Īfter an adventurous 1994 project for Mercury Records, ‘Dis Is Da Drum’, he moved to the Verve label, forming an all-star band to record 1996’s Grammy-winning ‘The New Standard’. Herbie won an Oscar in 1986 for scoring the film “‘Round Midnight”, in which he also appeared as an actor. ‘Sound System’, the follow-up, also received a Grammy in the R&B instrumental category. The video of the track won five MTV awards. The first, ‘Future Shock’, again struck platinum, and the single “Rockit” rocked the dance and R&B charts, winning a Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental.
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In 1983, a new pull to the alternative side led Herbie to a series of collaborations with Bill Laswell. In 1980, Herbie introduced the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis to the world as a solo artist, producing his debut album and touring with him as well. Herbie also stayed close to his love of acoustic jazz in the ’70s, recording and performing with VSOP (reuniting him with his Miles Davis colleagues), and in duet settings with Chick Corea and Oscar Peterson. His ’70s output inspired and provided samples for generations of hip-hop and dance music artists. In total, Herbie had 11 albums in the pop charts during the 1970s. By mid-decade, Herbie was playing for stadium-sized crowds all over the world and had no fewer than four albums in the pop charts at once. He composed the score to Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film ‘Blow Up’, which led to a successful career in feature film and television music.Īfter leaving Davis, Herbie put together a new band called The Headhunters and, in 1973, recorded ‘Head Hunters.’ With its crossover hit single “Chameleon,” it became the first jazz album to go platinum. Herbie’s own solo career blossomed on Blue Note, with classic albums including ‘Maiden Voyage’, ‘Empyrean Isles’, and ‘Speak Like a Child’. Later on, Herbie appeared on Davis’ groundbreaking ‘In a Silent Way.’ During his five years with Davis, Herbie and his colleagues Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums) recorded many classics, including ‘ESP’, ‘Nefertiti’ and ‘Sorcerer’. In 1963, Miles Davis invited Herbie to join the Miles Davis Quintet.
His 1963 debut album, ‘Takin’ Off’, was an immediate success, producing the hit “Watermelon Man.” After two years of session work with Byrd as well as Phil Woods and Oliver Nelson, he signed with Blue Note as a solo artist. In 1960, Herbie was discovered by trumpeter Donald Byrd. He also developed a passion for electronics and science, and double-majored in music and electrical engineering at Grinnell College. He began playing jazz in high school, initially influenced by Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans. As the immortal Miles Davis said in his autobiography, “Herbie was the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven’t heard anybody yet who has come after him.”īorn in Chicago in 1940, Herbie was a child piano prodigy who performed a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age 11. There are few artists in the music industry who have had more influence on acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B than Herbie Hancock. With an illustrious career spanning five decades and 14 Grammy® Awards, including Album of the Year for River: The Joni Letters, he continues to amaze audiences across the globe. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while maintaining his unmistakable voice. Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. You can catch this modern Mozart live here in Montana, at the Kettlehouse Amphitheater, Monday September 20th.
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Herbie Hancock has paved the way for others with his work with vocoders, his influence on modern electronic music, jazz, funk, soul, it’s all been touched by Herbie Hancock.
Don’t miss this ICON of modern music, it’s HERBIE HANCOCK, taking the stage of the Kettlehouse Amphitheater Monday September 20th! Even if you think you have never heard of Herbie Hancock, you’ve heard his music.