A hugely influential figure in jazz, Herbie Hancock first built his reputation
as an innovative rhythmic pianist playing with the Miles Davis Quintet, which
helped define a new fusion sound for jazz, embracing synthesizers and other
modern technology.
Born in Chicago, he studied classical music and was considered something of a
child prodigy before he got into jazz after hearing Oscar Peterson and George
Shearing play. Discovery by Miles Davis propelled him into the limelight and he
worked as a sideman for some of jazz's biggest names while branching out on his
own with the ...