Herbie Hancock didn't leave his funk and electronics behind just because he was booked by Jazz at Lincoln Center. On Friday night at the Rose Theater he led a trio that visited both his acoustic and his plugged-in repertory. Mr. Hancock switched, sometimes within the same tune, between his Fazioli grand piano and a Korg Kronos synthesizer. He was...
THE trumpeter Marvin Stamm and the saxophonist Jason Rigby might seem unlikely band mates. While both are members of the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, they are of different generations (Mr. Stamm is 71, Mr. Rigby, 36) and arguably of contrasting musical temperament, with Mr. Rigby's small-group projects offering a decidedly freer brand of jazz than...
AFTER seven years of operation, the Westchester Jazz Orchestra has built a reputation for deeply researched, strikingly executed performances that is reaching well beyond the orchestra's home county to the country at large. But the ensemble, 17 of the New York area's most in-demand musicians, is not resting on its laurels. The group's eighth season...
Egen gruppe Headhunters fra 1973, hvor han spillet keyboards som Fender Rhodes, Hohner D6 Clavinet, Mini Moog og ARP synthesizer.
Samme år solgte han guld for første gang.
Funknummeret Chameleon blev et stort hit i 1973.
Op gennem 70erne blev Hancocks plader mere og mere poppede, dog arbejdede han som sidemand i andre jazz-sammenhænge. bla i VSOP: The Quintet hvor Hancock spillede jazz sammen med Tony Williams (trommer), Freddie Hubbard (trompet), Wayne Shorter (Saxofon) og Ron Carter (bas).
I 80'erne crossover til hiphop.
Fra Future Shock pladen (1983) blev "Rockit" et kæmpe hit på verdensplan, bl.a. takket være en prisvindene og nyskabene musikvideo af Godley & Creme, med nogle robotdukker, som bevæger sig efter rytmerne.