🎼 #ComposerOfTheDay: 12 April
Born #OTD in 1940, Herbie Hancock is an American jazz pianist and composer who transformed jazz with funk, fusion, and electronic innovation.
🎧 Listen: Watermelon Man – groovy, catchy, and full of rhythmic energy.
#HerbieHancock
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Another #MilesDavis #HerbieHancock #RonCarter piece
#MyFunnyValentine
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youtu.be/XdrAzpYdOYs?...
2/ Another bit of #MilesDavis. This one has a super list of players - #WayneShorter #HerbieHancock #RonCarter
#Iris
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youtu.be/bVtVobH3GDo?...
#OTD #TDIH #April12, 1940: #HBD #HerbieHancock! #AfricanAmericans #Pianists #Composers #Keyboardists #Bandleaders #Jazz #PostBop #ModalJazz #JazzFusion #JazzFunk #Electropop #JazzSky #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #April12, 1940: #HBD #HerbieHancock! #AfricanAmericans #Pianists #Composers #Keyboardists #Bandleaders #Jazz #PostBop #ModalJazz #JazzFusion #JazzFunk #Electropop #JazzSky #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #April12, 1940: #HBD #HerbieHancock! #AfricanAmericans #Pianists #Composers #Keyboardists #Bandleaders #Jazz #PostBop #ModalJazz #JazzFusion #JazzFunk #Electropop #JazzSky #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #April12, 1940: #HBD #HerbieHancock! #AfricanAmericans #Pianists #Composers #Keyboardists #Bandleaders #Jazz #PostBop #ModalJazz #JazzFusion #JazzFunk #Electropop #JazzSky #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #April12, 1940: #HBD #HerbieHancock! #AfricanAmericans #Pianists #Composers #Keyboardists #Bandleaders #Jazz #PostBop #ModalJazz #JazzFusion #JazzFunk #Electropop #JazzSky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrmF...
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #SoundOfCinema
Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock & Herbie Hancock:
🎵 Chan's Song (Never Said) ('Round Midnight)
#BBCRadio3 #StevieWonder #HerbieHancock
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #SoundOfCinema
Herbie Hancock & Herbie Hancock:
🎵 Blow-Up (Main Title)
#BBCRadio3 #HerbieHancock
#NowSpinning: FutureShock by Herbie Hancock #FutureShock #HerbieHancock #Jazz #JazzFusion #VinylCollector #VinylCollection #VinylEnthusiast #Records #VinylSky #MusicSky #BlackMusicSky #JazzSky #FusionSky #ElectroRockSky
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#HerbieHancock (piano), #featuringAmbroseAkinmusire (trumpet), #WalterSmithIII (tenor saxophone), #BenWilliams (acoustic bass), and #MarkMerella (percussion).
Happy Birthday April 7 to Freddie Hubbard incredible jazz trumpet master (1938-2008)!
Red Clay youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Straight Life youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Breaking Point youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#jazz #jazzmusic #trumpet #milesdavis #herbiehancock
My #albumoftheweek : Shizophrenia by #wayneshorter with #herbiehancock en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizop...
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #StuartMaconiesFreakZone
Herbie Hancock:
🎵 Vein Melter
#6music #HerbieHancock
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #StuartMaconiesFreakZone
Herbie Hancock:
🎵 Chameleon
#6music #HerbieHancock
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #StuartMaconiesFreakZone
Herbie Hancock:
🎵 Sly
#6music #HerbieHancock
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
My Jazz song of the day is Amaarae's cover of Butterfly by Herbie Hancock. #Amaarae #Butterfly #Jazz #JazzAppreciationMonth #HerbieHancock ##MusicSky #BlackMusicSky #AfroSky music.apple.com/us/album/but...
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheBethDittoShow
Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson & Herbie Hancock:
🎵 Hang Up Your Hang Ups
#6music #Melvin“WahWah”Watson #HerbieHancock
▶️ Song on #Spotify:
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Herbie Hancock:
🎵 Watermelon Man
#HerbieHancock
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
This photo shows a striking album cover with bold psychedelic artwork from jazz legend Herbie Hancock. The Album: "Head Hunters" by Herbie Hancock Released on Columbia Records (1973) One of the best-selling jazz albums of all time Album Design: Vivid purple/deep blue background Title in pink and cyan lettering arcing across the top Central figure: a stylized African-inspired mask/character in bright yellow, orange, and red gradient The character has geometric features, circular head design, and is positioned at a keyboard Four band members illustrated in blue tones in the background, each with their instruments Bold, funky psychedelic aesthetic perfectly capturing the fusion era About Head Hunters: This groundbreaking album fused jazz with funk, rock, and African rhythms, creating a new sound that defined jazz-funk. Tracks like "Chameleon" became instant classics. The album's innovative use of synthesizers and electric instruments revolutionized jazz. The Setting: Displayed in a collection space with exposed brick, white shelving packed with books and records, and what appears to be a turntable ready for play. Black and white photographs visible in the background, including what might be other jazz artists. A truly iconic album in both musical innovation and visual design. ALT by Claude
i have played the hell out of this LP since i bought it (over fifty years ago!)
oh ha ha there's that stupid arrow on my scrawled signature, a phallic affectation that i picked up in high school, imitating tom wolfe, that i fortunately dropped some time in […]
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Side view of a black AT-LP120 spinning By All Means, its jacket propped up against the dust cover in the background
Alphonse Mouzon Accompanied by Herbie Hancock and Freddie Hubbard - By All Means (1981)
#nowspinning #vinyl #jazzfunk #jazz #alphonsemouzon #herbiehancock #freddiehubbard
the cover of Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles (1964).
Deep Listening Day #89 — Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles (1964). I know Cantaloupe Island b/c of Cantaloop by Us3, but I never listened to the album before today. I enjoyed it. I'll be back for more. Mary Mac dug it too so she might ask...
#MusicSky #DeepListening #HerbieHancock #EmpyreanIsles
Herbie Hancock - Steppin’ in It
#LookAndSee 362
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#JazzSky
#HerbieHancock
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#NowSpinning: Fat Albert Rotunda by Herbie Hancock #FatAlbertRotunda #HerbieHancock #Jazz #VinylCollector #OnMyTurntable #VinylCommunity #VinylCollection #VinylEnthusiast #Records #VinylSky #MusicSky #BlackMusicSky #JazzSky #FunkSky
