Herbie Hancock

Michael Brecker releases his seventh album ‘Nearness of You: The Ballad Book’ recorded with Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny (2001)

Michael Brecker's 'Nearness of You: The Ballad Book' is his seventh studio album recorded with Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny , Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette and released on June 19,...

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Miles Davis records ‘Filles de Kilimanjaro’ with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Dave Holland and Tony Williams (1968)

Miles Davis' 'Filles de Kilimanjaro' is a studio album recorded on June 19–21 and September 24, 1968 and released the same year by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Frelon Brun (Brown Hornet...

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Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock et al celebrate Newport Jazz at the White House (1993)

June 18, 1993 - Dorothy Donegan, Michel Camilo, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Williams and even Bill Clinton will perform at the celebration of the 40th...

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Herbie Hancock records ‘Empyrean Isles’ featuring ‘One Finger Snap’ and ‘Cantaloupe Island’ (1964)

Herbie Hancock's 'Empyrean Isles' feat. 'One Finger Snap' and 'Cantaloupe Island. is his fourth album recorded on June 17, 1964 and released the same year by Blue Note.Track Listing :...

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Columbia publish Herbie Hancock’s ‘Sunlight’ recorded with Tony Williams and Jaco Pastorius (1978)

Herbie Hancock's 'Sunlight' is an album recorded with Tony Williams and Jaco Pastorius and released on June 15, 1978 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.I Thought It Was You (Herbie Hancock,...

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Bobby Hutcherson records ‘Components’ with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock et al (1965)

Bobby Hutcherson's 'Components' is an album mixing hard bop on one side and avant-garde on the other, recorded on June 10, 1965 and released the same year by Blue Note.Track...

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Blue Note publish Herbie Hancock’s debut album : ‘Takin’ Off’ featuring ‘Watermelon Man’ (1962)

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Herbie Hancock records ‘Fat Albert Rotunda’ with Joe Henderson, Joe Farrell et al (1969)

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Joe Henderson records ‘Power to the People’ with Herbie Hancock and Jack DeJohnette (1969)

Joe Henderson's 'Power to the People' is an album recorded on May 23 & 29, 1969 with among others Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette and released in 1969 by Milestone.Track Listing...

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Heads publish Michael Brecker’s final album : ‘Pilgrimage’ recorded with Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock et al (2007)

Michael Brecker's 'Pilgrimage' is his final studio album released on May 22, 2007 by Heads Up.Track Listing : 1.The Mean Time (Michael Brecker) - 06:55 . 2.Five Months From Midnight...

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Sam Rivers records ‘Contours’ with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock et al (1965)

Sam Rivers' 'Contours' is his second (fully avant-garde) album recorded on May 21, 1965 and released the same year by Blue Note.Track Listing : 1.Point Of Many Returns (Sam Rivers)...

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Blue Note publish Herbie Hancock’s fifth album : ‘Maiden Voyage’ (1965)

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Columbia publish Herbie Hancock’s ‘Perfect Machine,’ an album co-produced with Bill Laswell (1988)

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Dee Dee Bridgewater sings , Herbie Hancock plays at International JazzDay in Paris (2012)

April 27, 2012 - Dee Dee Bridgewater will sing with Herbie Hancock and Lionel Loueke at the International JazzDay in Paris held at UNESCO in Paris

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Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock together in Toronto (2015)

April 14, 2014 - pianists Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock duet at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada

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Four 80s Concerts with Herbie Hancock

To celebrate Herbie Hancock, who turns 83 today - Happy Birthday BTW - we have put together four of his Eighties (and acoustic) concerts (Tokyo, Lugano, Munich and Hambourg).

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Happy Birthday Herbie Hancock

This day (April 12, 1940 ), in Chicago, Illinois, is born Herbert Jeffrey Herbie Hancock, an American pianist, keyboardist and composer.Tracklist : 1 . Actual Proof (Austin City Limits) 2...

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Herbie Hancock and band are in London (1979)

April 4, - Herbie Hancock is with Alphonse Monzon (d), Bennie Maupin (ts, ss), Paul Jackson (el b), Bill Summers (perc), Ray Obiedo (g) and Webster Lewis (kb) at Chelsea...

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Herbie Hancock releases ‘Sextant,’ the last album of the Mwandishi period (1973)

Herbie Hancock's 'Sextant' is his eleventh album (and the last with his Mwandishi Band) released on March 30, 1973 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Rain Dance (Herbie Hancock) - 09:16 ....

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Herbie Hancock & Mwandishi tape a show for French TV (1972)

March 23, 1972 - Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi - that is Herbie Hancock (kb), Bennie Maupin (ss, fl, bcl), Julian Priester (tb), Ed Henderson (tp), Buster Williams (b) and Billy Hart...

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