Herbie Hancock

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, Hancock experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles, using a wide array of synthesizers and electronics. It was during this period that he released perhaps his best-known and most influential album, Head Hunters.

12 April 1940

Born on the same birth date (12 April 1940): Woodie Fryman

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Born in the same month (April 1940): Agostino Vallini • Chuck Menville • Donald Jackson (figure skater) • Jeroen Brouwers • Lester Chambers • Margrethe II • Marju Lauristin • Mike Beuttler • Pedro Armendáriz Jr. • Peter Diamond • Ruby Puryear Hearn • Tommy Cash • Władysław Komar • Ülo Õun