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

Born on the same birth day (12 April): Akiyama Saneyuki • Ann Miller • Bill Bryden • Brooklyn Decker • Christos Iakovou • Claire Danes • Cristian Ranalli • David Cassidy • Eric Bailly • Ginka Zagorcheva • Guillaume Thomas François Raynal • Jelena Dokic • Manuel Neri • Marcel Granollers • Martin Lister • Nikolay Przhevalsky • Nobuhiko Takada • Pythagoras Papastamatiou • Russell Garcia (composer) • Ryan Nugent-Hopkins • Scott Crary • Scott Turow

Born in the same month (April 1940): Anja Silja • Burt Young • Chuck Menville • Cliff Watson • Col Firmin • David Holford • George Adams (musician) • Gloria Hunniford • Max Mosley • Michael Copps • Michael Kadosh • Mike Hailwood • Mike Vickers • Peter Diamond • Ruby Puryear Hearn • Sharon Sheeley • Władysław Komar