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): Adam Graves • Amedeo Calliari • Antonio Osuna • Benjamin Libet • Billy Vaughn • Curtis Turner • Ed O'Neill • Evelyn Berezin • George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen • Hardy Krüger • Jazz Richards • Jordan Archer • Lucas Radebe • Nobuhiko Takada • Roy M. Anderson • Sumitra Mahajan • Sylvain Bouchard • Valentin Stocker

Born in the same month (April 1940): Agostino Vallini • Benoît Bouchard • Burt Young • George Adams (musician) • Hans-Joachim Reske • Homero Aridjis • Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) • Max Mosley • Mike Hailwood • Penelope Keith • Sharon Sheeley • Tommy Cash • Woodie Fryman • Władysław Komar • Ülo Õun