Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancockis an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor. Starting his career with Donald Byrd, he shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet where Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. He was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace synthesizers and funk music. Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieved success...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth12 April 1940
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
The other reason is the concept of attitude. I didn't want to appear angry, but it's okay to appear serious or to not smile.
When you try to define a purity as being something that's closed and limited, you're not talking about the music that I play called jazz.
When you struggle to reach for something you don't know, that's where the most interesting stuff is.
We are all on the same trip in the band. We all realize that people in the music business, and the audience have an eye on us because collectively our history is extensive.
You don't know what that's going to sound like; you just do it because the urge is there.
What establishes value is something that is going to move humanity forward. If humanity is not in the equation, it's like the planet without any human beings on it.
But these days I never turn on radios, I always turn them off.
Buddhism opened me up to seeing things from the standpoint of being a human being - looking at the purpose of action and the effects on life.
Buddhism has helped me toward gaining control over my own destiny, and given me the courage to follow directions I believe in.
I'm an American man, and I'm concerned about the present and the future as has as this country and its people are concerned.
I'm aiming that towards people, towards humanity, not even just musicians. Because this is about life, not about musicians.
I'm a human being all the time, even when I sleep. But I'm not a musician when I sleep, and I'm not a musician when I eat, unless I'm paying attention to music or talking about music.
I had just come out of college, and I figured that I would probably be in Chicago for the next couple of years, and then maybe, I 'd get a chance to go to New York and hang out with the big boys.
I would be all over the piano, but Miles would play a few notes that would just wipe out all that fancy stuff I was playing.