Music1961–present
Herbie Hancock
Chicago pianist and Miles Davis alumnus who has spent 60 years moving fluidly between jazz, fusion, and funk — Headhunters is the best-selling jazz album of the 1970s.
Origin
Chicago, Illinois
Genre
Jazz
The Cultural Record
Discography
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River: The Joni Letters2007
Speak Like a Child1968
Third Plane1978
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Nightwind1987
Man-Child1975
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