Herbie Hancock
- MatchHerbie Hancock
- 100%Miles Davis
- 82%Wayne Shorter
- 74%Weather Report
- 72%John Coltrane
- 71%Chick Corea
- 68%Freddie Hubbard
- 65%Cole Porter
- 65%Duke Ellington
- 65%Horace Silver
- 65%Sonny Rollins
Biography
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock, 12 April 1940, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Growing up in a musical household, Hancock studied piano from the age of seven and gave his first public performance just two years later. Although he played classical music at his debut Hancocks interest lay mostly in jazz. During high school and college he played in semi-professional bands and on occasion accompanied visiting jazzmen, including Donald Byrd. It was with Byrd that Hancock first played in New York, in 1961,... Read more