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//** __﻿Herbie Hancock__ **//


 * By Savannah M.**
 * ** ﻿His real name is Herbert Jeffery Hancock. **
 * ** Married Gudren (Gigi) Meixner in 1968. **
 * ** ﻿Born on April 12, 1940. (age 71) **
 * ** ﻿He is still alive today. **
 * ** ﻿He is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. **
 * ** He was born in Chicago, Illinois. **
 * **﻿﻿ ﻿He was influenced by records of the Hi-Lo's; a vocal group. **
 * ** ﻿He possesses a blend of jazz, blues, and modern classic music. **
 * ** ﻿One of his best known solos is 'Cantaloupe Island'. **
 * ** ﻿A 1960 graduate of Grinnell College. **
 * ** ﻿His newest album will be 'The Imagine Project'. **
 * ** ﻿One of three resipients of the annual lifetime acheivment award from the California African-American Museum. **
 * ** ﻿Was born into a musical family. **
 * ** ﻿His labels are Columbia, Blue Note, Verve and Warner Bros. Records. **


 * "Herbie" Hancock is a U.S. pianist, composer, and bandleader. He had been educated at Grinnell College. In the 1970's, he became involved in funk music, and later disco. He married Gudren (Gigi) Meixner in 1968. He showed enthusiasm for the sound of a piano while still a toddler. He had been one of the most famous and revered jazz artists of his time. His love for the piano grew deeper when his parents bought him an old upright piano for $25. His interest in music never caused his school work to suffer. He used his extra time to persue his growing interest in science and electronics. His discipline allowed him to skip 2 grades. At age 11, he won a scholastic award for his concert performance of a Mozart concerto with the Chicago Sympathy Orchestra. He wrote the "//Fat Albert Rotonda//" for comedian Bill Cosby's TV special, //"Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert."// His number-one top hit, "//Rockit//", won him a Grammy award. "Herbie" Hancock will always be one of the most revered and controversial figures in jazz, just as his mentor Miles Davis had been when he was alive. From 1971 to 1973, Herbie led asextet which combined elements of jazz, rock, African, and Indian music with electronic devices and instruments.Throughout his teens, Hancock never had a jazz teacher, but developed his ear and sense of harmony.**



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