Keyboardist Herbie Hancock was born in Chicago on April 10, 1940. In his erratic career he explored many styles, including electric and acoustic jazz, blues, gospel, funk and even modern classical music. As one of the first jazz musicians he knew full advantage of technological developments. He experimented early on with revolutionary instruments like the Fender Rhodes, the Hohner clavinet and the
… first synthesizers. During his career, Hancock played with numerous big names of jazz such as Donald Byrd, Miles Davis, George Benson, Wynton Marsalis and Michael Brecker. Despite a single chart success in 1983 - the first electric boogie-single Rockit - Hancock has remained an elusive artist, who are both dealing with pop, jazz and world music.more