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
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.
My idea is that young people who are not as jaded about technology and the use of technology as we are, who didn't create the technological age, but are born into it, may be able to create software that addresses the issues that pertain to the human being and lead toward the advancement of creativity and the human spirit.
But if I'm banging my head against a wall because I can't come up with any ideas, that's not so much fun.
But it's all part of the humanistic approach. Humanism amid the machines, you know?
But in jazz, the song may be written by somebody else, but how you treat it is entirely with your notes and your expression.
But I'm talking about responsibility, a sense of responsibility. Developing software to help human beings develop more of a sense of responsibility. Kids need that. Adults need it too. More self worth. More self-respect.
But I'm not so focused on intensity from that kind of testosterone level that a lot of jazz is on.
But I cant name a specific synthesizer that is my favorite.
The fact that young hip-hop artists are searching for the jazz roots of their music acknowledges the greatness of roots, helps a person get a sense of being grounded, of being attached, of coming from somewhere.
I remember my very first recording. It was on a wire recorder, as the tape recording was only just out but too expensive.
I'm not telling students not to practice or advising people to limit themselves.
I'm happy if anything that I did takes the limelight.
There was a radio station in Chicago, there was a guy named Al Benson, and he pretty much dominated black radio in the '50s.
The thing is, much of the way I look at music now, and its role as an aspect of culture, and creative expression for human beings in the 21st century, much of the way I look at it for a record like Future 2 Future is very similar to how I might look at it for a record like Directions in Music.