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
Aside from that, what was more in our heads when we made the new album is the concept of forging through and exploring new territory and encouraging other musicians to not be afraid to explore new territory.
I am still a jazz musician and not a pop star in terms of money and so I have to take care of my family first, then my extended family and my country.
I'm a human being all the time, even when I sleep. But I'm not a musician when I sleep, and I'm not a musician when I eat, unless I'm paying attention to music or talking about music.
It was interesting putting this record together, because I was putting it together with musicians who claim that I was a big influence on the music they're making now.
What's music supposed to be about anyway? Is it a means for a musician to masturbate, or is it for people to listen to?
See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules.
When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.
Jazz is a music that translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being.
At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.
I don't view myself as a musician anymore - I view myself as a human being that functions as a musician when I'm functioning as a musician, but that's not 24 hours a day. That's really opened me up to even more perspectives because now I look at music, not from the standpoint of being a musician, but from the standpoint of being a human being.
I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.
Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.
It might be something as simple as saying the right word to the right person at the right time-and that could change the course of history. You never really know. But the whole thing is to work at the process of being in sync with the universe, so that everything will align at the proper time so that you can deliver that which is your life mission. And that's why we're here as individuals. And then there's our contribution to the collective. It makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?