Jazz icon Herbie Hancock is one of the leading figures in modern music, being at the forefront of many of the defining movements in jazz since the 1960s. From genre-bending collaborations with ...

He was born in Chicago in 1940 and, throughout his career, he has never hesitated to venture into uncharted territory. Like ...

The best Herbie Hancock albums reveal the jazz pianist to be a musical pathfinder that broke down barriers at every opportunity. Though he started as a jazz pianist, Hancock’s musical curiosity ...

I fancied myself a breakdancer. I went out and I heard Herbie Hancock’s ‘Rockit’ playing in front of all my classmates, and I attempted the worm, and I got into some kind of inverted ...

“I went out and I heard Herbie Hancock’s 'Rockit' playing in front of all my classmates,” he continued. “And I attempted the worm and I got into some kind of inverted position and it all ...