biography
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Hancock, Herbie
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popular name of Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1940– )
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| biography:
| Pianist and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. During the 1960s he worked with such stars as Phil Woods, Miles Davis, the Poynter Sisters, and Stevie Wonder, and greatly influenced pop music with his Blue Note album Takin' Off (1962), which featured the hit song ‘Water-melon Man’. Later albums include Dedication (1974) and Village Life (1985). He also arranged and conducted the soundtrack of the film Blow Up (1966) and of the Oscar-winning Round Midnight (1986). |
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