人物簡介
1940年4月12日,Herbie Hancock出生於芝加哥的一個音樂之家。Hancock七歲開始學

在六十年代早期和中期,Hancock的樂團主要從事俱樂部演出和錄音,但真正使他聲名鵲起獲得廣泛承認的是他加入Miles Davis的五重奏以後,他與Miles共同呆了五年多。在與Davis合作的後期,樂隊開始演奏Jazz-rock的風格,Hancock對這種風格十分適應,1968年他自己組了一個六重奏追求自己的演奏觀念。合作樂手包括Julian Priester、Buster Williams和Eddie Henderson,他們演奏Hancock原創的作品,樂隊成為70年代早期最受歡迎和最具影響力Jazz-Rock樂隊。
從1969年開始,Hancock廣泛使用電鋼琴和其他電子樂器,包括合成器。1973年迫於經濟壓力Hancock將他的樂隊削減為四重奏,其中包括特色樂手Bennie Maupin。新樂隊的風格還是Fusion,但這次

1986年Hancock在電影《‘Round Midnight》中出演並演奏,還寫了電影的配樂,因此獲得學院獎。之後他在爵士樂界更為活躍了,與Tonny Williams,Ron Carter,Michael Brecker其他人一起巡演。
2008年,他的唱片集river:The Joni letters獲第50屆格萊美年度最佳專輯。
專輯
專輯名 年份
| Takin' Off | 1962 | ​ |
| My Point of View | 1963 | ​ |
| Inventions and Dimensions | 1963 | ​ |
| Empyrean Isles | 1964 | ​ |
| Maiden Voyage | 1965 | ​ |
| Blow-Up (Soundtrack) | 1966 | ​ |
| Speak Like a Child | 1968 | ​ |
| The Prisoner | 1969 | ​ |
| Fat Albert Rotunda | 1969 | ​ |
| Mwandishi | 1970 | ​ |
| He Who Lives In Many Places (with bassist Terry Plumeri) | 1971 | ​ |
| Crossings | 1972 | ​ |
| Sextant | 1973 | ​ |
| Head Hunters | 1973 | ​ |
| Thrust | 1974 | ​ |
| Death Wish (Soundtrack) | 1974 | ​ |
| Dedication | 1974 | ​ |
| Man-Child | 1975 | ​ |
| Flood (Live album) | 1975 | ​ |
| Secrets | 1976 | ​ |
| VSOP (Live album) | 1976 | ​ |
| Herbie Hancock Trio | 1977 | ​ |
| VSOP: The Quintet (Live album) | 1977 | ​ |
| VSOP: Tempest in the Colosseum (Live album) | 1977 | ​ |
| Sunlight | 1977 | ​ |
| Directstep | 1978 | ​ |
| An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (Live album with Chick Corea) | 1978 | ​ |
| The Piano | 1979 | ​ |
| Feets, Don't Fail Me Now | 1979 | ​ |
| VSOP: Live Under the Sky (Live album) | 1979 | ​ |
| CoreaHancock (Live album with Chick Corea) | 1979 | ​ |
| Monster | 1980 | ​ |
| Mr. Hands | 1980 | ​ |
| Herbie Hancock Trio | 1981 | ​ |
| Magic Windows | 1981 | ​ |
| Lite Me Up | 1982 | ​ |
| Quartet (Live album) | 1982 | ​ |
| Future Shock | 1983 | ​ |
| Sound-System | 1984 | ​ |
| Village Life (with Foday Musa Suso) | 1985 | ​ |
| Round Midnight (Soundtrack) | 1986 | ​ |
| Jazz Africa (Live album with Foday Musa Suso) | 1987 | ​ |
| Perfect Machine | 1988 | ​ |
| A Tribute to Miles | 1994 | ​ |
| Dis Is Da Drum | 1994 | ​ |
| The New Standard | 1995 | ​ |
| 1 + 1 (with Wayne Shorter) | 1997 | ​ |
| Gershwin's World | 1998 | ​ |
| Future2Future | 2001 | ​ |
| Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall (Live album) | 2002 | ​ |
| Possibilities | 2005 | ​ |
| De Luxe (Unofficial) | 2005 | ​ |
| River: The Joni Letters | 2007 | ​ |
| Then and Now: the Definitive Herbie Hancock | 2008 | ​ |
| The Imagine Project | 2010 | ​ |
