Herbie Handcock is an American actor that was born. Herbert Jeffery Handcock, on April 12, 1940, Chicago, IL. He is best known as a piano player, jazz star, and a composer. He has won many Grammy Awards and has performed with many famous musicians beginning with Miles Davis in the 1960s. He achieved fame with the Mtv generation in the 1980s with his instrumental hit, "Rock it". He and his wife Gigi, have been married since 1968. Later in life, Herbie returned to fame by acting in movies such as. Hitters, Round Midnight, and "Valerarian, World of a Thousand Cities" .
Has one daughter, Jessica
He plays jazz piano, keyboards, synthesizer and is also a composer.
Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1995.
Recipient of a Jazz Masters Award from the USAs National Endowment for the Arts in 2004.
Is named as one inspiration for the Massive Attack album "Blue Lines".
Has received ten Grammy Awards since 1983.
Collaborated with Sting , Paul Simon , Carlos Santana , Damien Rice and Annie Lennox for his 2005 album "Possibilities".
Converted to Soka Gakkai Buddhism.
Made his stage debut with the Chicago Symphany Orchestra at the age of 11.
Die Fantastischen Vier sampled "Hang Up In Your Hang Ups" for their song "Nenn ihn Prsident" on their album "4 gewinnt".
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7057 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Hancocks jazz standard "Watermelon Man" (from debut album "Takin Off") provided the breakthrough release of his career.
And it certainly is creative.
Adding synthesizers opened up whole new territories for us to explore.
It was when they came along that I saw that the dream in the back of my,head of marrying two things - technology and music - could happen.
The great thing about jazz musicians is that they freely share,information. By the time I got to college where I formally studied,theory, I knew the stuff they were teaching me because I had learned it,on the street.
I never chose what kind of music to make, strictly for the goal of,maximizing sales. I made the music my heart led me to make - and some,records sold millions of copies while some sold very few.
My hope is that the music will serve as a metaphor for the actions taken by the inhabitants of this wonderful planet as a call for world harmony on all levels.
Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.
Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.
In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered.
Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.
