Jazz
Herbie Hancock
About This Event
Herbie Hancock, whose work with Donald Byrd led to a defining tenure in Miles Davis’s mid‑1960s quintet, appears at NJPAC. His 1970s turn to electric instruments established a language that moved between post‑bop, fusion, funk and early electro, with albums such as Head Hunters marking a pivot. Onstage he treats the bandstand as a laboratory, testing textures while maintaining harmonic precision.
About the Artist
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock is a pianist, bandleader, and composer whose early work with trumpeter Donald Byrd led to a defining tenure in Miles Davis’s mid-1960s quintet, where his playing reshaped the function of the rhythm section in modern jazz.