Jazz
Herbie Hancock
About This Event
Herbie Hancock, a pianist, bandleader and composer whose early work with trumpeter Donald Byrd led to a defining tenure in Miles Davis’s mid-1960s quintet, appears at NJPAC, a regular stop for major New York–area jazz tours. His 1970s turn to electric instruments — exemplified by albums such as Head Hunters — expanded post-bop into fusion, funk and early electro, and onstage he treats the bandstand as a laboratory for testing new textures and rhythmic roles.
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.