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Herbie Hancock

A hugely influential figure in jazz, Herbie Hancock first built his reputation as an innovative rhythmic pianist playing with the Miles Davis Quintet, which helped define a new fusion sound for jazz, embracing synthesizers and other modern technology. Born in Chicago, he studied classical music and was considered something of a child prodigy before he got into jazz after hearing Oscar Peterson and George Shearing play. Discovery by Miles Davis propelled him into the limelight and he worked as a sideman for some of jazz's biggest names while branching out on his own with the ...