Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage recording session - Day 1, 17th March 1965, Van Gelder Studios, photo by Francis Wolff
Grant Green and Herbie Hancock [1962] photo by Francis Wolff
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Recording session for Donald Byrd's, A New Perspective, 12th January 1963
Donald Byrd – trumpet Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone Herbie Hancock – piano Kenny Burrell – guitar Donald Best – vibraphone, vocals Butch Warren – bass Lex Humphries – drums Duke Pearson – arranger Alfred Lion – producer
Herbie Hancock, session for My Point Of View, 19th March 1963, by Francis Wolff
Herbie Hancock during Donald Byrd’s Free Form session, Englewood Cliffs NJ, 11th December 1961
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“Bobby has a very open mind. He hears and feels a lot of things that are beyond the limits of jazz as that term has been conventionally used. Also, he’s a very warm person–direct and candid–and that comes through in his music. What he plays has a particular lift to it because he himself is so alive, because he so digs being.” Herbie Hancock
Bobby Hutcherson, November 1963 by Francis Wolff
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Herbie Hancock [1961] by Francis Wolf
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Happy Birthday Joni Mitchell [born November 7, 1943] pictured here withHerbie Hancock, Berkeley [1978] by Ed Perlstein
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Miles Davis, Miles in Antibes [1963]
Miles Davis - Trumpet Ron Carter - Bass George Coleman - Tenor Sax Herbie Hancock - Piano Tony Williams - Drums
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Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil [rec. 24 Dec 1964] Blue Note Wayne Shorter — tenor sax Freddie Hubbard — trumpet Herbie Hancock — piano Ron Carter — bass Elvin Jones — drums
Happy Birthday Wayne Shorter [born August 25, 1933]
When Jaco Pastorius first met Joe Zawinul, he had his introduction ready. “My name is John Francis Pastorius III, and I’m the greatest bass player in the world.”
Jaco with Herbie Hancock
Freddie Hubbard, Straight Life [Recorded 16th November 1970] CTI
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone Herbie Hancock - electric piano George Benson - guitar Ron Carter - double bass Jack DeJohnette - drums Richard Landrum - drums, percussion Weldon Irvine - tambourine
'Straight Life is a stud in the CTI catalog and is unquestionably one of the best fusion recordings of all-time. Hubbard's concept is clear—let loose and jam, and ask questions later'
On the third and final day of recording Miles Davis’ transitional album Miles in the Sky, Herbie Hancock walked into Columbia Studio B on East 52nd Street in New York to find his instrument missing. A piano prodigy since age 11, Hancock scanned the room — no keyboards. Confused, he turned to Davis, his mentor and band leader. “What do you want me to play?” Davis nodded at a squat, almost frail-looking set of keys that were a far cry from the commanding presence of a Steinway — instead, they belonged to a Fender Rhodes electric piano. Hancock thought, “You want me to play that toy?”
“My memories of Bill Evans, like his music, are beautiful. As a human being, he was a very sincere and gentle person. He was one of the greatest pianists, & his memory will live in the minds of people & his fellow musicians forever.” Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock, Speak Like a Child [Rec. March 6th & 9th 1968] Blue Note
Herbie Hancock — piano Ron Carter — bass Mickey Roker — drums Jerry Dodgion — alto flute Thad Jones — flugelhorn Peter Phillips — bass trombone