Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, USA.His most famous songs include Cantaloupe Island, Watermelon Man and his rendition of George Gershwin's Summertime.
He has played with many other artists; in the 1960s he joined the quintet led by Miles Davis, with whom he stayed for more than five years.
During 1982 Hancock had a mainstream hit and Grammy award with the scratch-based single "Rockit", which also featured an innovative animated music video.
In 1986 he played and acted in the film 'Round Midnight. He also wrote the score, for which he won an Academy Award for Original Music Score.
Hancock is a Buddhist, and writes about the influence Buddhism has had on his life and his music in the introduction he wrote to the nonfiction bestseller The Buddha In Your Mirror.
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