http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6084&rws=%2Fherbie-hancock%2Fmusic-videos.rssJust out of knee-pants, Hancock hit the jazz world after performing Mozart with the Chicago Symphony at age eleven. Hancock's piano became a fixture of the New York club and studio scene after he graduated with degrees in music and electrical engineering. His first solo albums at age twenty-one embraced Soul, gospel-infused Hard Bop, and cerebral Post Bop (Hancock is the kind of artist who can pen the groovy club hit "Watermelon Man" and turn around and record the sweeping album <i>Maiden Voyage</i> without seeming to break a sweat). He joined Eric Dolphy and Miles Davis, released groundbreaking soundtrack work like <i>Blow Up</i>, established the Electro-Funk template with <i>Head Hunters</i>, and won an Academy Award for his work on <i>Round Midnight</i>. Today, Hancock continues to look to the future while celebrating music from several centuries and cultures. - Nick DedinaJazz Pianoen720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:46:27 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6084&rws=%2Fherbie-hancock%2Fmusic-videos.rss Just out of knee-pants, Hancock hit the jazz world after performing Mozart with the Chicago Symphony at age eleven. Hancock's piano became a fixture of the New York club and studio scene after he graduated with degrees in music and electrical engineering. His first solo albums at age twenty-one embraced Soul, gospel-infused Hard Bop, and cerebral Post Bop (Hancock is the kind of artist who can pen the groovy club hit "Watermelon Man" and turn around and record the sweeping album <i>Maiden Voyage</i> without seeming to break a sweat). He joined Eric Dolphy and Miles Davis, released groundbreaking soundtrack work like <i>Blow Up</i>, established the Electro-Funk template with <i>Head Hunters</i>, and won an Academy Award for his work on <i>Round Midnight</i>. Today, Hancock continues to look to the future while celebrating music from several centuries and cultures. - Nick Dedina