Ken Burns JAZZ Collection

Performer: Herbie Hancock
Artist: Freddie Hubbard; Dexter Gordon; Billy Higgins; Tony Williams; Bennie Maupin; Thad Jones; Joe Henderson; John Scofield
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel includes: Herbie Hancock (acoustic, electric & Fender Rhodes pianos, Clavinet, synthesizer); Bennie Maupin (soprano & tenor saxophones, saxello, flute, alto flute, bass clarinet); Michael Brecker (soprano & tenor saxophones); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone, alto flute); Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Thad Jones (flugelhorn); Michael Beinhorn (synthesizer, programming); John Scofield (guitar); Buster Williams (acoustic & electric basses); Dave Holland (acoustic bass); Butch Warren, Ron Carter, Bill Laswell (bass); Billy Hart (drums, percussion); Billy Higgins, Tony Williams, Albert Heath, Harvey Mason, Mike Clark, Jack DeJohnette (drums); Don Alias (percussion); Grand Master D.S.T. (turntables). Compilation producers: Bob Belden, Michael Cuscuna. Recorded between 1962 and 1995. Includes liner notes by Peter Keepnews. Digitally remastered by Seth Foster and Mark Wilder (Sony Studios, New York, New York). This is part of the Columbia/Legacy Ken Burns JAZZ series.

Q (5/01, p.131) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Whether playing acoustic post-bop or Moog-funk, Hancock's a jazz musician who knows a melodic hook....Dull moments? There aren't any."

One of the most open-eared and forward-thinking jazz musicians of his day, Hancock has, more than just about anyone else, consistently tried to broaden the music's horizons by mixing it with the most interesting elements of contemporary pop. Hancock has consistently pushed the envelope, from his earliest days with Miles Davis to his jazz-rock fusion of the early '70s and his early embrace of synthesizers and electronic instruments, his early-'80s experiments with hip-hop and sampling, or more recently, his acoustic piano reinterpretations of songs--the new standards, in his parlance--by everyone from Don Henley to Nirvana.

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