Playlist: The Very Best Of Herbie Hancock [Digipak]

Performer: Herbie Hancock
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. One of the few jazz players to navigate confidently between the post-bop tradition and more outward-bound funk and electronic influences, the versatile keyboardist and composer Herbie Hancock has established himself as one of the most esteemed musicians of his generation. From his influential work with Miles Davis's second quintet, to his crossover jazz-funk and electro hits, Hancock has continually pushed the envelope of traditional jazz values. PLAYLIST collects music mainly from his 1970s albums, from expansive soundtracks to funky fusion efforts with his band the Headhunters, providing an excellent overview of one of the most revered figures in jazz music.

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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