Jane Monheit (born November 3, 1977 ) is an American jazz and traditional pop singer.
76-547: The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz is a non-profit music education organization founded in 1986. Before 2019, it was known as the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz , but was then renamed after its longtime board chairman, Herbie Hancock . The institute has held its International Jazz Competition annually since 1987 and offered a full scholarship graduate-level college program since 1995. It organizes free jazz education programs in public schools throughout
152-500: A vocoder , he earned a British hit, "I Thought It Was You", although critics were unimpressed. This led to more vocoder on his next album, Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (1979), which gave him another UK hit in "You Bet Your Love". Hancock toured with Williams and Carter in 1981, recording Herbie Hancock Trio , a five-track album released only in Japan. A month later, he recorded Quartet with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis , released in
228-421: A Child (1968) and The Prisoner (1969), albums which featured flugelhorn , alto flute and bass trombone in addition to the traditional jazz instrumentation. 1963's Inventions and Dimensions was an album of almost entirely improvised music, teaming Hancock with bassist Paul Chambers and two Latin percussionists, Willie Bobo and Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez. During this period, Hancock also composed
304-561: A Grammy for best group album. Hancock also toured with Jack DeJohnette , Dave Holland and Pat Metheny in 1990 on their Parallel Realities tour, which included a performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 1990, and scored the 1991 comedy film Livin' Large , which starred Terrence C. Carson . Hancock's next album, Dis Is da Drum , released in 1994, saw him return to acid jazz . Also in 1994, he appeared on
380-587: A ceremony in Paris, he was named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the promotion of Intercultural Dialogue. In 2013, Hancock joined the University of California, Los Angeles faculty as a professor in the UCLA music department teaching jazz music. In a June 2010 interview with Michael Gallant of Keyboard magazine, Hancock talks about his Fazioli giving him inspiration to do things. On December 8, 2013, Hancock
456-606: A cologne advertisement. At the end of the Perfect Machine tour, Hancock decided to leave Columbia Records after a 15-plus-year relationship. This departure resulted in a recording hiatus and several compilations during the first half of the 1990s. Hancock resurfaced together with Carter, Williams, Shorter, and Davis admirer Wallace Roney to record A Tribute to Miles , which was released in 1994. The album contained two live recordings and studio recording songs, with Roney playing Davis's part as trumpet player. The album won
532-457: A concert celebrating the institute's 20th anniversary that aired as an "In Performance at The White House" PBS special hosted by Barbara Walters . In addition, the institute's international jazz competitions have been featured as documentaries on Black Entertainment Television and its affiliates. More recently, in 2016 the institute produced a network television special in honor of the fifth anniversary of International Jazz Day on ABC , “Jazz at
608-426: A different instrument every year and features a panel of judges. Branford Marsalis , Pat Metheny , Herbie Hancock , Christian McBride , Dee Dee Bridgewater , Dianne Reeves , Hugh Masekela , Arturo Sandoval , Ron Carter , Wayne Shorter , Clark Terry , Marian McPartland , Quincy Jones , and Diana Krall have all served as judges at past competitions. The competition has been won by Joshua Redman , winner of
684-686: A different lineup, which also included the "Rockit" music video. Also in 2001 Hancock partnered with Brecker and Roy Hargrove to record a live concert album saluting Davis and John Coltrane , Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall , recorded live in Toronto. The threesome toured to support the album, and toured on-and-off through 2005. The year 2005 saw the release of a duet album called Possibilities . It featured duets with Carlos Santana , Paul Simon , Annie Lennox , John Mayer , Christina Aguilera , Sting and others. In 2006, Possibilities
760-690: A guest on the album So Red the Rose (1985) by the Duran Duran spinoff group Arcadia . He also provided introductory and closing comments for the PBS rebroadcast in the United States of the BBC educational series from the mid-1980s, Rockschool (not to be confused with the most recent Gene Simmons' Rock School series). In 1986, Hancock performed and acted in the film Round Midnight . He also wrote
836-451: A longtime associate and friend of Joni Mitchell, released a 2007 album, River: The Joni Letters , that paid tribute to her work, with Norah Jones , Tina Turner and Corinne Bailey Rae adding vocals to the album. Leonard Cohen contributed a spoken piece set to Hancock's piano. Mitchell herself also made an appearance. The album was released on September 25, 2007, simultaneously with the release of Mitchell's album Shine . River won
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#1732780442808912-582: A new song with Josh Groban and Eric Mouquet (co-founder of Deep Forest ), "Machine", which featured on Groban's album Awake . Hancock also recorded and improvised with guitarist Loueke on Loueke's 1996 debut album Virgin Forest , on the ObliqSound label, resulting in two improvisational tracks – "Le Réveil des agneaux (The Awakening of the Lambs)" and "La Poursuite du lion (The Lion's Pursuit)". Hancock,
988-702: A professor at the University of California, Los Angeles , where he teaches at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music . He is also the chairman of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz (known as the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz until 2019). Hancock was born in Chicago , the son of Winnie Belle (née Griffin), a secretary, and Wayman Edward Hancock, a government meat inspector. His parents named him after
1064-464: A spy type theme for a series of F. William Free commercials for Silva Thins cigarettes. Hancock liked it so much he wished to record it as a song but the ad agency would not let him. He rewrote the harmony, tempo and tone and recorded the piece as the track "He Who Lives in Fear" from his The Prisoner album of 1969. Davis had begun incorporating elements of rock and popular music into his recordings by
1140-408: A student. Hancock often mentions Anderson as his harmonic guru. Hancock graduated from Grinnell College in 1960 with degrees in electrical engineering and music. Hancock then moved to Chicago, and began working with Donald Byrd and Coleman Hawkins . During this time he also took courses at Roosevelt University . Grinnell also awarded him an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 1972. Byrd
1216-572: A symbol for promoting peace, fostering dialogue among cultures, allowing freedom of expression, and reinforcing the role of youth for social change. International Jazz Day is celebrated in more than 190 countries on all seven continents. Since 1989, the institute has gone into public schools to provide music instruction and instrument training sessions for public school students in Los Angeles , New Orleans , and Washington, D.C. , as well as thousands of students in urban, rural, and remote areas of
1292-484: A tour of Paris , where the institute's college students performed with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves , Dee Dee Bridgewater , and T.S. Monk at International Philosophy Day . Institute of Jazz Performance students have also regularly appeared at the Panama Jazz Festival since 2008. The institute has produced a series of television specials to highlight the importance of jazz. In 1986,
1368-563: Is "The Ethics of Jazz". Jane Monheit Monheit was born and raised in Oakdale, New York , on Long Island . Her father played banjo and guitar. Her mother sang and played music for her by singers who could also be her teachers, beginning with Ella Fitzgerald . At an early age Monheit was drawn to jazz and Broadway musicals. She began singing professionally while attending Connetquot High School in Bohemia, New York. She attended
1444-521: Is currently located at the Herb Alpert School of Music at the University of California, Los Angeles . In October 2021, the 13th class was announced, including eight young musicians from the United States and Russia. In addition to their rigorous course of studies, students in the program perform regularly at venues throughout Los Angeles and serve as mentors and educators both in the local community and on Institute jazz education tours across
1520-719: Is offered at the following public performing arts high schools: Begun in 2004 in the Los Angeles public schools, "Bebop to Hip-Hop" brings together jazz and hip-hop students under the direction of professional jazz musicians and hip-hop artists. Aspiring young musicians study improvisation, lyric writing, music theory, arranging, composition, turntable scratching, and sampling. Recent concerts included performances by Billy Childs , Herbie Hancock , DJ Spark, Doug E. Fresh , Kool Mo Dee , Chali 2na , Supernatural , and Bobby Watson . The free virtual edition of BeBop to Hip-Hop in summer 2020 served over 100 high school musicians from across
1596-546: Is the lead nonprofit organization charged with planning, promoting and producing this annual celebration, which began in 2012. International Jazz Day was established to bring together communities, schools, artists, historians, academics, and jazz enthusiasts all over the world to learn about jazz and its roots. This day seeks to raise awareness of the need for intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding; and also to reinforce international cooperation and communication. Each year on April 30, International Jazz Day celebrates jazz as
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#17327804428081672-687: The Beastie Boys was featured on a rendition of Hancock's "Rockit". Hancock appeared on the album You're Dead! by Flying Lotus , released in October 2014. Hancock was the 2014 Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University . Holders of the chair deliver a series of six lectures on poetry, "The Norton Lectures", poetry being "interpreted in the broadest sense, including all poetic expression in language, music, or fine arts". Previous Norton lecturers include musicians Leonard Bernstein , Igor Stravinsky and John Cage . Hancock's theme
1748-535: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (led by CSO assistant conductor George Schick ) at age 11. Throughout his teens, Hancock never had a jazz teacher; he developed his ear and sense of harmony by listening to the records of jazz pianists such as George Shearing , Erroll Garner , Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson . He was also influenced by records of the vocal group the Hi-Lo's . In his words: By
1824-492: The Great American Songbook . After recording for five labels, she started her own, Emerald City Records. Its first release was The Songbook Sessions (2016), an homage to Fitzgerald. Monheit's vocals were featured in the 2010 film Never Let Me Go for the titular song, written by Luther Dixon , and credited to the fictional Judy Bridgewater. (On her debut album, she had performed a different song by
1900-685: The Red Hot Organization 's compilation album Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool . The album, meant to raise awareness and funds in support of the AIDS epidemic in relation to the African-American community, was heralded as "Album of the Year" by Time magazine. 1995's The New Standard found Hancock and an all-star band including John Scofield , DeJohnette and Michael Brecker , interpreting pop songs by Nirvana , Stevie Wonder ,
1976-489: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day to celebrate jazz as a universal language and tool for diplomacy. International Jazz Day is chaired and led by UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay and jazz pianist/composer Herbie Hancock , who serves as a UNESCO Ambassador for Intercultural Dialogue . The institute
2052-676: The We Are One concert , marking the start of inaugural celebrations for American President Barack Obama . Hancock also performed Rhapsody in Blue at the 2009 Classical BRIT Awards with classical pianist Lang Lang . Hancock was named as the Los Angeles Philharmonic 's creative chair for jazz for 2010–12. In June 2010, Hancock released The Imagine Project . On June 5, 2010, Hancock received an Alumni Award from his alma mater Grinnell College . On July 22, 2011, at
2128-431: The score to Michelangelo Antonioni 's film Blowup (1966), the first of many film soundtracks he recorded in his career. As well as feature film soundtracks, Hancock recorded a number of musical themes used on American television commercials for such then-well-known products as Pillsbury 's Space Food Sticks , Standard Oil , Tab diet cola, and Virginia Slims cigarettes. Hancock also wrote, arranged and conducted
2204-444: The 1980s, he enjoyed a hit single with the electronic instrumental " Rockit ", a collaboration with bassist/producer Bill Laswell . Hancock has won an Academy Award and 14 Grammy Awards , including Album of the Year for his 2007 Joni Mitchell tribute album River: The Joni Letters . In 2024, Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph ranked Hancock as the greatest keyboard player of all time. Since 2012, Hancock has served as
2280-624: The 1991 saxophone competition, Marcus Roberts , winner of the 1987 piano competition, Ryan Kisor , winner of the 1990 trumpet competition, and Joey DeFrancesco , a finalist in the 1987 piano competition. The 1993 piano competition winner, Jacky Terrasson , signed with Blue Note Records. The 1998 vocals competition produced: the late Teri Thornton , winner of the competition who signed with Verve Records; second-place winner Jane Monheit who signed with Columbia ; semifinalist Tierney Sutton who signed with Telarc ; and third-place winner Roberta Gambarini , whose American debut album, Easy to Love ,
2356-591: The 2-CD set Mwandishi: the Complete Warner Bros. Recordings , released in 1994. "Hornets" was later revised on the 2001 album Future2Future as "Virtual Hornets". Among the instruments Hancock and Gleeson used were Fender Rhodes piano, ARP Odyssey , ARP 2600 , ARP Pro Soloist Synthesizer, a Mellotron and the Moog synthesizer III. Hancock formed the Headhunters , keeping only Maupin from
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2432-775: The 2008 Album of the Year Grammy Award. The album also won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, and the song " Both Sides Now " was nominated for Best Instrumental Jazz Solo, which made it only the second time in history that a jazz album won those two Grammy Awards. On June 14, 2008, Hancock performed with others at Rhythm on the Vine at the South Coast Winery in Temecula, California , for Shriners Hospitals for Children . The event raised $ 515,000 for Shriners Hospital. On January 18, 2009, Hancock performed at
2508-564: The Beatles , Prince , Peter Gabriel and others. A 1997 duet album with Shorter, 1+1 , was successful; the song "Aung San Suu Kyi" winning the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. Hancock also achieved great success in 1998 with his album Gershwin's World , which featured readings of George and Ira Gershwin standards by Hancock and a plethora of guest stars, including Wonder, Joni Mitchell and Shorter. Hancock toured
2584-460: The Blue Note label, both under his own name and as a sideman with other musicians such as Wayne Shorter , Williams, Grant Green , Bobby Hutcherson , Rivers, Byrd, Kenny Dorham , Hank Mobley , Lee Morgan , Freddie Hubbard , and Eric Dolphy . Hancock also recorded several less-well-known but still critically acclaimed albums with larger ensembles – My Point of View (1963), Speak Like
2660-561: The Colosseum (1977), and Direct Step (1978). VSOP: Live Under the Sky was a VSOP album remastered for the US in 2004 and included a second concert from the tour in July 1979. From 1978 to 1982, Hancock recorded many albums of jazz-inflected disco and pop music, beginning with Sunlight (featuring guest musicians including Williams and Pastorius on the last track) (1978). Singing through
2736-455: The Door . In the following year he composed the soundtrack to the first Death Wish film. One of his songs, "Joanna's Theme", was re-recorded in 1997 on his duet album with Shorter, 1+1 . Hancock's next jazz-funk albums of the 1970s were Man-Child (1975) and Secrets (1976), which point toward the more commercial direction Hancock would take over the next decade. These albums feature
2812-495: The Fittest in 1975 without Hancock, while Hancock himself started to make even more commercial albums, often featuring members of the band, but no longer billed as the Headhunters. The Headhunters reunited with Hancock in 1998 for Return of the Headhunters , and a version of the band (featuring Jackson and Clark) continues to play and record. In 1973, Hancock composed his soundtrack to the controversial film The Spook Who Sat by
2888-599: The Grammy Award-winning Sound-System (1984), and Perfect Machine (1988). During this period, he appeared onstage at the Grammy Awards with Stevie Wonder , Howard Jones , and Thomas Dolby , in a synthesizer jam . Lesser known works from the 1980s are the live album Jazz Africa (1987) and the studio album Village Life (1984), which were recorded with Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso . In 1985, Hancock performed as
2964-439: The U.S. and internationally. Math, Science & Music uses music as a tool to teach math and science to K-12 and college students. The institute collaborates with math, science, music and education experts at Harvard , MIT , Johns Hopkins , New York University , the University of California Berkeley and other universities to offer a wealth of free engaging curricula, games, apps and other interactive online resources based on
3040-580: The US the following year. Hancock, Williams, and Carter toured internationally with Wynton Marsalis and his brother, saxophonist Branford Marsalis , in what was known as "VSOP II". This quintet can be heard on Wynton Marsalis's debut album on Columbia (1981). In 1984 VSOP II performed at the Playboy Jazz Festival as a sextet with Hancock, Williams, Carter, the Marsalis Brothers, and Bobby McFerrin . In 1982, Hancock contributed to
3116-411: The United States and internationally. Recent classes have visited Sitka, AK; Phoenix, AZ; Morocco, Havana, Cuba; Saint Petersburg, Russia; Panama City, Panama; and Melbourne, Sydney and Mt. Gambier, Australia. Since 1987, the institute has presented an annual international competition. More than $ 100,000 in scholarships and prizes is awarded to musicians and composers each year. The competition focuses on
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3192-449: The United States and the world “to encourage imaginative thinking, creativity, a positive self-image and respect for one’s own and others’ cultural heritage.” It is also the lead non-profit responsible for coordinating the annual celebration of International Jazz Day , a United Nations initiative. One of the institute's earliest goals was to create a unique college-level jazz program where the masters of jazz could pass on their expertise to
3268-648: The Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. At the Manhattan School of Music she studied voice under Peter Eldridge; she graduated in 1999. She was runner-up to Teri Thornton in the 1998 vocal competition at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz , in Washington, DC. When she was 22, she released her first album, Never Never Land ( N-Coded , 2000). Like Fitzgerald, she recorded many songs from
3344-656: The White House,” filmed at the White House and hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama . The special was subsequently nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction by John Beasley . Since 2012, the institute has produced television specials for PBS focusing on the annual celebration of International Jazz Day, with “International Jazz Day 2022” airing nationally in April 2022. Billy Dee Williams has donated artwork that has been used as
3420-606: The album New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) by Simple Minds , playing a synthesizer solo on the track "Hunter and the Hunted". In 1983, Hancock had a pop hit with the Grammy Award-winning single " Rockit " from the album Future Shock . It was the first jazz hip-hop song and became a worldwide anthem for breakdancers and for hip-hop in the 1980s. It was the first mainstream single to feature scratching , and also featured an innovative animated music video, which
3496-633: The country. In recent years, the institute has reported a 100% high school graduation rate for students in the program, with more than 90% going on to college and more than 75% of graduating seniors securing significant college scholarships. This program brings jazz musicians and educators into public performing arts high schools in order to provide intensive jazz training to students. Through this performance-based program, music students receive instruction in composition, theory, improvisation, history, and musical styles, preparing them to attend leading college, university, and conservatory music programs. The program
3572-511: The cover of the institute's International Jazz Competition since 1990. The artwork corresponds with the instrument being featured in that year's competition. Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd 's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet , where he helped to redefine
3648-538: The end of Hancock's tenure with the band. Despite some initial reluctance, Hancock began doubling on electric keyboards , including the Fender Rhodes electric piano at Davis's insistence. Hancock adapted quickly to the new instruments, which proved to be important in his future artistic endeavors. Under the pretext that he had returned late from a honeymoon in Brazil, Hancock was dismissed from Davis's band. In
3724-472: The evolution of jazz styles, contributions of important performers, and musical techniques involved in the creation and performance of jazz. As of 2021, the institute notes that the program's public school touring component has directly reached more than 500,000 students and teachers through assembly programs and master classes led by renowned jazz artists including Herbie Hancock , Antonio Hart , Ingrid Jensen , Vanessa Rubin and Bobby Watson . In summer 2020,
3800-569: The institute offered a series of free, virtual webinars introducing students in grades 4–12 to the Jazz in America curriculum. The institute's students and major jazz artists have traveled around the world as jazz ambassadors, presenting education programs throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. Programs have included: For three years beginning in 2002, UNESCO sponsored
3876-546: The institute produced "Celebrating a Jazz Master: Thelonious Sphere Monk," a PBS tribute concert hosted by Bill Cosby . In 1993, the institute coordinated "A White House Jazz Festival", the first "In Performance at The White House" PBS special taped with President and Mrs. Clinton. In 1996, the institute produced "A Celebration of America's Music", the first network television special devoted to jazz in over 25 years, which aired on ABC . A second "A Celebration of America's Music" aired in 1998. In 2006, President and Mrs. Bush hosted
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#17327804428083952-477: The members of the Headhunters band, but also a variety of other musicians in important roles. In 1978, Hancock recorded a duet with Chick Corea , who replaced him in the Davis band a decade earlier. Hancock also released a solo acoustic piano album, The Piano (1979), which was released only in Japan. (It was released in the US in 2004). Other Japan-only albums include Dedication (1974), V.S.O.P.'s Tempest in
4028-477: The most promising talents in jazz. The rhythm section Davis organized was young but effective, comprising bassist Ron Carter , 17-year-old drummer Williams, and Hancock on piano. After George Coleman and Sam Rivers each took a turn at the saxophone spot, the quintet gelled with Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone. This quintet is often regarded as one of the finest jazz ensembles yet. While in Davis's band, Hancock also found time to record dozens of sessions for
4104-555: The next generation of jazz musicians. In September 1995, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance was launched and the first class of seven students began their intensive training with some of the world's greatest musicians. The performance institute was located at Loyola University New Orleans before relocating in 2011. Now known as the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance,
4180-423: The platform's website, mathsciencemusic.org. Math, Science & Music was launched in 2016, with an event at the U.S. Department of Education hosted by Secretary of Education John King . Launched in 2000, Jazz in America is an internet-based jazz curriculum designed to be taught in 5th, 8th, and 11th grade public school American history and social studies classrooms in the United States. The curriculum examines
4256-467: The profound influence of Davis's Bitches Brew (1970), this fascination culminated in a series of albums in which electronic instruments were coupled with acoustic instruments. Hancock's first ventures into electronic music started with a sextet comprising Hancock, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Billy Hart , and a trio of horn players: Eddie Henderson (trumpet), Julian Priester ( trombone ), and multireedist Bennie Maupin . Patrick Gleeson
4332-517: The role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, Hancock experimented with jazz fusion , funk , and electro styles, using a wide array of synthesizers and electronics. It was during this period that he released one of his best-known and most influential albums, Head Hunters . Hancock's best-known compositions include " Cantaloupe Island ", " Watermelon Man ", " Maiden Voyage ", and " Chameleon ", all of which are jazz standards . During
4408-472: The same personnel. The music exhibited strong improvisational aspect beyond the confines of jazz mainstream and showed influence from the electronic music of contemporary classical composers. Hancock's three records released in 1971–73 later became known as the "Mwandishi" albums, so-called after a Swahili name Hancock sometimes used during this era (" Mwandishi " is Swahili for "writer"). The first two, including Fat Albert Rotunda were made available on
4484-506: The score/soundtrack, for which he won an Academy Award for Original Music Score . His film work was prolific during the 1980s, and included the scores to A Soldier's Story (1984), Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986), Action Jackson (1988 with Michael Kamen ), Colors (1988), and the Eddie Murphy comedy Harlem Nights (1989). He would also write music for television commercials, with "Maiden Voyage" starting out as
4560-489: The sextet and adding bassist Paul Jackson , percussionist Bill Summers , and drummer Harvey Mason . The album Head Hunters (1973) was a hit, crossing over to pop audiences but criticized within his jazz audience. Stephen Erlewine , in a retrospective summary for AllMusic , said, " Head Hunters still sounds fresh and vital three decades after its initial release, and its genre-bending proved vastly influential on not only jazz, but funk, soul, and hip-hop." Drummer Mason
4636-427: The singer and actor Herb Jeffries . He attended Hyde Park High School . Like many jazz pianists , Hancock started with a classical education. He started playing piano when he was seven years old, and his talent was recognized early. Considered a child prodigy , he played the first movement of Mozart 's Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K. 537 (Coronation) at a young people's concert on February 5, 1952, with
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#17327804428084712-594: The soundtrack for Bill Cosby 's animated prime-time television special Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert . Music from the soundtrack was later included on Fat Albert Rotunda (1969), an R&B -inspired album with strong jazz overtones. One of the jazzier songs on the record, the moody ballad "Tell Me a Bedtime Story", was later re-worked as a more electronic sounding song for the Quincy Jones album Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! (1978). Hancock became fascinated with electronic musical instruments. Together with
4788-482: The summer of 1968 Hancock formed his own sextet. Although Davis soon disbanded his quintet to search for a new sound, Hancock, despite his departure from the working band, continued to appear on Davis records for the next few years. His appearances included In a Silent Way , A Tribute to Jack Johnson and On the Corner . Hancock left Blue Note in 1969, signing with Warner Bros. Records . In 1969, Hancock composed
4864-531: The summer, Hancock re-staffed the Headhunters and went on tour with them, including a performance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. This lineup did not consist of any of the original Headhunters musicians. The group included Marcus Miller , Carrington, Loueke and Mayer. Hancock also served as the first artist in residence for Bonnaroo that summer. In 2006, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (which bought out Hancock's old label, Columbia Records) released
4940-583: The time I actually heard the Hi-Lo's, I started picking that stuff out; my ear was happening. I could hear stuff and that's when I really learned some much farther-out voicings – like the harmonies I used on Speak Like a Child – just being able to do that. I really got that from Clare Fischer 's arrangements for the Hi-Lo's. Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept ... he and Bill Evans , and Ravel and Gil Evans , finally. You know, that's where it came from. In 1960, Hancock heard Chris Anderson play just once and begged him to accept him as
5016-415: The two-disc retrospective The Essential Herbie Hancock . This set was the first compilation of his work at Warner Bros., Blue Note, Columbia and Verve / Polygram . This became Hancock's second major compilation of work since the 2002 Columbia-only The Herbie Hancock Box , which was released at first in a plastic 4 × 4 cube then re-released in 2004 in a long box set. Also in 2006, Hancock recorded
5092-644: The two-year, tuition-free program accepts one ensemble of musicians for each class. All of the students receive full scholarships, as well as stipends to cover their monthly living expenses. The students study both individually and as a small group, receiving personal mentoring, ensemble coaching, and lectures on the jazz tradition. They are also encouraged to experiment in expanding jazz in new directions through their compositions and performances. Alumni include Ambrose Akinmusire , Lionel Loueke , Michael Mayo , Helen Sung , Carmen Staaf, Walter Smith III , Wayne Escoffery , Eli Degibri and Gretchen Parlato . The institute
5168-473: The world in support of Gershwin's World with a sextet that featured Cyro Baptista , Terri Lynne Carrington , Ira Coleman , Eli Degibri and Eddie Henderson . In 2001, Hancock recorded Future2Future , which reunited Hancock with Laswell and featured doses of electronica as well as turntablist Rob Swift of the X-Ecutioners . Hancock later toured with the band, and released a concert DVD with
5244-476: Was attending the Manhattan School of Music in New York at the time and suggested that Hancock study composition with Vittorio Giannini (which he did for a short time in 1960). The pianist quickly earned a reputation, and played subsequent sessions with Oliver Nelson and Phil Woods . Hancock recorded his first solo album, Takin' Off , for Blue Note Records in 1962. " Watermelon Man " (from Takin' Off )
5320-478: Was directed by Godley and Creme and showed several robot-like artworks by Jim Whiting . The video was a hit on MTV and reached No. 8 in the UK. The video won in five categories at the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards . This single ushered in a collaboration with noted bassist and producer Bill Laswell . Hancock experimented with electronic music on a string of three LPs produced by Laswell: Future Shock (1983),
5396-400: Was eventually added to the mix to play and program the synthesizers. The sextet, later a septet with the addition of Gleeson, made three albums under Hancock's name: Mwandishi (1971), Crossings (1972) (both on Warner Bros. Records), and Sextant (1973) (released on Columbia Records ); two more, Realization and Inside Out , were recorded under Henderson's name with essentially
5472-554: Was given the Kennedy Center Honors Award for achievement in the performing arts. Terence Blanchard was the musical director and arranged Hancock compositions for performances with artists like Wayne Shorter , Joshua Redman , Vinnie Colaiuta , Lionel Loueke and Aaron Parks . Snoop Dogg performed a mash-up of the US3 arrangement of Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" and his own "Gin and Juice". Mixmaster Mike from
5548-542: Was nominated for Grammy Awards in two categories: "A Song for You" (featuring Aguilera) was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance , and "Gelo No Montanha" (featuring Trey Anastasio on guitar) was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance , although neither nomination resulted in an award. Also in 2005, Hancock toured Europe with a new quartet that included Beninese guitarist Lionel Loueke , and explored textures ranging from ambient to straight jazz to African music . During
5624-627: Was nominated for a 2007 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female . Aaron Parks placed third in the piano competition of 2006 and was subsequently signed by Blue Note Records . Recent winners include GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant (2010), Emmy Award-winning pianist and composer Kris Bowers (2011), saxophonist Melissa Aldana (2013), vocalist Jazzmeia Horn (2015) and guitarist Evgeny Pobozhiy (2019). Dozens of other finalists and semifinalists have forged successful careers as jazz performers and educators. In November 2011,
5700-411: Was replaced by Mike Clark , and the band released a second album, Thrust , in 1974. (A live album from a Japan performance, consisting of compositions from those first two Head Hunters releases was released in 1975 as Flood ). This was almost as well received as its predecessor, if not attaining the same level of commercial success. The Headhunters made another successful album called Survival of
5776-490: Was to provide Mongo Santamaría with a hit single, but more importantly for Hancock, Takin' Off caught the attention of Miles Davis , who was at that time assembling a new band. Hancock was introduced to Davis by the young drummer Tony Williams , a member of the new band. Hancock received considerable attention when, in May 1963, he joined Davis's Second Great Quintet . Davis personally sought out Hancock, whom he saw as one of
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