Herbie Hancock

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, USA. Hancock is one of jazz music's most important and influential pianists and composers. He embraced elements of rock, funk, and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz.

Awards

• MTV Awards (5 awards in total) - Best Concept Video - Rockit 1983-84
• Grammy - Best R&B Instrumental Performance - Rockit" 1983
• Keyboard Magazine Readers Poll - Best Jazz & Pop Keyboardist 1983
• Grammy - Best R&B instrumental Performance - Sound system 1984
• Gold Note Jazz Awards - NY chapter National Black MBA association 1985
• Playboy Music Poll Jazz Group 1985
• Playboy Music Poll Playboy Music Poll 1985
• Playboy Music Poll "Best Jazz Album - Rockit" 1985
• French Award Officer of the Order of Arts & Letters-Paris 1985
• Oscar "Best Original Score - Round Midnight" 1986
• BMI Film Music Award "Round Midnight" 1986
• Playboy Music Poll Jazz Keyboards 1986
• U.S. Radio award "Best Original Music Scoring - Thom McAnn Shoes" 1986
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association "Best Score - Round Midnight" 1986
• Grammy "Best Original Composition - Call Sheet Blues" 1987
• Playboy Music Poll R&B Instrumentalist 1987
• Keyboard Magazine Readers Poll Jazz Pianist 1987
• Keyboard Magazine Readers Poll Jazz Keyboardist 1987
• Keyboard Magazine Readers Poll Best Jazz Pianist 1988
• BMI TV/Film award 25 Years of Affiliation 1988
• Playboy Music Poll Jazz Instrumentalist 1988
• BMI Film Music Award "Colors" 1989
• Grammy "Best Jazz Instrumental by a Group - Tribute To Miles" 1994
• Grammy "The New Standard" 1996
• Soul train Music Award "Best jazz album - The New Standard" 1997
• Festival International Jazz de Montreal Prix Miles Davis 1997
• VH1's 100 Greatest Videos "Rockit" is "10th Greatest Video" 2001
• NEA Jazz Masters Award 2004