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Topic: Herbie Hancock

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 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Yoko Ono
Dream job(s):DJ
Favorite era(s):1960s,  1970s
Favorite body part(s):Soul
Favorite composer(s):Rachmaninoff,  Chopin,  Beethoven
Likes to wear:Vinyl,  Afro,  Sixties
Listens to:Miles Davis,  Jazz,  Santana
Ultimate fantasy(s):Being Dolly Parton's slave
Worst habit(s):Buying top 40 music
Favorite quote(s):"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." - Voltaire (1694-1778)
"Disco is to music what Etch-a-Sketch is to art."
"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end." - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
 
 
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Athena Mondale,
Spiritual Consultant

Herbie Hancock's vision extends beyond music, to a world where the contributions of all cultures are welcomed, acknowledged, appreciated, and incorporated into the society.
Phuong Nguyen,
Exotic Dancer

Herbie Hancock's Palm Grease.
Pete Trengle,
Bass Player

Jazz giant HERBIE HANCOCK, the pianist for Miles Davis' influential 1960s quintet who went on to form the seminal fusion sextet The Headhunters, makes his Mondavi Center debut on Saturday, March 29, 2003 in Jackson Hall.
A good number of the artists featured in that documentary cite Herbie Hancock's performance of his song "Rockit" (with Grandmixer DXT scratchin' it up on a turntable) at the 1984 Grammys as the first time their eyes were opened as to how a turntable could be used as an actual percussion instrument of sorts.
Even wonderful "mature" musicians like Freddie Hubbard, Michael Brecker, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock have returned to performing and recording straight ahead jazz.
Anita Ganesh,
Poet

But with Herbie Hancock's "Rockit," Pray (or more specifically Pray's producer Brad Blondheim), found a compelling narrative line.
Jordan Jones,
Rapper

Torres gives Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" a new Latin look that I don't think Hancock every imagined the song would sound like.
's "Megamix" is released Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" featuring cuts and scratches by Grandmaster D.
Herbie Hancock and Branford Marsalis to play Jazzf.
 
 
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