Herbie Hancock has been at the center of so many transformations in jazz that only comparisons to the titans Miles Davis and John Coltrane — both of whom he worked with and learned from — seem apt. As if it wasn’t enough to turn jazz-funk into pop music and help create the genre of post-bop, Hancock has continued to rethink and re-situate jazz well into the sixth decade of his career.…
Herbie Hancock has been at the center of so many transformations in jazz that only comparisons to the titans Miles Davis and John Coltrane — both of whom he worked with and learned from — seem apt. As if it wasn’t enough to turn jazz-funk into pop music and help create the genre of post-bop, Hancock has continued to rethink and re-situate jazz well into the sixth decade of his career.…