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Herbie Hancock
OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. Herbie Hancock runs through 8 of them, each one placing them inside a wider story. They appear most often alongside Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder and Cybotron.
Shows where Herbie Hancock appears
Wildstyle — Vice City's Electro Station
Mr. Magic's Wildstyle captures the 80s electro-funk and hip-hop sound, from Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" to Hashim's 808 beats, that defined NYC and Miami.
1 of 11 tracks — Rockit
Jazz's Revolutionary Sixties
The 1960s transformed jazz, as Coltrane's modal innovations, Dolphy's free explorations, and Adderley's soul grooves radically diversified the sound.
1 of 8 tracks — Maiden Voyage
Jamal: Space, Silence, and Influence
Ahmad Jamal's minimalist genius, from "Poinciana" to "Ahmad's Blues," defines a new jazz piano sound that shapes Miles Davis's modal explorations and inspires Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage."
1 of 8 tracks — Maiden Voyage
Synth's Funk Odyssey
Wendy Carlos's "Switched-On Bach" introduced the Moog, but it took Keith Emerson, Stevie Wonder, and the Ohio Players to make the synthesizer a genre-defining lead instrument in rock, funk, and hip-hop.
1 of 8 tracks — Chameleon
Konono's Amplified Likembe Revelation
Konono Nº1's amplified likembé sound from Kinshasa exploded globally with 'Congotronics,' inspiring Björk, Herbie Hancock, and new generations to embrace its 'tradi-modern' power.
1 of 6 tracks — Imagine
Miles Electric: Radical or Retreat?
Miles Davis's electric turn, from Kind of Blue to Bitches Brew, was a radical artistic pursuit that forged jazz-rock fusion and inspired Herbie Hancock and Mahavishnu Orchestra.
1 of 7 tracks — Chameleon
Miles' Electric Brew
Miles Davis's Bitches Brew forged fusion in 1970, injecting rock urgency and electric soundscapes into jazz, a studio-edited revolution that influenced Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi.
1 of 6 tracks — Ostinato (Suite for Angela)
Tines, Tones, & Timeless Samples
The Fender Rhodes' unique dynamic range, from its jazz fusion origins with Herbie Hancock to Donny Hathaway's soulful growl, transforms into the sampled, buttery sound of A Tribe Called Quest's hip-hop.
1 of 7 tracks — Chameleon