Jazz Appreciation Month: Celebrating Herbie Hancock

April is Jazz Appreciate Month, and we're saluting Herbie Hancock for his 85th birthday (4/12/40). Part of Miles Davis' Second Great Quartet, he was later known for compositions like "Cantaloupe Island" and "Watermelon Man." He's a pioneer in the '70s melding of Jazz, Rock, and Funk, plus his Joni Mitchell tribute album "River: The Joni Letters" was only the second jazz album ever to win the Album of the Year Grammy.

1960s Jazz

Post-bop, free jazz, and early fusion

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