CD: Herbie Hancock: The Definitive Herbie Hancock

Few jazz musicians are more approachable for newcomers than Herbie Hancock, who embarks on a short UK tour next month. Hancock is a jazz giant and an improvising genius respected by everybody in the scene, but he is also one of the most sampled jazz musicians alive, and his exploits in funk and dance music have given him a uniquely broad appeal. This is a compilation for new recruits: most longtime fans will have most of the famous tracks here, from the mid-1960s Canteloupe Island and Maiden Voy...

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