Library — Piano

Herbie Hancock

13 albums as leader and 66 as sideman (1962–2023), each listed chronologically.

As Leader · 13

1962

Takin' Off

1962 · Blue Note

As LeaderPiano✎ Note
Empyrean Isles

Empyrean Isles

1964 · Blue Note

As LeaderPiano
Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage

1965 · Blue Note

As LeaderPiano
The Prisoner

The Prisoner

1969 · Blue Note

As LeaderPiano / Electric Piano
1971

Mwandishi

1971 · Warner Bros.

As LeaderArranger / Electric Piano✎ Note
Head Hunters

Head Hunters

1973 · Columbia

As LeaderPiano / Producer / Synthesizer / Electric Piano
1973

Sextant

1973 · Columbia

As LeaderPiano
1978

Sunlight

1978 · Columbia

As LeaderArranger / Producer
Future Shock

Future Shock

1983 · Columbia

As LeaderKeyboards / Producer✎ Note
The New Standard

The New Standard

1996 · Verve Records

As LeaderPiano
Gershwin's World

Gershwin's World

1998 · Verve Records

As LeaderPiano
Directions in Music

Directions in Music

2002 · Verve

As LeaderPiano / Liner Notes / Executive Producer
River: The Joni Letters

River: The Joni Letters

2007 · Verve

As LeaderPiano / Arranger / Producer

As Sideman · 66

Hub-Tones

Hub-Tones

Freddie Hubbard

1962 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano
Life Time

Life Time

Tony Williams

1964 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano
Search for the New Land

Search for the New Land

Lee Morgan

1964 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano
No Room For Squares

No Room For Squares

Hank Mobley

1964 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano
E.S.P.

E.S.P.

Miles Davis

1965 · Columbia

SidemanPiano✎ Note
In the Beginning

In the Beginning

Woody Shaw

1965 · Muse

SidemanPiano
Up With Donald Byrd

Up With Donald Byrd

Donald Byrd

1965 · Verve Records

SidemanConductor / Piano
Speak No Evil

Speak No Evil

Wayne Shorter

1966 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano✎ Note
Spring

Spring

Tony Williams

1966 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano
Sayin' Somethin'

Sayin' Somethin'

Nat Adderley

1966 · Atlantic

SidemanPiano
Free Form

Free Form

Donald Byrd

1966 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano✎ Note
Miles Smiles

Miles Smiles

Miles Davis

1967 · Columbia

SidemanPiano
Contours

Contours

Sam Rivers

1967 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano
Voices

Voices

Stan Getz

1967 · Verve Records

SidemanPiano
Nefertiti

Nefertiti

Miles Davis

1968 · Columbia

SidemanPiano
Miles In The Sky

Miles In The Sky

Miles Davis

1968 · Columbia

SidemanPiano / Electric Piano
Giblet Gravy

Giblet Gravy

George Benson

1968 · Verve Records

SidemanPiano
Stoned Soul Picnic

Stoned Soul Picnic

Roy Ayers

1968 · Atlantic

SidemanPiano
In a Silent Way

In a Silent Way

Miles Davis

1969 · Columbia

SidemanPiano / Electric Piano✎ Note
Daddy Bug

Daddy Bug

Roy Ayers

1969 · Atlantic

SidemanPiano
Straight Life

Straight Life

Freddie Hubbard

1970 · CTI Records

SidemanPiano
Infinite Search

Infinite Search

Miroslav Vitous

1970 · Embryo Records

SidemanElectric Piano / Piano
Stonebone

Stonebone

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding

1970 · A&M Records

SidemanKeyboards
When Sonny Blows Blue

When Sonny Blows Blue

Sonny Stitt

1970 · Jamal (2)

SidemanPiano / Organ / Electric Piano
Bridge Over Troubled Water

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Paul Desmond

1970 · A&M Records

SidemanElectric Piano
Live-Evil

Live-Evil

Miles Davis

1971 · Columbia

SidemanPiano / Keyboards
Charles Tolliver And His All Stars

Charles Tolliver And His All Stars

Charles Tolliver And His All Stars

1971 · Polydor

SidemanPiano
Moon Germs

Moon Germs

Joe Farrell

1973 · CTI Records

SidemanPiano
Sunflower

Sunflower

Milt Jackson

1973 · CTI Records

SidemanPiano
In Concert Volume One

In Concert Volume One

Freddie Hubbard / Stanley Turrentine With Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, Eric Gale

1974 · CTI Records

SidemanElectric Piano
Identity

Identity

Airto Moreira

1975 · Arista

SidemanSynthesizer
Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius

1976 · Epic

Sidemantr.2, 4Piano / Liner Notes / Keyboards / Electric Piano
Daddy Bug & Friends

Daddy Bug & Friends

Roy Ayers

1976 · Atlantic

SidemanPiano
The Mad Hatter

The Mad Hatter

Chick Corea

1978 · Polydor

SidemanElectric Piano
Formerly Of The Harlettes

Formerly Of The Harlettes

Sharon Redd • Ula Hedwig • Charlotte Crossley

1978 · Columbia

SidemanElectric Piano
Michel Colombier

Michel Colombier

Michel Colombier

1979 · Chrysalis

SidemanSynthesizer / Keyboards
In Memory Of

In Memory Of

Stanley Turrentine

1980 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano
The Swing Of Delight

The Swing Of Delight

Carlos Santana

1980 · Columbia

SidemanPiano / Electric Piano / Keyboards / Synthesizer
Word of Mouth

Word of Mouth

Jaco Pastorius

1981 · Warner Bros.

Sidemantr.2Piano
1981

The Dude

Quincy Jones

1981 · A&M

SidemanElectric Piano
Morning Sun

Morning Sun

Alphonse Mouzon

1981 · Pausa Records

SidemanElectric Piano / Piano / Synthesizer
Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

1982 · Columbia

SidemanPiano / Producer
Distant Lover

Distant Lover

Alphonse Mouzon

1982 · Highrise Entertainment Co.

SidemanSynthesizer
Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

Bunny Brunel

1984 · Inner City Records

SidemanPiano
Ornella &...

Ornella &...

Ornella Vanoni

1986 · CGD

SidemanPiano
Spontaneous Inventions

Spontaneous Inventions

Bobby McFerrin

1986 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano
Renaissance

Renaissance

Branford Marsalis

1987 · Columbia

SidemanPiano
Don't Try This At Home

Don't Try This At Home

Michael Brecker

1988 · Impulse!

SidemanPiano
Joy Ryder

Joy Ryder

Wayne Shorter

1988 · Columbia

SidemanSynthesizer
Then And Now

Then And Now

Grover Washington, Jr.

1988 · Columbia

SidemanPiano
Struck By Lightning

Struck By Lightning

Airto Moreira

1989 · Venture

SidemanKeyboards
Something More

Something More

Buster Williams

1989 · In+Out Records

SidemanPiano / Keyboards
Angelus

Angelus

Milton Nascimento

1993 · Warner Music Brasil

SidemanPiano
Kicking Cans

Kicking Cans

Dori Caymmi

1993 · Qwest Records

SidemanPiano
Sonny Rollins & Co. 1964

Sonny Rollins & Co. 1964

Sonny Rollins & Co.

1994 · BMG

SidemanPiano
Live

Live

Herbie Hancock Quartet

1994 · Jazz Door

SidemanPiano
Vinnie Colaiuta

Vinnie Colaiuta

Vinnie Colaiuta

1994 · Stretch Records

SidemanPiano
Double Rainbow - The Music Of Antonio Carlos Jobim

Double Rainbow - The Music Of Antonio Carlos Jobim

Joe Henderson

1995 · Verve Records

SidemanPiano
Sci-Fi

Sci-Fi

Christian McBride Band

2000 · Verve Records

SidemanPiano
Jazz Is A Spirit

Jazz Is A Spirit

Terri Lyne Carrington With Herbie Hancock, Gary Thomas, Robert Hurst, Paul Bollenback, Wallace Roney

2002 · ACT (4)

SidemanPiano
Flow

Flow

Terence Blanchard

2005 · Blue Note

SidemanProducer
Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

Michael Brecker

2007 · Heads Up International

SidemanPiano
Karibu

Karibu

Lionel Loueke

2008 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano
Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue

Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue

Terri Lyne Carrington

2013 · GrooveJazz Media LLC

SidemanVocals
Deciphering the Message

Deciphering the Message

Makaya McCraven

2021 · Blue Note

SidemanPiano
Street Of Minarets

Street Of Minarets

Dhafer Youssef

2023 · Back Beat Edition

SidemanSynthesizer / Piano / Oud

Notes on these albums · 6

1971 · Mwandishi

Mwandishi
Herbie Hancock · 1971

Leon ChanclerNdugu ChanclerNdugu Chanclerンドゥグ・チャンクラー joined Herbie HancockHerbie HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック's avant-garde Mwandishi band in 1971. Percussionist James Mtume assigned Swahili names to each member based on their personalities — Chancler received 'Ndugu' (brother). Hancock became 'Mwandishi' (composer), Billy Hart became 'Jabali' (rock), Eddie Henderson became 'Mganga' (doctor). Chancler loved the name and used it for the rest of his career.

— Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler — Percussive Arts Society

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1983 · Future Shock

Future Shock
Future Shock
Herbie Hancock · 1983
Rockit
Rockit
Herbie Hancock · 1983

Herbie HancockHerbie HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック's biggest hit wasn't his work with Miles Davis or Head Hunters — it was 'Rockit' (1983), an electro track featuring turntable scratching by GrandMixer DXT. It became one of MTV's most-played videos and won a Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. A jazz pianist delivered hip-hop culture to mainstream America.

— How Herbie Hancock's 'Rockit' changed everything — The Guardian

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1966 · Speak No Evil

Speak No Evil
Speak No Evil
Wayne Shorter · 1966
Night Dreamer
Night Dreamer
Wayne Shorter · 1964

The 1964–66 Blue Note period was when Wayne ShorterWayne ShorterWayne Shorterウェイン・ショーター's compositional voice matured rapidly. On Night DreamerNight DreamerNight DreamerWayne Shorter · 1964 and Speak No EvilSpeak No EvilSpeak No EvilWayne Shorter · 1966 he established his signature 'mysterious beauty' language. Lee MorganLee MorganLee Morganリー・モーガン, McCoy TynerMcCoy TynerMcCoy Tynerマッコイ・タイナー, and Elvin JonesElvin JonesElvin Jonesエルヴィン・ジョーンズ brought it to life.

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1969 · In a Silent Way

Bitches Brew
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis · 1970
In a Silent Way
In a Silent Way
Miles Davis · 1969

Miles's 1969–70 studio experiments fused rock's rhythmic sensibility with jazz improvisation. Bitches BrewBitches BrewBitches BrewMiles Davis · 1970 layered McLaughlinJohn McLaughlinJohn McLaughlinジョン・マクラフリン, CoreaChick CoreaChick Coreaチック・コリア, HancockHerbie HancockHerbie Hancockハービー・ハンコック, and others in simultaneous collective improvisation.

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1962 · Takin' Off and 1 more

Deciphering the Message
Deciphering the Message
Makaya McCraven · 2021
Search for the New Land
Search for the New Land
Lee Morgan · 1964
Takin' Off
Herbie Hancock · 1962
Free Form
Free Form
Donald Byrd · 1966

The funky feel of 'Watermelon Man' on Herbie Hancock's 1962 debut Takin' Off came from drummer Billy Higgins, who landed his stroke right between straight eighths and swung triplets. The tune would soon travel far.

— Statement stmt-herbie-hancock-on-billy-higgins

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