{"id":2266,"count":1,"description":"American jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer, band leader (born April 12, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, USA).\r\nHancock is one of the best-known modern jazz composers, creator of \u201cWatermelon Man\u201d (which has been a reference point throughout his career), \u201cMaiden Voyage\u201d, \u201cDolphin Dance\u201d, right through to the dance grooves of \u201c[r=3173760]\u201d. Learned the piano from the age of 6, performing piano concertos by [a95546] with the [a837562] aged 11. He came to wider attention via his work with trumpeter [a20956] who introduced him to [l281] co-founder [a252962]; he recorded for Lion's label as both leader and sideman throughout the 1960s while he was a member of trumpeter [a23755]' regular working group from 1963 to 1968. Entered a period of working in jazz fusion from the late 1960s, initially with Davis, and then in his own groups in the 1970s; the \"Headhunters\" album was a best seller. Around the same time, he worked with the acoustic [a813480], effectively the Davis second quintet with [a55745] substituting.","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/artista\/herbie-hancock\/","name":"Herbie Hancock","slug":"herbie-hancock","taxonomy":"artista","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista\/2266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artista"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?artista=2266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}