Music 1040 Herbie Hancock Paper
Music 1040 Herbie Hancock Paper
Music 1040 Herbie Hancock Paper
now a jazz standard that has been covered countless times. The Maynard
Ferguson recording of this song is actually what first sparked my own interest
in jazz. Shortly after the albums release Herbie was invited to join Miles
Davis band and kept with them for years.
During the 70s, Hancock left the Miles Davis Quintet and started his
own band, The Headhunters. The bands self-titled debut album
(Headhunters) came out in 1973 and blasted them to the top of the pop
charts. They were playing stadiums world-wide in no time.
Herbie also found an interest in Buddhism in the 70s and practices
Nichiren Buddhism to this day. He heard something extraordinary in a band
mates solo and asked where they had found the inspiration for such a new
sound and was told this new inspiration was derived from something
beyond the realm of music. That was when Herbie first discovered
Nichirens particular form of Buddhism. On his practice of Buddhism Herbie
once said, "Practicing Buddhism has brought several revelations to me. One
that has been extremely important to my own personal development and
consequently my musical development is the realization that I am not a
musician. Thats not what I am. Its what I do. What I am is a human being.
Being a human being includes me being a musician. It includes my being a
father, a husband, a neighbor, a citizen and an African-American. All of these
relationships have to do with my existence on the planet.
Works Cited
www.herbiehancock.com, Herbie Hancock. Web. 12/6/15.