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Herbie Hancock

Alternative rock
Alternative rockClassicalFunk

Herbie Hancock is a Alternative rock and Classical act. Their catalogue also touches Funk, Jazz and Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Robert Glasper, Chithra, K.S. Chithra, Miles Davis and Nils Landgren Funk Unit. Those roots explain a lot about how Herbie Hancock arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea and Thelonious Monk, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Free Nationals, Robert Glasper, Lettuce, El Chicano and Mongo Santamaria, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 133 connections around Herbie Hancock, reaching back through Robert Glasper and forward to Free Nationals. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Herbie HancockRobert GlasperChithraK.S. ChithraMiles DavisNils Landgren Funk U…MaterialA Song For YouBootsy's Rubber BandFree NationalsRobert GlasperLettuceEl ChicanoMongo SantamariaGalaxy 2 GalaxyTaïroKamaal WilliamsWayne ShorterMiles DavisFreddie HubbardChick CoreaThelonious MonkBilly CobhamHorace SilverBill Evans

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Herbie Hancock connections

Herbie Hancock grew out of Robert Glasper, Chithra, K.S. Chithra and Miles Davis, shares an orbit with Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard and Chick Corea, went on to shape Free Nationals, Robert Glasper, Lettuce and El Chicano. 133 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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