Herbie Hancock

Artist:  Herbie Hancock
Birth Name:  Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
Born:  April 2, 1940.  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Post-Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Electro, Classical
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Producer
Instruments:  Piano, Electric Piano, Keyboard, Synthesizers, Organ, Clavinet, Keytar

Herbie Hancock is an American Pianist, Keyboardist and Composer.  He started his career with Donald Byrd, shortly joined the Miles Rhythm Quintet.  He was one of the first Jazz Musicians to embrace Synthesizers and Funk Music.  His music embraces elements from Jazz, , Blues, Modern Classical Music, Funk and Soul.  His best-known Solo works include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians including Mongo Santamaria), "Maiden Voyage", "I Thought It Was You".  In 2008, he won Grammy Award for Album Of The Year from Tribute album River:  The Joni Letters.

Title:  Speak Like A Child  (2017)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Post-Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Funk, Hard Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Label:  Blue Noe Records
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

 1.  Riot  (4:40)
 2.  Speak Like A Child  (7:50)
 3.  First Trip (6:01)
 4.  Toys  (5:52)
 5.  Goodbye To Childhood  (7:06)
 6.  The Sorcerer  (5:36)

Personnel:

Herbie Hancock:  Piano
Ron Carter:  Bass
Mickey Roker:  Drums
Jerry Dodgion:  Alto Flute, except Track 3
Thad Jones:  Flugelhorn, except Track 3
Peter Phillips:  Bass Trombone except Track 3

Speak Like A Child is the sixth album by Herbie Hancock, originally released in 1968 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued in 2016 by Blue Note Records, featuring Ron Carter, Mickey Roker, Jerry Dodgion, Thad Jones, and Peter Phillips.