A true icon, Hancock’s storied career has earned him 14 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Kennedy Center Honor and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Known for his innovative approach to music, his ...

Discovered by trumpeter Donald Byrd at the start of the 60s, Hancock signed to Blue Note Records, and wrote jazz standards including Watermelon Man, Cantaloupe Island and Maiden Voyage. In the 70s he ...

Hopefully I don’t need to explain Queen or Herbie Hancock’s qualifications ... Patti Smith, and Stevie Wonder. Last year, it went to Nile Rogers and the Finnish composer/conductor Esa-Pekka ...

Speaking about receiving the award, Hancock told the PA news agency ... and Bluesette with Stevie Wonder. Speaking about the performance, he told PA: “I actually had a great time, I was ...

Herbie Hancock is an all-time jazz great ... Previous laureates have included Sir Paul McCartney, Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Quincy Jones.