In honor of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, theGrio examines how Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit,” utilizing the turntablism of Grandmixer DXT, helped hip-hop earn the respect of music critics and ...

The post Atmosphere’s Ant on Obsessing Over Herbie Hancock’s Improbable Hit “Rockit” appeared first on Consequence. After catching that memorable live performance, the recorded version of “Rockit” (as ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Pabst Theater will soon host a celebrated musical legend, bringing a unique blend of jazz and contemporary sounds to the city. Herbie Hancock, a renowned jazz pianist and ...

The Grammy Award winning Herbie Hancock and the Rockit Band take you to the center of the break dancing, scratch music phenomena in this explosive presentation live in 1984 at the Hammersmith Odeon ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Get ready to “Rockit” this September at Chrysler Hall. Jazz legend Herbie Hancock is coming to town to kick off the Virginia Arts Festival’s fall season. The show will be on ...

Herbie Hancock and Carlos Santana In The Studio, circa 1980 (Photo: Hancock Archives) From his earliest days as a pianist for Donald Byrd, then Miles Davis, up through his work in the 1960s, 1970s, ...

Used by Herbie Hancock in the Rockit video and Rockit performances. Used for technique called "vocoding" which changes human voice to an electronically synthesized sound. One of the first performers ...

A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by experimentation as by reverence for tradition. By Giovanni Russonello The 1973 album proved that ...