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Herbie Hancock (Chicago, 12 de Abril de 1940) é um pianista e compositor norte-americano, considerado um dos mestres do jazz.
Tocou ao lado de grandes músicos, com destaque para sua colaboração com Miles Davis nos anos 60, em um quinteto que se tornou antológico na história do Jazz. Ali, Hancock foi introduzido ao piano elétrico Fender Rhodes, ao qual adaptou-se imediatamente e tão logo experimentou a improvisada adaptação de um pedal de wah-wah e uma câmara de eco (um Echoplex). Harold Rhodes, pai do piano elétrico, ao noticiar essas estranhas e até então originais conexões, providencia para que esses conectores...
Anthony John Hancock, best known as Tony Hancock (12th May 1924 – 25th June 1968) was a major figure in British television and radio comedy in the 1950s and 1960s. He was both loved and admired by his public, and when he appeared on stage in the late fifties/early sixties, playing in 2,000+ seater theatres, his star burned brightly, and audiences flocked to see him.
Considered by many to be (together with his scriptwriters - Ray Galton & Alan Simpson, and producer Dennis Main-Wilson), the originator(s) of the British 'sitcom', his radio 'Half Hours', and later his output on television...
Também chamado como Wayne "The Train" Hancock, este músico country nascia quando os Beatles lançavam Rubber Soul, em 1965. Bebendo na fonte do honky tonk, do western swing e do blues, este "garoto" texano começou a compor aos 12 anos, e prefere chamar sua mistura de "juke joint swing". Hoje tem 7 álbuns gravados, mas ainda empresaria seus próprios shows, além de dirigir sua van até os clubes. .
Hancock Basement are Nick Beresford-Wylie, Nick Craven and Tom Spira, a veritable melting pot of slick grooves, disco rhythms and garage rocking riffs. Coming off the mean streets of Canberra, Australia, the band have cut their teeth with folks like The Sleepy Jackson, The Presets, Bit By Bats, Datarock, Digitalism and Batrider. They launched their self-titled EP in August 2006. With the band reaching out recently to play a string of buzzing shows in Melbourne and Sydney (including a slot at Rebel Rebel) as well as their debut festival appearance at the 2006 Stonefest extravaganza, the 'Cock are as slick...
From Lubbock, Texas, Butch is one third of the super-group The Flatlanders with fellow Lubbock natives Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
Hancock has spent most of his career as a solo artist, and made many recordings. His song 'If You Were a Bluebird' has been covered by many artists, the most well-known version being by Emmylou Harris. .
