Herbie Hancock
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Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped t
Hancock in 2023
Hancock (left) with the Headhunters, 1975
Hancock in 1976
Hancock playing keytar in La Spezia, Italy, July 2008
Miles Davis
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Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In a career spanning nea
The house at 1701 Kansas Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois, where Davis lived from 1939 to 1944
Tommy Potter, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Miles Davis and Duke Jordan in August 1947
Davis on piano with Howard McGhee (trumpet), Joe Albany (pianist, standing) and Brick Fleagle (guitarist, smoking), September 1947
During the 1950s, Davis started using a Harmon mute on his trumpet. It became part of his signature sound for the rest of his career.