Herbie Hancock: 'On A Path To Find My Own Answer' — npr.org

Herbie Hancock's new memoir is titled Possibilities. Jessica Hancock/Courtesy of the artist hide caption Herbie Hancock's new memoir is titled Possibilities. To listen to the music of Herbie Hancock is to witness an artist in constant evolution. Even looking at highlights alone — from 1962's "Watermelon Man," a tune he says he named after a fruit seller he'd seen in his hometown of Chicago, to playing in Miles Davis' band, to his improbable hip-hop hybrid "Rockit" in 1983, to his recent collaboration with fellow electronic tinkerer Flying Lotus — to refer to the pianist and composer as a jazz artist feels utterly inadequate.

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