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H. Hancock

Real Name:
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
Profile:
Pianist/keyboardist and composer, born 12 April 1940 in Chicago, Illinois.

Hancock is one of the great modern-jazz composers, creator of `Watermelon man' (which has been a basic reference-point throughout his career), 'Maiden Voyage', 'Dolphin Dance', right through to the dance grooves of the insidious and sanity-threatening 'Rockit'. Hancock also has the distinction of having made the largest-selling jazz record of all time in Head Hunters.
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Discography

Releases:
The Prisoner (Album) (2 versions)   Blue Note 1969
Head Hunters (Album) (14 versions)   Columbia ... 1973
Palm Grease / Butterfly (7")   Columbia 1974
Thrust (Album) (5 versions)   CBS/Sony ... 1974
Doin' It / Together (Whatever) (12", Promo)   Columbia 1976
Secrets (Album) (6 versions)   CBS/Sony ... 1976
Man-Child (Album) (2 versions)   CBS/Sony ... 1977
V. S. O. P. (Album) (2 versions)   Columbia 1977
I Thought It Was You (Single) (2 versions)   CBS 1978
Doin' It / Honey From The Jar (7")   Columbia 1979
Feets Don't Fail Me Now (Album) (2 versions)   CBS 1979
Knee Deep / Doin' It (12", Promo)   Columbia 1979
Tell Everybody / Trust Me (Maxi) (2 versions)   CBS ... 1979
You Bet Your Love / Knee Deep (2 versions)   CBS 1979
You Bet Your Love / Ready Or Not (12")   Columbia 1979
Go For It (12", Single)   CBS 1980
Saturday Night / Making Love (12", Promo)   Columbia 1980
Stars In Your Eyes (12", Promo)   Columbia 1980
Everybody's Broke (12", Promo)   Columbia 1981
Everybody's Broke / Magic Number (12")   Columbia 1981
Magic Windows (Album) (3 versions)   CBS ... 1981
Gettin' To The Good Part (7", Promo)   Columbia 1982
Lite Me Up / Satisfied With Love (2 versions)   CBS 1982
Quartet (Album) (4 versions)   CBS ... 1982
Autodrive (7", Promo)   CBS 1983
Future Shock (Album) (7 versions)   CBS ... 1983
Rockit (Single, Maxi) (10 versions)   Columbia ... 1983
Rockit (S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d Version) / You Bet Your Love / I Thought It Was You (12")   CBS 1983
Mega-Mix (2 versions)   Columbia 1984
Sound-System (Album) (3 versions)   Columbia ... 1984
Round Midnight - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (3 versions)   CBS Disques ... 1986
Mixed Masters Maxi Length Dance Mixes (CD, Mini, Maxi)   CBS 1988
The Egg (CD, Album)   Selected Sound Carrier AG 1994
Dis Is Da Drum Sampler (CD, Single, Smplr)   Mercury 1995
The Essential (2xCD, Comp)   Legacy, Columbia, Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2006
Production:
Wynton Marsalis (Album) (2 versions)   Columbia ... 1994
Appears On:
Hello Dolly (7", EP) Prodavac Lubenica (Wat... Diskos 1965
Discotheque (Album) (2 versions) Water Melon Man Society ... 1966
Big Boss Mann (Album) (2 versions) Watermelon Man CBS ... 1970
Watermelon Man / Alone Again Naturally (7") Watermelon Man People Records 1972
Chameleon (LP, Album) Chameleon Columbia 1974
Daly-Wilson Big Band (LP, Gat) Chameleon Reprise Records 1975
Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits (Comp) (4 versions) Watermelon Man Columbia ... 1975
String Beat (LP) Kameleon Polskie Nagrania Muza 1975
Disco Dancin' (LP, Red) Waterlmelon Man Mode Disques 1976
Jaco Pastorius (Album) (4 versions) Come On, Come Over, Co... Epic ... 1976
Stars & Straps (5xLP, Comp + Box) Watermelon Man CBS 1977
Round And Round (LP, Album) Chameleon CBS/Sony 1978
I've Got A Woman (7", Comp, Promo, EP) Watermelon Man United Artists Records 1979
This Is It! 20 Of The Hottest Hits Around (LP, Comp) You Bet Your Love CBS 1979
Watermelon Man / A Mi No Me Engañan (You Better Believe It) (12", Promo) Watermelon Man (Specia... Columbia 1979
A Secret Place (LP, Album, RE) Dolphin Dance Motown 1981
The 60's, 70's Into The 80's = Taxi (LP, Album) Watermelon Man Taxi, Island Records, Island Records, Taxi 1981
Columbia Records And KTWN FM 108 Present: Not The Same Old Jazz! (7", Promo) I'll Be There When The... Columbia 1982
Bill Evans ~ A Tribute (2xLP, Comp) Dolphin Dance Palo Alto Records 1983
Disco Inverno 1984 (12", Promo) Rockit (Long Album Ver... CBS 1983
Maiden Voyage (CD, Album) Maiden Voyage Denon 1983
Colour Me - Margaret Astor Seventeen (LP, Comp, Pic) Hardrock CBS Special Products 1984
Electric Boogie (LP) Rockit M.C.R. Productions 1984
Flying Mix 4 (LP, Mixed) Scratchin' Superstition Zanza Records 1984
Heat (LP, Comp, Mixed) Rockit, Autodrive, TFS... JCI Records 1984
Smash Hits - Brandaktuelles Aus Den Hitparaden (LP, Comp) Autodrive CBS Schallplatten GmbH 1984
Then And Now (CD, Album) Just Enough Columbia 1988
Dianne Reeves (CD, Album) Harvest Time, Chan's S... Blue Note 1990
Nefertiti (CD, Album, RE, RM) Madness, Riot CBS 1990
Super Synthesizer Hits (CD, Comp) Rockit Fortune 1990
Barhouse Music 2 (LP) Groove Is The Heart Meet Records 1991
Centrifugal Funk (Album) (2 versions) Actual Proof Heading West ... 1991
E.S.P. (CD, Album, RE, RM) Little One Columbia 1991
Wanted One Soul Singer (CD, Album, RE, RM) Watermelon Man Atlantic 1991
Blue Break Beats (CD, Comp) Olilloqui Valley, Olil... Blue Note, Blue Note 1992
My Sweet Señorita (CD, Maxi) My Sweet Señorita (Or... Sonet Grammofon AB 1992
Take It To The Street (CD, Album) Chameleon Rounder Records 1992
New Technoline (CD, Comp) Rock It Ariola Express, Ariola Express, Ariola Express 1993
Sorcerer (Album) (2 versions) The Sorcerer Columbia ... 1993
The Blackpool's Skampilation Vol. 1 (Cass, Comp) Watermelon Man Steady Beat Recordings, Steady Beat Recordings 1993
Synthesizer Greatest Hits (3xCD, Comp, Car) Rock It Disky 1994
Wynton Marsalis (Album) (2 versions) I'll Be There When The... Columbia ... 1994
Greatest Hits (CD, Comp) 100 Miles And Runnin' Priority Records, Virgin, Priority Records, Ruthless Records 1996
XXL - Maxis & Mixes (3xCD, Comp) Rockit, Autodrive, TFS... Columbia, Columbia, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 1996
Back To The D.I.S.C.O Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) Rock It Versailles, Sony Music Entertainment (France) 1997
Funky Foundations (CD, Album, Comp) Steppin' In It Sony Music Media 1997
I Thought It Was You (Maxi) (2 versions)   FFRR ... 1997
Jazz A Saint-Germain (CD) Watermelon Man Virgin France S.A. 1997
The Remixes (12", EP) Rockit (Environmental ... Related 1998
Agua De Cuba (CD, Album) Watermelon Man CuBop 1999
Blue Break Beats: Volumes One - Four (4xCD + Box, Comp) Olilloqui Valley, Olil... Blue Note 1999
Summer Of Love (CD, Promo) Watermelon Man Warner Bros. Records 2000
The Ecleftic (2 Sides II A Book) (CD, Album) Hollyhood To Hollywood Columbia 2000
Dance Classics Volume 9&10 (2xCD, Comp, RM) Tell Everybody Arcade 2001
United World Of Music - Funk (CD) Chameleon Rajon Music Group 2001
Maiden Voyage: A Wide Selection Of Grooves From Norway '66 - '76 (CD, Comp) Maiden Voyage, Waterme... Melodisc 2002
Planter's Club Volume I (CD, Comp) Stars In Your Eyes Universal Music (Austria) 2002
Smooth & Jazzy (CD) Gentle Thoughts Columbia 2002
Bar Jazz Vol. 5 (3xCD, Comp) Just Enough (Album Ver... Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2003
Give Space A Chance (CD, Comp, Mixed) Rockit Sputnik Records (3) 2003
Rare Trax Vol. 29 - Funk Around The Jazz (CD, Comp, Car) Watermelon Man Rolling Stone (Germany) 2003
Groupie Luv (CD, Maxi, Promo)   TVT Records (Europe) 2004
The Hard Way (CD, Album) Groupie Luv TVT Records (Europe) 2004
Herbs And Spice (12") Herbs And Spice (Origi... Co-Operation Recordings 2005
Optimo Present Psyche Out (CD, Sli) Raindance Eskimo Recordings 2005
Pinacolada 4 (2xCD, Comp) Rock It Universal Music Polska, STX Records (2) 2006
Working Man's Soul (2 versions) Watermelon Man Licorice Soul Records 2006
Required Listening Vol 2 Sampler 2 (12", Smplr) Starz Do Right! Music 2007
String Beat (LP, RE) Kameleon Bureau B 2008
Disco Blitz Vol. 1 (LP, Album) Watermelon Man Sonic  
Live Wire/Blues Power (CD, Album)   Fantasy  
Mondo Bossa (CD, Comp) Watermelon Man, Cantal... Premier (2)  
Solid Steel (LP, Album) Watermelon Man Star Records (3)  
Tracks Appear On:
This Is It! 20 Of The Hottest Hits Around (LP, Comp) You Bet Your Love CBS 1979
Bill Evans ~ A Tribute (2xLP, Comp) Dolphin Dance Palo Alto Records 1983
Disco Inverno 1984 (12", Promo) Rockit (Long Album Ver... CBS 1983
Colour Me - Margaret Astor Seventeen (LP, Comp, Pic) Hardrock CBS Special Products 1984
Heat (LP, Comp, Mixed) Megamix, Rockit, Autod... JCI Records 1984
Smash Hits - Brandaktuelles Aus Den Hitparaden (LP, Comp) Autodrive CBS Schallplatten GmbH 1984
Blue Break Beats (CD, Comp) Olilloqui Valley Blue Note, Blue Note 1992
XXL - Maxis & Mixes (3xCD, Comp) Megamix Columbia, Columbia, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 1996
Back To The D.I.S.C.O Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) Rock It Versailles, Sony Music Entertainment (France) 1997
Funky Foundations (CD, Album, Comp) Steppin' In It Sony Music Media 1997
Blue Break Beats: Volumes One - Four (4xCD + Box, Comp) Olilloqui Valley, Brin... Blue Note 1999
Dance Classics Volume 9&10 (2xCD, Comp, RM) Tell Everybody Arcade 2001
Planter's Club Volume I (CD, Comp) Stars In Your Eyes Universal Music (Austria) 2002
Smooth & Jazzy (CD) Gentle Thoughts Columbia 2002
Give Space A Chance (CD, Comp, Mixed) Rockit Sputnik Records (3) 2003
Rare Trax Vol. 29 - Funk Around The Jazz (CD, Comp, Car) Watermelon Man Rolling Stone (Germany) 2003
Optimo Present Psyche Out (CD, Sli) Raindance Eskimo Recordings 2005
Unofficial Releases:
The Beatnuts Collection 2 (2xLP) Toys Strictly Breaks Records 2004
Cantelope Rock / Apache (7") Cantelope Rock Dynamite Soul (2) 2007
Stars In Your Eyes (12", Promo, Unofficial)   Columbia (2)  
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