Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock
Herbie was born in Chicago on April 12th, 1940, his parents not being professional musicians but his father was a very good bath tub singer and his mother tinkled on the piano. Herbie was always interested in music as a very young child, and began music lessons at the age of seven. Four years later he performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
While attending Hyde Park High School the young prodigy formed his own jazz band, which played around town. He attended Grinnell College; Majoring in engineering for two years, then changed his major to music. He graduated in June, 1960 with a major in music composition. In the last of the two years at Grinnell, I won an award for the best musical composition with a suite for six woodwinds. He has not pursued the work, but hopes to record it some day. Herbie has also attended school at Roosevelt U. in Chicago...