Pianist and composer Herbie Hancock, born in 1941 in Chicago, began his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group and quickly joined the legendary Miles Davis Quintet. He transformed the jazz rhythm ...

Herbie Hancock is not alone! From the dawn of the 1960s, by joining Miles Davis's quintet and releasing the aptly named "Takin’ Off" under his own name in 1962 (featuring "Watermelon Man", still ...