Herbie Hancock Filmography

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Crew: Featured Music

Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue

Synopsis: Widely considered one of the landmark albums in history and the starting point for jazz-rock fusion, Miles Davis' {^Bitches Brew} ranked as one of the one hundred greatest albums of all time in a Rolling Stone magazine poll published in 1987. Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue captures Davis Read More

Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux 2004

Actors: Carlos Santana, Jeff Cressman, Bill Ortiz, Chester Thompson, Myron Dove

Synopsis: Montreux Music Festival regular Carlos Santana takes the stage with some of the most respected musicians of his generation for a historic concert entirely comprised of songs about peace and understanding. Dubbed "Hymns for Peace," the performance found Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Ravi Coltrane Read More

Art City, Vol. 3: A Ruling Passion

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Dave Hickey, Marcia Tucker, David Alan Grier

Synopsis: The makers of Art City, Vol. 3: A Ruling Passion features interviews with modern artists talking about their inspirations and the motifs present throughout their bodies of work. The filmmakers sit down with artists as diverse as Ed Ruscha, Louise Bourgeois, and Michael Ray Charles. ~ Perry Read More

Herbie Hancock: Future2Future Live

Actors: Herbie Hancock

Synopsis: This video captures a 2002 concert from Grammy winning musician Herbie Hancock. He leads a band that jams through ten songs including his biggest hit "Rockit,", "Virtual Hornets," "Butterfly," and "Chameleon." The DVD release of the concert includes multiple angle capabilities and interviews. Read More

BET on Jazz: The Jazz Channel Presents Herbie Hancock

Synopsis: Herbie Hancock is one of the keyboard giants of contemporary jazz. After playing piano for years in the classic quartet of Miles Davis, Hancock has continued to innovate with his own group and solo performances. He is presented here in a live performance, which first aired on BET. The program Read More

Classic Albums: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

Synopsis: In 1976, Stevie Wonder released {^Songs in the Key of Life}, a stunningly ambitious two-record-set that is still regarded as the finest hour in Wonder's remarkable career. This documentary (produced for VH1's "Classic Albums" series) traces this history of this masterpiece of pop and R&B, from its Read More

Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz

Actors: Bob Belden, Joachim Ernst Berendt, Art Blakey, Ron Carter, John Coltrane

Synopsis: Blue Note Records was founded in the 1930s and has played a vital role in the development of jazz for more than 60 years. Important works by some of the greatest jazz musicians in history -- John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, and many others Read More

Indecent Proposal

Actors: Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Oliver Platt, Seymour Cassel

Synopsis: Adrian Lyne buffs the premise of Honeymoon in Vegas to a fine gloss in this yuppie melodrama that poses the conundrum of whether the loving husband of an equally loving wife will accept $1 million to allow his wife to spend one night with a billionaire who looks like Robert Redford. All the cynics Read More

Livin' Large

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Terrence "T.C." Carson, Lisa Arrindell, Blanche Baker, Nathaniel "Afrika" Hall, Julia Campbell

Synopsis: After getting his big break, an aspiring TV reporter (Terrence 'T.C.' Carson) finds that showbiz ain't all it's cracked up to be. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Herbie Hancock: Jazz Africa

Synopsis: Herbie Hancock was joined by African musicians such as Armando Peraza and Foday Musa Suso live in Los Angeles. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Listen Up!: The Lives of Quincy Jones

Actors: Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis

Synopsis: The extraordinary life of Quincy Jones -- one of the 20th century's most influential and talented composers, musicians and music producers -- provides the basis of this offbeat, free-form documentary tribute. With little regard for formal timelines and traditional documentary biography methods Read More

DeJohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny in Concert

Synopsis: This concert film features a historic collaboration between four of the most respected jazz artists of their time. Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Hancock, Davve Holland, and Pat Metheny combine their formidable talents to play a selection of songs from each of their catalogues, as well as some classic Read More

Celebrity Guide to Wine

Synopsis: Spago restaurant maître d’ Bernard Erpicum hosts this program featuring Hollywood stars as they share tips for choosing the best wine for any occasion. Dudley Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Steven Seagal, and Peter Weller are among the guests. Added advice is provided by Robert Loggia, Kelly LeBrock, and Shelley Hack Read More

Harlem Nights

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Michael Lerner

Synopsis: Eddie Murphy, in addition to starring as Quick, the son of 1930s Harlem gambling-house proprietor Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor), also wrote and directed the film. The plotline details the combined efforts of Quick and Sugar Ray to prevent white gangster Bugsy Calhoune (Michael Lerner) from muscling in Read More

Neville Brothers & Friends: Tell it Like it Is

Crew: Musical Direction/Supervision

Synopsis: This concert film presents the legendary Neville Brothers performing before a live audience a the Storyville Jazz Hall in their hometown of New Orleans, LA. Joined by such famous faces as Dennis Quaid, Bonnie Raitt, and Herbie Hancock, the group presents renditions of such songs as "Sixty Minute Read More

Action Jackson

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone, Thomas F. Wilson

Synopsis: Ex-football player Carl Weathers stars in this violent action film as Detroit policeman Jericho Jackson. The dedicated but brutal cop is plunged into nefarious doings concerning a crooked industrialist (Craig T. Nelson) and his drug-addicted girlfriend (pop-singer Vanity), breaking many people's Read More

Sass & Brass: A Jazz Session

Actors: Don Cherry, Maynard Ferguson

Synopsis: Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, and Chuck Mangione are the stars in this performance at the historic Storyville club in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Once part of the infamous red-light district of the city, Storyville has hosted many of the great names in music. To the delight of the live Read More

Colors

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks, Grand L. Bush

Synopsis: Colors stars Robert Duvall and Sean Penn as partners on the LAPD's gang crime division. Duvall had hoped to spend more time with his family, but he's pulled back into active service because of a step-up in gang activity. He makes no secret of his contempt for his novice partner Penn, but Read More

Stand by Me: AIDS Day Benefit Concert

Synopsis: George Michael, Elton John, and Bob Geldof are among the musical luminaries performing at a live concert in 1987 for the benefit of AIDS victims. The concert was held at Wembley Arena in London to raise money and awareness about the disease, which has killed millions of people worldwide. Among the Read More

Rockschool, Vol. 3: Funk, Reggae, & The...

Synopsis: Despite the protestations of early critics, rock music did not cause the fall of Western civilization. Indeed, it has become a lasting musical art form which many aspire to learn and perform. This program, hosted by jazz great Herbie Hancock, offers a guide for the aspiring rock musician on Read More

Rockschool, Vol. 1: Elementary Equipment...

Synopsis: Despite the protestations of early critics, rock music did not cause the fall of Western civilization. Indeed, it has become a lasting musical art form which many aspire to learn and perform. This program, hosted by jazz great Herbie Hancock, offers a guide for the aspiring rock musician on Read More

Rockschool, Vol. 2: Blues to Heavy Metal

Synopsis: Despite the protestations of early critics, rock music did not cause the fall of Western civilization. Indeed, it has become a lasting musical art form which many aspire to learn and perform. This program, hosted by jazz great Herbie Hancock, offers a guide for the aspiring rock musician on Read More

Rockschool, Vol. 5: Melody and Soloing...

Synopsis: Despite the protestations of early critics, rock music did not cause the fall of Western civilization. Indeed, it has become a lasting musical art form which many aspire to learn and perform. This program, hosted by jazz great Herbie Hancock, offers a guide for the aspiring rock musician on Read More

Rockschool, Vol. 4: Digital Age Hardware

Synopsis: Despite the protestations of early critics, rock music did not cause the fall of Western civilization. Indeed, it has become a lasting musical art form which many aspire to learn and perform. This program, hosted by jazz great Herbie Hancock, offers a guide for the aspiring rock musician on Read More

Rockschool, Vol. 6: Arrangements...

Synopsis: Despite the protestations of early critics, rock music did not cause the fall of Western civilization. Indeed, it has become a lasting musical art form which many aspire to learn and perform. This program, hosted by jazz great Herbie Hancock, offers a guide for the aspiring rock musician on Read More

'Round Midnight

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Conductor

Actors: Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Christine Pascal, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, John Berry, Lonette McKee

Synopsis: A French music lover befriends a once-great American jazz artist and attempts to save him from self-destruction in this moody drama. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon portrays Dale Turner, a fictional musician inspired by a number of famed jazz figures, including Bud Powell and Lester Young. Largely Read More

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Dennis Farina, Wings Hauser, Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser, Barbara Williams

Synopsis: Popular African-American comedian Jo Jo Dancer is severely burned while free-basing cocaine. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists that the movie is not autobiographical. While hovering between life and death, Dancer flashes back to his childhood, when he grew up in a brothel. Read More

The George McKenna Story

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Denzel Washington

Synopsis: This made-for-TV drama was based on the true story of George McKenna (played by Denzel Washington in one of his first leading roles), an educator in Los Angeles who faced the greatest challenge of his career when he was named Principal of George Washington Memorial High School. Located in a Read More

Prime Cuts: Jazz and Beyond

Saturday Night Live: Ringo Starr

Actors: Ringo Starr, Herbie Hancock

Synopsis: This 1984 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Ringo Starr and features musical guest Herbie Hancock. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Herbie Hancock Trio: Hurricane!

Synopsis: This program presents jazz pianist Herbie Hancock in a live 1984 performance with his trio. The other two members of the group are Ron Carter and Billy Cobham. The three men display their symbiotic virtuosity on a number of compositions. These include "Eye of the Hurricane," "Dolphin Dance," and Read More

Herbie Hancock and the Rockit Band

Synopsis: This program presents excerpts from two live performances by Herbie Hancock and the Rockit Band. The shows feature Hancock on the piano backed by his capable band, first at Hammersmith Odeon and then at Camden Hall. The innovative productions offer a wide range of music and dance, including Read More

A Soldier's Story

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: David Alan Grier, Wings Hauser, Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Dennis Lipscomb, Art Evans, Patti LaBelle, Denzel Washington

Synopsis: Inspired by the Herman Melville novel Billy Budd, writer Charles Fuller created the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play, which he then adapted into this film drama in 1984, for socially conscious, liberal director Norman Jewison. In the racially-divided 1940s, Fort Neal, Louisiana, is a Read More

Blue Note, Vol. 1

Synopsis: This documentary is part one of a two-volume set featuring Blue Note recording artists. The program presents a who's who of musicians who have performed for the legendary jazz music label Blue Note. Known for showcasing jazz artists, the Blue Note enjoys an unparalleled reputation in the jazz Read More

World of Rhythm Live

Synopsis: Music legends Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Billy Cobham team up to form the World of Rhythm in this concert performance captured live at Plazzo dei Congressi, Lugano in January of 1983. Songs include "Toys", "Little Waltz", "Princess", "Walking" and more. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Blue Note, Vol. 2

Synopsis: This documentary is the second volume in a two-part set featuring Blue Note recording artists. The program presents a who's who of musicians who have performed for the legendary jazz music label Blue Note. Known for showcasing jazz artists, the Blue Note enjoys an unparalleled reputation in the Read More

Death Wish

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield

Synopsis: This drama about a man who takes the law into his own hands was wildly controversial upon first release, sparking much debate about the perceived pro-vigilante stance of the story, and established Charles Bronson as a major box office draw in the United States. Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is a Read More

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Tom Alderman, Kathy Berk, Colostine Boatwright, Sidney Eden, Frank E. Ford, Robert Franklia, Martin Golar, Don Greenlee, Jeff Hamilton, Jim Heard, Virgie Johnson, David Lemieux, Frank Lesley, Tyrone Livingston, Walter Lowe, Clinton Malcome, Rodney McGrader, Ponciano Olayta, Jr., Kenneth Lee Orme, Audrey Stevenson, Orlanders Thomas, Perry Thomas, Maurice Wicks, Bobbie Gene Williams

Synopsis: Sam Greenlee's cult favorite novel of political unrest was brought to the screen in this drama, which also earned a small but loyal following. A congressman hoping to attract African-American voters during an election year decides to make political hay by pointing out that the Central Intelligence Read More

Blow-Up

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Peter Bowles, John Castle

Synopsis: Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language production was also his only box office hit, widely considered one of the seminal films of the 1960s. Thomas (David Hemmings) is a nihilistic, wealthy fashion photographer in mod "Swinging London." Filled with ennui, bored with his Read More