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His music embraces elements of funk and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz. In his jazz improvisation, he possesses a unique creative blend of jazz, blues, and modern classical music, with harmonic stylings much like the styles of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHancock's best-known solo works include \"Cantaloupe Island\", \"Watermelon Man\" (later performed by dozens of musicians, including bandleader Mongo Santamaría), \"Maiden Voyage\", \"Chameleon\", and the singles \"I Thought It Was You\" and \"Rockit\". His 2007 tribute album \"River: The Joni Letters\" won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album ever to win the award after Getz/Gilberto in 1965.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a member of Soka Gakkai, Hancock is an adherent of the Nichiren school of Mahayana Buddhism.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Herbie+Hancock","playStationPath":"/stations/113288675/play","stationId":113288675,"bioPath":"/music/Herbie+Hancock/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Lonnie+Liston+Smith","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6e6/6e699dad48b25e06d01507c927c8bfac_md.jpg","artistName":"Lonnie Liston Smith","artistId":6612,"station_id":113461553},{"musicPath":"/music/Horace+Silver+Quintet","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/237/237602fa1302dda14526c5a64ce9ce64_md.jpg","artistName":"Horace Silver Quintet","artistId":364035,"station_id":394267388},{"musicPath":"/music/Snarky+Puppy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/103/103b587392e3f7bf528894148b8a0520_md.jpg","artistName":"Snarky Puppy","artistId":135105,"station_id":286143540},{"musicPath":"/music/George+Benson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d8a/d8a1e4db9c2a4e3d261a1b5636e42f8c_md.jpg","artistName":"George Benson","artistId":4493,"station_id":278935753},{"musicPath":"/music/Wayne+Shorter","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3fa/3fabbf13b057c438073d113eb225cdbc_md.jpg","artistName":"Wayne Shorter","artistId":7660,"station_id":114674624},{"musicPath":"/music/Brad+Mehldau","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/051/051a50f0767c2b928ff9adfd9324e887_md.jpg","artistName":"Brad Mehldau","artistId":13558,"station_id":114634793},{"musicPath":"/music/Roy+Ayers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/75f/75f3b754807da93af9ff6d38763cb6ac_md.jpg","artistName":"Roy Ayers","artistId":461267,"station_id":401345919},{"musicPath":"/music/Blue+Mitchell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/678/678fc25b6b0dbbc4a10e3019ac9277ce_md.jpg","artistName":"Blue Mitchell","artistId":78672,"station_id":267240937},{"musicPath":"/music/Wes+Montgomery","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bcc/bcc8884737d7eefffbfaa425fae8c66a_md.jpg","artistName":"Wes Montgomery","artistId":2373,"station_id":113277350},{"musicPath":"/music/Wynton+Marsalis","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/70b/70b3bb01586d58427e16f8e3bdb33c35_md.jpg","artistName":"Wynton Marsalis","artistId":2370,"station_id":113455220},{"musicPath":"/music/Quincy+Jones","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bd8/bd86cb90029cd744044083feaa3c5883_md.jpg","artistName":"Quincy Jones","artistId":2437,"station_id":113300892},{"musicPath":"/music/Kenny+Burrell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d7d/d7d03ccb99885907dc73a69fc3948c4a_md.jpg","artistName":"Kenny Burrell","artistId":13306,"station_id":113527785},{"musicPath":"/music/John+Coltrane+Quartet","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ec6/ec6870dd698bf50a537b19bdc5306619_md.jpg","artistName":"John Coltrane Quartet","artistId":5993,"station_id":113819541},{"musicPath":"/music/Duke+Ellington","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/82f/82fa97ad388f4b084fc9e6d026e8e814_md.jpg","artistName":"Duke Ellington","artistId":1034,"station_id":113444533},{"musicPath":"/music/Joe+Zawinul","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/59d/59d687361cfc61a80a7d177ff8569e02_md.jpg","artistName":"Joe Zawinul","artistId":53285,"station_id":250846614},{"musicPath":"/music/Dizzy+Gillespie","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/792/7924ee43a25ac704ea94c08aa6f9cf18_md.jpg","artistName":"Dizzy Gillespie","artistId":335,"station_id":113536155},{"musicPath":"/music/Larry+Young","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b3f/b3f17da5c33818a05e1a0a7206860f2d_md.jpg","artistName":"Larry Young","artistId":120188,"station_id":283329598},{"musicPath":"/music/Ron+Carter","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d12/d12ce137ebde83fc5e207c89bcc22b48_md.jpg","artistName":"Ron Carter","artistId":12354,"station_id":113565709}]}