The warmly welcomed memoir by perhaps one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time

In Herbie Hancock: Opportunities, the renowned jazz musician and composer shows on an extraordinary life and a thriving career that has spanned seven years. A genuine innovator that has spent an eternity exploring a range of musical genres, and enriching each of them, Hancock has had an enormous impact on acoustic and electric jazz, R&B, funk, and hip-hop.

From his about Herbie Hancock: Opportunities beginnings as a child prodigy to his early common Blue Take note recordings; from his function in Mls Davis’s second great quintet to his improvements as the first choice of his personal groundbreaking sextet; from era-defining classic albums like Head Hunters and River: The Joni Words to his collaborations with performers like Wayne Shorter and Stevie Question, Hancock reveals the methods behind his ever-evolving musical genius. He discusses his influences, his happy relationship, and how his practice of Buddhism offers inspired him both artistically and individually. Honest, enlightening, so that as electrifyingly vital as its author, this is an invaluable contribution to jazz literature and an intimate, insightful portrait of a creative life.