--- title: Herbie Hancock | TIME description: Herbie Hancock is an American jazz musician and composer. Born in Chicago, Herbie began playing the piano at seven years old and went on to win an Academy Award and 14 Grammys, including Album of the Year in 2007. Herbie received Kennedy Center honors in 2021 and is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for intercultural dialogue. For over 50 years, Herbie has practiced Nichiren Buddhism as a member of the Soka Gakkai International. canonical: https://time.com/author/herbie-hancock/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/herbie-hancock/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Herbie Hancock ## Herbie Hancock Herbie Hancock is an American jazz musician and composer. Born in Chicago, Herbie began playing the piano at seven years old and went on to win an Academy Award and 14 Grammys, including Album of the Year in 2007\. Herbie received Kennedy Center honors in 2021 and is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for intercultural dialogue. For over 50 years, Herbie has practiced Nichiren Buddhism as a member of the Soka Gakkai International. ## Herbie Hancock *  Dec 22, 2023 ### [Herbie Hancock Reflects on Buddhist Daisaku Ikeda’s Impact](https://time.com/6549945/herbie-hancock-buddhist-daisaku-ikedas-impact/) Ikeda’s teachings and the warm, humanistic way he dealt with people brought out the intrinsic value ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/herbie-hancock/","name":"Herbie Hancock"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/herbie-hancock/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/herbie-hancock/"},"name":"Herbie Hancock","jobTitle":null,"description":"Herbie Hancock is an American jazz musician and composer. Born in Chicago, Herbie began playing the piano at seven years old and went on to win an Academy Award and 14 Grammys, including Album of the Year in 2007. Herbie received Kennedy Center honors in 2021 and is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for intercultural dialogue. For over 50 years, Herbie has practiced Nichiren Buddhism as a member of the Soka Gakkai International.","url":"https://time.com/author/herbie-hancock/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```