Rockit

Herbie Hancock · 1983

Context

This 1983 single combines Herbie Hancock's synthesizers with the scratching of Grand Mixer D.ST. It introduces hip-hop and electronic production into mainstream jazz-funk. Its video, with robotic sculptures, received five MTV Video Music Awards, and the track won a Grammy in 1983.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

By the same artist

• Actual Proof (1974)
• Chameleon (1973)
• Sly (1973)
• Memory of Enchantment (1997)
• Main Title from Blow Up (1966)
• Maiden Voyage (1965)

Sources

• EN: Rockit (instrumental)
• EN: Future Shock (Herbie Hancock album)

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