Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock has been breaking musical boundaries for decades.

With dozens of Grammys, gold records, and an Oscar for "Best Score" under his belt, Hancock has no plans of slowing down. He recently added another feather to his musical cap as the creative chair for jazz at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he's played Gershwin alongside Gustavo Dudamel, one of the world's greatest conductors.

It was the discipline of classical music that launched Hancock's career. At 11 years old, Hancock had the unique opportunity to perform a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Years later in 1963, he recorded classic tunes with legendary trumpeter Miles Davis and joined his quintet. He then went on to invent new ways to manipulate sound by mixing jazz with funk and rhythm and blues.

In this 2011 segment of "SoCal Connected," correspondent Michael Okwu visits the home of Hancock. "Jazz to me is the spirit of freedom, I mean real freedom," explained Hancock. "The freedom to explore. Freedom to express, and the freedom to pour out your guts."

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