HANCOCK, HERBERT JEFFREY (HERBIE
). Jazz pianist ( in Chicago, Illinois). He began piano study at the age of seven; when he was twelve he played a concerto with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Chicago, Illinois; at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa (1956-60), where he was musically active although he majored in engineering; at Roosevelt University in Chicago (1960); and at the Manhattan School of Music (1962) and the...