Throwback: Happy 83rd Birthday, Herbie Hancock!

Aries season is a rather busy season in music history:

• Large Professor celebrated his 51st birthday on March 21
• DJ Premier, one of hip-hop’s greatest and most beloved producers celebrated his 57th lam robirthday on March 22
• Blur frontman and Gorillaz creative mastermind Damon Albarn celebrates his 55th birthday on March 23
• Chaka Khan celebrated her 70th — 70th! — birthday on March 23
• De La Soul‘s Pacemaster Mase, a.k.a. Maseo, a.k.a. Vincent Mason celebrated his 53rd birthday on March 25
• The 81st anniversary of the legendary Aretha Franklin‘s birth was on March 25
•  Elton John celebrated his 76th birthday on March 25
• The legendary Diana Ross celebrated her 79th on March 26
• Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler celebrated his 75th birthday on March 26
• I celebrated my 44th birthday on March 28
• AC/DC’s co-founder and lead guitarist, Angus Young celebrated his 68th birthday on March 31
• The 84th anniversary of the legendary Marvin Gaye‘s birth was on April 2
• The 59th anniversary of Biz Markie‘s birth was on April 8
• A Tribe Called Quest‘s Q-Tip celebrated his 53rd birthday on April 10

The legendary and pioneering Herbie Hancock celebrates his 83rd birthday today. Hancock is one of the few living links between the bop-era legends, jazz fusion, pop and contemporary jazz — with Hancock restlessly bouncing around genres and styles throughout his six-plus decade career.

So let’s celebrate the man and his towering influence on music today, huh? Happy birthday, Mr. Hancock! May there be many, many more!