1973 - Head Hunters

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

FunkFusionJazzJazz InstrumentJazz-FunkModal MusicAnalogue

1973 | FLAC 192kHz 24bit | 4 tracks · 41:42

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Head Hunters is an album by Herbie Hancock, released in 1973 on Columbia Records. The album is a key release in Hancock's career and a defining moment in the genre of jazz fusion. Structure and release: Head Hunters followed a series of experimental albums by Hancock's sextet: Mwandishi (1970), Crossings (1971), and Sextant (1972), released at a time when Hancock was looking for a new direction in which to take his music: "I began to feel that I had been spending so much time exploring the upper atmosphere of music and the more ethereal kind of far-out spacey stuff. Now

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Head Hunters is the twelfth studio album by American pianist, keyboardist and composer Herbie Hancock, released October 26, 1973, on Columbia Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in the evening at Wally Heider Studios and Different Fur Trading Co. in San Francisco, California. Hancock is featured with woodwind player Bennie Maupin from his previous "Mwandishi" sextet and three new collaborators – bassist Paul Jackson, percussionist Bill Summers, and drummer Harvey Mason. The latter group of collaborators, which would go on to be known as the Headhunters, also played on Hancock's subsequent studio album Thrust (1974). All of the musicians play multiple instruments on the album.

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1	Chameleon	♡	15:42	Harvey Mason / Herbie Hancock / Paul Jackson / Bennie Maupin
2	Watermelon Man	♡	6:30	Herbie Hancock / Harvey Mason
3	Sly	♡	10:20	Herbie Hancock
4	Vein Melter	♡	9:10	Herbie Hancock

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Credits

Engineer — Fred Catero, Jeremy Zatkin Ensemble — The Herbie Hancock Group Performer — Bill Summers, Harvey Mason, Paul Jackson, Bennie Maupin, Herbie Hancock Congas — Bill Summers Shekere — Bill Summers Balafon — Bill Summers Agogô — Bill Summers Cabasa — Bill Summers Whistle — Bill Summers Tambourine — Bill Summers Slit Drum — Bill Summers Surdo — Bill Summers Bells — Bill Summers Percussion — Bill Summers Drums — Harvey Mason Marimbula — Paul Jackson Electric Bass — Paul Jackson Soprano Saxophone — Bennie Maupin Tenor Saxophone — Bennie Maupin Saxello — Bennie Maupin Bass Clarinet — Bennie Maupin Alto Flute — Bennie Maupin Synthesizer — Herbie Hancock Electric Piano — Herbie Hancock Clavinet — Herbie Hancock Pipe — Herbie Hancock Producer — David Rubinson, Herbie Hancock Recorded By — Dane Butcher, John Vieira

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