Today marks the 51st anniversary of Herbie Hancock’s groundbreaking album, "Head Hunters." This album not only changed the trajectory of Hancock’s career but also left an indelible mark on music history... But what makes it so legendary? A thread🧵
"Head Hunters" was recorded in the lively evenings of San Francisco, blending jazz with funk and rock influences. It was a pivotal moment where jazz-funk fusion hit the mainstream, peaking at number 13 on the Billboard 200.
@SVG__Collection Cool short Herbie clip about Arp Odyssey synthesizer's contribution to "Head Hunters". If you listen to his synth solo on "Chameleon" near the end when he modulates down a half step, that was a complete accident of the synth going out of tune! youtube.com/watch?v=5uIvFh…
One of my favorites, and now I can say that I've been listening to it for 51 years! I've listened to it at all times of day and night, alone, at parties, in the woods, every place and for all sorts of occasions. I've listened to it on the drive home from work and even a drive across the Negev Desert. It made dance and feel good and I'll forever hear that Chameleon bass line and those riffs in my head. I love your posts, btw. Thank you.
@SVG__Collection I wore this vinyl OUT.
@SVG__Collection Favorite sleeping shirt.
@SVG__Collection GROUNDBREAKING! This is a perfect album.
@SVG__Collection I’ve had this album in form or another for 51 years. One of my favorites. I still listen to this day.
@SVG__Collection Question- Herbie was more commercially successful in his fusion years? Interesting.
@SVG__Collection Great recording! Longer duration tracks were just coming on the FM waves. DJ's loved that.
@SVG__Collection A sentimental favorite. I was a teenager when it first came out & we couldn’t stop listening to it. To this day it sounds fresh, innovative & super cosmic funky.
@SVG__Collection Great memories partying with Paul Jackson, Billy Summers and Benny Maupin at the Que house in Denton Texas
@SVG__Collection It gave people who would never listen to jazz something to groove to.
@SVG__Collection His LP Sextant (released earlier the same year) is a more rewarding listening experience.
@SVG__Collection I listened to it for the first time recently. Superfunky! 👌
@SVG__Collection Am I allowed to say that it is not a very good record and led to a series of musical dead ends? Rockit? No thank you. .
@SVG__Collection As an amateur drummer, Harvey Mason challenged every sensibility in almost every other drummer.
@SVG__Collection Santa gave this album to me when I was 12. Decades later, I did a record with Mike Clark, Bill Summers, Paul Jackson, and Bennie Maupin. We toured for a few years afterwards with Donald Harrison on sax instead of Bennie. Santa was onto something!
@SVG__Collection @sadgirlcassi I heard it back then as a kid. Still love it.
@SVG__Collection I’m old. I bought this LP when it first came out! From the Record Dep’t at Sears ;) Loved it right away. Still love it
@SVG__Collection The slightly slower BPM than every track could let listeners await for. Tunes like "Watermelon man" or "Chameleon" makes you want to "hum" the melody, but there is always something that feels like "holding back" the rythm. It's as a compressed engine waiting to be unleashed
@SVG__Collection Watermelon man fantastic.
@SVG__Collection I still have the LP and 8-track of this
