"Head Hunters" (1973) - RATING: 4.7 out of 5
The first Head Hunters album ever brings us one of the best fusion projects of all time. This album is pure fusion at its best the entire way through. The cover of "Chameleon" opens up the album with pure blazing funk. The jam goes through all sorts of twists and turns and it clocks in at over 15 minutes long! The band doesn't get boring for a second, and it's some of the best jamming on record. "Watermelon Man" is basically redone with a hip hop sounding beat and Maupin getting soulful over it. The band makes the rendition one of most favorited Herbie tracks of all time. The second half of the album starting with track 3 which is "Sly", starts of with another bang. Herbie shows off his clavinet skills and the band gives us high energy funk like we've never heard it before. The band goes absolutely nuts half way through the track. It's worth the price of the album itself to listen to these guys jam for 30 seconds. "Vein Melter" ends the album on a soft "Bitches Brew" type of feel. Giving us peace after all the insane jamming. This is the mother of fusion music and is a must for anyone getting into this type of stuff. This was the best selling jazz record for years, and for good reason. Any music fan in general deserves to give themselves a treat once in a while. This is that treat.
1. Chameleon
2. Watermelon Man
3. Sly
4. Vein Melter
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DOWNLOAD LINKS:
Full Album - http://www.filestube.com/7ae4f730f5ac6dda03e9,g/Herbie-Hancock-Headhunters.html
Hope you all enjoyed!
Mike Coleman
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