LOS ANGELES - In 1973, jazz musician Herbie Hancock released his twelfth studio album "Head Hunters" with aspirations to create something new, lighter, funkier, and something people could dance to.

*I have to hand it to Herbie Hancock. He turned what has been promoted for months as a 50th-anniversary reunion of the band that recorded the seminal 1973 Jazz-Funk Fusion LP, Head Hunters (also the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TheGrio examines how Herbie Hancock’s “Head Hunters” album signaled a funky turn in so-called jazz music and stood out from the ...

In 1973, jazz great Herbie Hancock put together a new backing band and made an album that engaged directly with the vanguard of popular music. The funky, accessible Head Hunters became a landmark of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Herbie Hancock’s August 14 performance of “Head Hunters” at the Hollywood Bowl marks the first time in 50 years that the jazz ...

With the half-century anniversaries of Herbie Hancock's work with the Headhunters having passed in roughly the last year--Head Hunters (Columbia, 1973) and Thrust (Columbia, 1974)--it is appropriate ...

The Pageant will get all jazzed up on Wednesday June 8 when Herbie Hancock and his Headhunters `05 take stage. The band, which includes bassist Marcus Miller, guitarists John Mayer and Lionel Loueke, ...

In 1973, Herbie Hancock wanted to create something new—something lighter, funkier: something you could dance to. “There was this need to take some more of the earth and to feel a little more tethered, ...

TheGrio examines how Herbie Hancock’s “Head Hunters” album signaled a funky turn in so-called jazz music and stood out from the big name fusion bands of the time. In 1969, Miles Davis released his ...