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Herbie Hancock's 'Head Hunters' band was sly and funky at a Hollywood Bowl concert celebrating the legendary album's 50th anniversary.
Herbie Hancock's August 14 performance of "Head Hunters" at the Hollywood Bowl marks the first time in 50 years that the jazz keyboardist and composer reunited with the collaborators that became ...
Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters – Columbia – 1973 *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 ...
On Aug. 14, Herbie Hancock will commemorate the monumental “Head Hunters” legacy at the Hollywood Bowl with a rare retrospective show loosely timed to the album’s 50th anniversary.
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 ...
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 ...
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Herbie Hancock’s jazz-funk masterpiece, a ...
Herbie Hancock Head Hunters 50th at Hollywood Bowl. Dates: (8/14/2024 ) Theatre: Hollywood Bowl: 2301 N. Highland Ave. Los Angeles,CA 90068. ... The album they made together, Head Hunters, ...
Paul Jackson, who as bassist for Herbie Hancock's Headhunters helped secure the first million-selling jazz album, died on March 18 in Japan, where he had lived since 1985.. He was 73. His death ...
Herbie Hancock’s August 14 performance of “Head Hunters” at the Hollywood Bowl marks the first time in 50 years that the jazz keyboardist and composer reunited with the collaborators that ...
While Sextant (Columbia, 1973) found keyboardist Herbie Hancock dabbling in the electronic soundscapes of the emerging jazz-fusion movement which gained him notoriety as a fusion impressionist ...