Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters - Sly

[deanblm62]

top tune thanks............

[ismokejane]

Fuck I miss my records

[TheTrilnp]

SLAMMING TUNE 

[XxYoMpYxX]

#np "Head Hunters" Herbie Hancock

[halfjapanesenirvana]

Let's hear it for Paul Jackson, he's been left out of all the hyperbole here, mainly by me. His bass playing here is white hot perfection.

[zortation]

@halfjapanesenirvana White hot perfection...

[halfjapanesenirvana]

@Byroncoley Well, if it isn't the illustrious BC, the heralded champion of Half Japanese and one of the leading musicologists of our times. Funny, meeting you here.

[halfjapanesenirvana]

@Hastiin78 I love Sextant and Crossings, too. On Headhunters, both Sly and Chameleon start smooth and "commercial" sounding, but morph into a new language as the pieces develop. Harvey Mason's inventive drumming really makes it happen. Live versions on YT of Sly with Mike Clark are ok, but they don't even bother to attempt the mid-section played the way it's done here. HH may not scream "experimental" or "far-out," but both of these tracks keep climbing higher until they break the sound barrier

[bf2lover42]

"Be cool..."

[Slamule]

Head Hunters, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever & Weather Report... the cornerstones of the Fusion era following in the footsteps of Miles. Their stuff sounds so fresh compared to the quantized, computer generated, click track dependent electronic instrumental music created today!

[GregZO6]

I got a set of Yamaha drums, after Harvey let me play his. No other set sounds like whacking on a Yellow Pages Directory. And the root-beer color was the shizzle! Funky? YOU make the call!

[edsonrao]

simply amazing

[halfjapanesenirvana]

The party really starts at 5:24!

[DoctorPatient]

@halfjapanesenirvana I might offer that the party starts at 0:00, but they finally find the lighter at 5:24 :)

Herbie's solo is spine tingling and still can't say enuff about Mason's drumming on this cut

[byroncoley]

@halfjapanesenirvana half japanese and nirvana rule btw

[halfjapanesenirvana]

@ saanzacs, the drumming is crisp, inventive, energetic, unflagging, wild, controlled. No drummer or band has ever played this way before, or ever again. The strip-down to trio sneak-into the piano solo is unbearable hip. I ask, how did Mason come up with this shit? I only wish this line-up did another record.

[primeVibe]

Wow, brings back the memories. I studied synthesizer with Dr. Patrick Gleeson, who also introduced Herbie to the synth and taught him. This was recorded at Different Fur Trading Company studio in the middle of SF Mission district. I studied upstairs in Pat's apartment above the studio. Also remember John Viera, studio designer and engineer. Wonder what those guys are up to now. Studer 24 track deck in the control room.

$79 primeVibe seasons guitar & violin for vintage sound...

[tshibuta]

I can feel that he truly has been pushing his limit in those days.

[carlywow]

PURE MAGIC

[ahleucha]

This so should have been a 70s cop show theme.

[gat333]

To all those who can;t relate to this sound or time period.Your perceptions and natural vibe has been tampered with by somebody outside of your body.

Straight up,welcome to the terror dome,twilight zone...

[retardomontobono]

listen to the way herbie's stuttered 8th notes modulate into this outside,hip outside (venusian) insane twists and feels, take you into a hypnotic,trance like state which is the part of him that makes me realize he is the living,Coltrane,Parker, Davis..........loved you from your earliest works !

[Joebonekey]

Sly Cooper is black!?

[Joebonekey]

I only wish this song had 500,000,000 views.....Fk you JB :(....

[rodneynolley58]

All Sly Stone On This

[simakautas]

Amazing!!! He is pure magician of jazz music!!!

[ngiuliniello1968]

god i see god!

[jcrx69]

Tell me that 2:00+ isn't THE sickest funk groove!

‎{Yeah, 5:25+ is pretty fuckin' righteous, too!}

[quincybee21]

I feel like David Ruffin from the temptations rite now On Coke

[Tchalla77]

One of the best intros ever recorded, a pure statement of intent from the greatest ever jazz-funk line-up ever assembled.

[RenanZanatta]

I'm high now

[kinstube]

N!!!!!!!!CE

[Azaylus2]

Be cool....

[Slamule]

One of my favorite Herbie Hancock performances. Harvey Mason's drumming on this track is unbelievable. I wish he stayed in this band a while longer. Would love to hear a live version of this tune w/ Harvey. Mike Clark is a great drummer but the live version of this tune w/ him on drums pales in comparison to the studio version w/ Harvey. I guess Harvey was busy doing studio dates. Performances like this along w/ some Mahavishnu albums w/ Billy Cobham inspired me to pursue a drumming career.

[zortation]

@Slamule I always though Mike Clarke's career suffered from bad recording. For some reason Herbie's later albums really sounded awful in comparison to this, not sure why, maybe they used a different producer.

[paquitolaborde]

fucking sick!



[allan299229]

AMAZING!!!! It really blow my mind!!!!! I luv hebert music... what a sense of groove!

[saanzacs]

This album deserves the "Classic Albums" TV treatment for sure!!!!!

[bassbymichele]

Just couldn't be funkier! That's some amazing stuff.. Paul Jackson with that funky bass... one of my heroes

[cfcefa09]

the fill from :23-:27 is amazing

awesome drummer

[charliehustlenflow]

@cfcefa09 harvey mason baby

[gkeyzer]

Oh, heavens. I play guitar and wrote some guitar jazz tunes for my band back in '02. We "tried" to cover this live, only once. To this day, the brief interlude at 1:35 clings to the back of my brain. Much love and much respect to Herbie and Co.

g.

[JohnFordDanceTroupe]

Herbie Hancock is indeed a god at jazz fusion.

He's like 500 Terry Kaths in a band of jazz peoples.

[Mattteus]

ahhh... childhood memories

[eddiemurphyfan100]

this and fat albert rotunda are his 2 best albums!

[JOJOETA]

One of the best type of music.

[saanzacs]

Harvey Mason's blistering drumming steals the show!!!!!

[JoeSzilagy]

@saanzacs Yes! I've always thought (from about 5:25 and on), just amazing! I mean amazing!! What he's doing with everything else, especially hi-hat, cymbal and snare while the bass drum continues with da dut, da dut, da dut, da dut..... continuously! I could see three drummers pulling it off, maybe! Then at 9:30, that gorgeous, mystical music comes in! Such a masterpiece!

[saanzacs]

Harvey Mason's blistering drumming steals the show!!!!!

[jacobmichaelshow]

God damn it this kicks my ass. This is the real shit.

[boomtao]

I have been "inhaling and absorbing" this music since I was 13! Sure nice to hear it again. It touches the heart. Top musicianship!