Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973/2015) Hi Res

„Head Hunters“ has spawned a thousand copies and copyists, but is only strengthened through comparison. One of the most enduring works of the 70s' jazz/funk legacy, and surely one of Herbie Hancock's most enjoyable and infectious recordings, the album was released in the deeply groovy days of 1973, and soon became the best-selling record in jazz history. Loping along on a glorious bed of springy wah-wah and synth bass, the group used all the new technology of the time, and Hancock himself seemed to revel (as he still does) in the latest keyboard sounds available to him. Jazz/funk has never again sounded so exciting and dangerous.

“My intention was to make a funk record, but the jazz influence kept pulling it.” (Herbie Hancock)

„This is the album that busted it all wide open for an entire generation of jazzoids. Headhunters combines funk, jazz, rock, and a little bit of soul in some parts. Lead by keyboard virtuoso Herbie Hancock, this group takes funk to a new level.' (sputnikmusic. com)

'Head Hunters was a pivotal point in Herbie Hancock's career, bringing him into the vanguard of jazz fusion. Hancock had pushed avant-garde boundaries on his own albums and with Miles Davis, but he had never devoted himself to the groove as he did on Head Hunters.' (AMG)