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The Headhunters represented a significant turning point for Herbie Hancock, whose method of fusion became slicker and much more commercial (though not without substance or integrity) with the forming of this popular music group in 1973. Before that, the chameleonic pianist/keyboardist have been leading a daring device known as the Sextant, which fused jazz, R&B, and rock and roll with globe music and took a lot more than its talk about of possibilities. But regrettably, the Sextant’s three albums for Warner Bros. had been modest retailers at best, therefore in 1973, he disbanded the Sextant and produced the Headhunters. Using saxman/clarinetist Bennie Maupin (a holdover in the Sextant), bassist Paul Jackson, Jr., drummer Harvey Mason, and percussionist Costs Summers, Hancock produced a point to be more available when he revealed the Headhunters along with his 1973 Columbia time Mind Hunters. Fusing jazz with funk and rock and roll, the album marketed more than a million copies and seduced many R&B and rock and roll fans. Actually, Head Hunters also outsold Mls Davis’ well-known Bitches Brew. Described with the catchy “Chameleon” (that was interpreted by jazz vocalist Eddie Jefferson in 1976 and sampled by several rappers within the ’80s and ’90s) along with a funky remake of his 1962 boogaloo “Watermelon Guy,” Headhunters established the build for following Columbia projects using the Headhunters, including Thrust (1974), Man-Child (1975), Secrets (1976), and Sunshine (1977). By the finish of the 10 years, the Headhunters had been forget about, and Hancock was turning his focus on from outright R&B to criteria and acoustic post-bop. Within the ’90s, Sony’s Legacy label reissued a lot of the Headhunters’ focus on Compact disc, and in 1998 the group reunited to record Come back from the Headhunters!
