FRIDAY FUSION
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Mr Herbie Hancock… Composer, Leader, Keyboard Don, Producer, Side-Man, Techno-Freak, Purveyor of awesome afro/goatee combos the list goes on. Already a bona-fide giant of the jazz world, as the 60s became the 70s, he changed course, surrounded himself with all the latest synths and let rip with his response to what was starting to happen in the clubs, thanks to Sly and The JB’s. Joined by the mix of jazz heavy weights and new funksters that made up the Headhunters band, he met the decade head-on with a series of classic records which ranged from power-house breakbeat fusion & disco/funk/jazz all the way to the outer reaches of abstract electronica.
To be honest, we’re spoilt for choice here as you could easily do a killer fusion top ten just from his back catalogue, but here are 2 that I always come back to…
Heartbeat (Manchild) – The first Headhunters tune I ever heard – probably around ’91-ish in a record store. As a young keys-player hungry for new music, when this blasted out I remember standing there and thinking ‘WTF?!’ with a huge grin on my face. Then the solo kicked in… and things were never quite the same after that. Hidden Shadows (Sextant). Bit of an epic this one – a killer off-beat break and a great spaced-out composition that leaves loads of room for the group to crank it to the next level, which
they most certainly do…Cheers Mr Hancock – you’re a don.
Herbie Hancock — Hidden Shadows
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oooh excellent blog sir.. nicking shitloads..
Thanks man, pleased ur feeling it