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Title: Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Chicago, Illinois 5/26
Matrix #: AL 32731
Condition: VG+ (VZ) | Members: Herbie H (40' - Alive), Bennie M (40' - Alive), Paul J (47' - 21'), Harvey M (46' - Alive), Bill S (46' - 24')
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle: Herbie H was pushed hard as a child prodigy in Chicago, studying classical piano early while trying to find his own identity outside respectability.
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Studio Lore: Head Hunters cut against jazz orthodoxy by using ARP synths, clavinet, and deep funk structure, making the studio feel closer to a lab than a club date.
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Scene Ecology: The album became one of jazz’s biggest crossover records, linking Miles Davis’s electric era to funk radio, break culture, and later hip-hop sampling.
