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News: Recording

The Headhunters' "Platinum" Set for 6/14 on Owl, Bravura CD Features Snoop Dogg, George Clinton

The Headhunters' "Platinum" Set for 6/14 on Owl, Bravura CD Features Snoop Dogg, George Clinton

Bridging Genres and Generations: A Hip-Hop Album for Jazz Fans, A Jazz Album for Hip- Hop Fans—The Legendary Headhunters Deliver a Bravura Collection Platinum is Set for June 14th Release by Owl Studios Guest Artists Include Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, Killah Priest, Jaecyn Bayne, Private Pile and More The Legendary Headhunters have delivered a dramatic, sweeping ...

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Article: Interview

Lenny White: Jazz/Rock Collides Again

Read "Lenny White: Jazz/Rock Collides Again" reviewed by Carl L. Hager


When that cool, overcast dawn arrived in Bethel, New York, neither the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair's expired permit, nor the rain, mud, and technical problems could have kept Jimi Hendrix and his Band of Gypsys from playing. It was destiny. Believe it. A hundred miles south on that same morning of August ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike Clark: Blueprints of Jazz, Vol. 1

Read "Blueprints of Jazz, Vol. 1" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


When Mike Clark's name comes up in conversation, most people recall his brilliant playing and funk fusion grooves on Herbie Hancock's Thrust (Columbia/Legacy, 1974). While “Actual Proof" and a slew of other terrific tracks have cemented Clark's reputation as a drummer with chops to spare, this particular period of his musical life has often pigeonholed him. ...

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On Top: Live in Europe

Label: BHM Productions
Released: 2008
Track listing: CD1: 4 String Drive; Swamp Thing; Sly; Watermelon Man; Loft Funk; Butterfly. CD2: Neckbones; 4 String Drive (Radio Edit); God Make Me Funky; Butterfly (Radio Mix); Shekere Elegua/Chameleon.

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Article: Album Review

Headhunters: On Top: Live in Europe

Read "On Top: Live in Europe" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


It's been said that true funk can be imitated but never duplicated. But in the case of the Headhunters's 2 CD live recording On Top, the band--named after Herbie Hancock's 1973 groundbreaking release, Head Hunters (Columbia)--continues to uphold the groove. Master percussionist Bill Summers, one of the original members since the 1970s, has ...

Album

Evolution Revolution

Label: Basin Street Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Hindewhu For You; Slick It; God Made Me Funky; Headhunting; Bmp; Everything; Loft Funk; On The Shores Of Amore; Take No Prizzonerz; Gotta Be Strong; Woody Shaw; Fonkyfried; Martell On The Rocks; Nutcracker; Yekola; Evolution Revolution.

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Article: Album Review

Headhunters: Evolution Revolution

Read "Evolution Revolution" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


The Headhunters have the previous distinction of being the strongest early component of Herbie Hancock's slick vision of jazz-fusion coupled with popular sensibilities. The band's association with Hancock resulted in 1973's Head Hunters, a disc that outsold the previously invincible Bitches Brew by Miles Davis. HeadHunters represented the apex of Hancock's fusion vision and the band, ...


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