For Herbie Hancock, 1973’s Headhunters was a radical change of direction. After recording some very risk-taking fusion for Warner Bros. from 1969-72 with his Sextant, the keyboardist/pianist went for slicker, more accessible jazz-funk instrumentalism on Headhunters and subsequent Columbia dates like Secrets and Man Child (which Mobile Fidelity has reissued as a great-sounding gold audiophile CD). ...

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Herbie Hancock: Living Jazz

by Jim Santella
May 1, 1997

Released late last year, this CD-ROM brings state-of-the-art computer graphics into your home for use as a means of discovering the broad history of jazz. Offering video footage, audio clips, interactive graphic menus, an original poetry presentation from Quincy Troupe, and several original compositions by Hancock with his piano trio, this collection could occupy hours and ...

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Herbie Hancock: Jazz Profile: Herbie Hancock

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 1997

The highly publicized and much anticipated Blue Note Jazz Profile Series has, for this writer, been a disappointment. The reason is certainly not because of the music. Herbie Hancock has distinguished himself over the past three decades, as a exceptional pianist and composer. He has extraordinary range from straight ahead jazz to fusion to funk and ...

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