Herbie Hancock’s August 14 performance of “Head Hunters” at the Hollywood Bowl marks the first time in 50 years that the jazz keyboardist and composer reunited with the collaborators that became the ...

LOS ANGELES - In 1973, jazz musician Herbie Hancock released his twelfth studio album "Head Hunters" with aspirations to create something new, lighter, funkier, and something people could dance to.

*I have to hand it to Herbie Hancock. He turned what has been promoted for months as a 50th-anniversary reunion of the band that recorded the seminal 1973 Jazz-Funk Fusion LP, Head Hunters (also the ...

In 1973, Herbie Hancock wanted to create something new—something lighter, funkier: something you could dance to. “There was this need to take some more of the earth and to feel a little more tethered, ...

For the first time in 50 years, jazz icon Herbie Hancock will reunite with the surviving players from his Head Hunters recording: Harvey Mason, Bennie Maupin and Bill Summers, in addition to bassist ...

Herbie Hancock has a long history in the Bay Area. The legendary jazz man recorded a number of his finest albums of the ’70s in San Francisco, including “Thrust,” “Sextant,” “Mwandishi” and — arguably ...

In 1969, Miles Davis released his album, “In a Silent Way.” While he had already slowly started incorporating electric instrumentation into his work a couple of years before, “In a Silent Way” set the ...

In 1973, jazz great Herbie Hancock put together a new backing band and made an album that engaged directly with the vanguard of popular music. The funky, accessible Head Hunters became a landmark of ...

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TheGrio examines how Herbie Hancock’s “Head Hunters” album signaled a funky turn in so-called jazz music and stood out from the big name fusion bands of the time. In 1969, Miles Davis released his ...