Head Hunters

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jazz-funk album studio album

Head Hunters is a landmark 1973 jazz-funk album by Herbie Hancock that fused jazz improvisation with funk and electronic elements, becoming one of the best-selling and most influential jazz records of all time.

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Head Hunters canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz-funk album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Herbie Hancock ⓘ
basedOn earlier composition Watermelon Man (1962) ⓘ
certificationCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
commercialSuccess one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtDesigner Victor Moscoso ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
featuresInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
clavinet ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric piano ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
soprano saxophone ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
featuresMusician Bennie Maupin ⓘ
Bill Summers ⓘ
Harvey Mason Sr. ⓘ
surface form: Harvey Mason

Paul Jackson ⓘ
followedBy Thrust ⓘ
genre funk ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
jazz-funk ⓘ
hasPart Chameleon ⓘ
Sly ⓘ
Vein Melter ⓘ
Watermelon Man ⓘ
hasReissue CD reissue with bonus tracks ⓘ
includedIn lists of greatest jazz albums ⓘ
influencedGenre electronic music ⓘ
funk ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
isLandmarkIn jazz fusion ⓘ
jazz-funk ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber Columbia KC 32731 ⓘ
length 41:39 ⓘ
mainInstrumentalist Herbie Hancock ⓘ
notableTrack Chameleon ⓘ
Watermelon Man ⓘ
performer Herbie Hancock ⓘ
precededBy Sextant ⓘ
producer Herbie Hancock ⓘ
recordedIn 1973 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1973-10-13 ⓘ
salesCertification RIAA Gold ⓘ
RIAA Platinum ⓘ
trackCount 4 ⓘ

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Herbie Hancock → notableWork → Head Hunters ⓘ
Chameleon → partOfAlbum → Head Hunters ⓘ
Chameleon → recordedForAlbum → Head Hunters ⓘ
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock → notableWork → Head Hunters ⓘ
subject surface form: Herbie Hancock