I love that you have highlighted this brilliant album. 'Thust', 'Man Child,' and 'Secrets' are too often overlooked because of the enormity of 'Headhunters' (and I will add the two prior LPs, 'Fat Albert Rotunda,' and 'Mwandishi').
I have tickets to see the original Headhunters band on September 19th (they of course have recorded their own music without Herbie, which are also tremendous albums)!
Amazing Michael, that’s going to be such an incredible show. I saw him in concert last year with a band that featured Terence Blanchard on trumpet. I feel blessed that I was able to experience that in the flesh.
I, too, have seen Herbie, but this show is just The Headhunters playing their music pulling from their own LPs (although I won't be surprised if a Herbie tune or two is in their set).
'Fat Albert Rotunda' and 'Mwandishi' are two I'm always on the lookout for (ever since passing up a copy of FAR in the 90s for $5 and my roommate scooped it up behind my back). As much as I love 'Headhunters', my collection really does start at Sextant and end at Secrets. Great gig to look forward to.
I had to double-check the overall number, but of the 10 HH records in my collection, Mwandishi is one of them. Will almost certainly be the subject of a separate piece soon. 😇
Another great screed. 👍 I've ditched news in favor of music and literature while I work all thanks to substack but the proofs in the footing as Bootsy once said and your footing is solid. I've got an original pressing of Taking Off (1st solo) and Headhunters CD and this was as advertised as Thrust didn't get me back then as I had already gone back to Goodbye to Childhood trying to transcribe it for my Jazz Comp class but teach wouldn't nite. As you say it's all Jazz. Live what Miles said - Jazz is the white man's name for something he doesn't understand so he labels it. Jazz just is you know it when you hear it. I've got Maiden Voyage up next in the mail going back to modal once again. Sue me! I can use the business. 1st Uke ensemble rehearsal tonight then NC Folk Fest Sarurday. All genres are cool in their way of evolving into other things but we need them and we need people like you to break it down for all of us. Thanks!!!
Appreciate the kind words Steve. Love me all eras of Herbie’s discography, in particular Taking Off. His playing on that record is among his most captivating.
Herbie's career from the 1960s up to today is a revelation of how much jazz has mutated and then returned to its roots in response to fluctuating levels of public consumption.
I love that you have highlighted this brilliant album. 'Thust', 'Man Child,' and 'Secrets' are too often overlooked because of the enormity of 'Headhunters' (and I will add the two prior LPs, 'Fat Albert Rotunda,' and 'Mwandishi').
I have tickets to see the original Headhunters band on September 19th (they of course have recorded their own music without Herbie, which are also tremendous albums)!
Amazing Michael, that’s going to be such an incredible show. I saw him in concert last year with a band that featured Terence Blanchard on trumpet. I feel blessed that I was able to experience that in the flesh.
I, too, have seen Herbie, but this show is just The Headhunters playing their music pulling from their own LPs (although I won't be surprised if a Herbie tune or two is in their set).
'Fat Albert Rotunda' and 'Mwandishi' are two I'm always on the lookout for (ever since passing up a copy of FAR in the 90s for $5 and my roommate scooped it up behind my back). As much as I love 'Headhunters', my collection really does start at Sextant and end at Secrets. Great gig to look forward to.
I had to double-check the overall number, but of the 10 HH records in my collection, Mwandishi is one of them. Will almost certainly be the subject of a separate piece soon. 😇
Another great screed. 👍 I've ditched news in favor of music and literature while I work all thanks to substack but the proofs in the footing as Bootsy once said and your footing is solid. I've got an original pressing of Taking Off (1st solo) and Headhunters CD and this was as advertised as Thrust didn't get me back then as I had already gone back to Goodbye to Childhood trying to transcribe it for my Jazz Comp class but teach wouldn't nite. As you say it's all Jazz. Live what Miles said - Jazz is the white man's name for something he doesn't understand so he labels it. Jazz just is you know it when you hear it. I've got Maiden Voyage up next in the mail going back to modal once again. Sue me! I can use the business. 1st Uke ensemble rehearsal tonight then NC Folk Fest Sarurday. All genres are cool in their way of evolving into other things but we need them and we need people like you to break it down for all of us. Thanks!!!
Appreciate the kind words Steve. Love me all eras of Herbie’s discography, in particular Taking Off. His playing on that record is among his most captivating.
Herbie's career from the 1960s up to today is a revelation of how much jazz has mutated and then returned to its roots in response to fluctuating levels of public consumption.
Absolutely! It's a joy to compare and contrast between eras too. Thanks for reading!