(Jazz, Funk, Fusion, Rap, Hip-Hop) The Headhunters - Platinum - 2011, MP3 (tracks), VBR V0 ~230 kbps

Mike Clark: Drums
Bill Summers: Percussion
Vocals Richie Goods: Bass
Kyle Roussel: Keyboards
Donald Harrison: Alto Saxophone
Rob Dixon: Soprano / Alto / Tenor Saxophones, Keyboards
Derrick Gardner: Trumpet
As well as
Rap Vocal: Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, Killah Priest, Del Funky Homosapien, Jaecyn Bayne, Kentyah Fraser

Product Details:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004WGYYJG/iopr-20
http://www.owlstudios.com/
"This album is a true fusion of Hip Hop, Jazz, Rap, Salsa, Rock, New Orleans, African rhythm and its classical forms. This is the most fun we've had making a Headhunter CD and we're excited to see how the people react to our new album 'Platinum'." (Bill Summers / Mike Clark, project leaders)
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Founded in 1973, the Headhunters recorded their eponymous debut Head Hunters with Herbie Hancock. The Headhunters, legendary jazz-funk fusion band, immortalized as a result of their long recording and touring stint with jazz giant Herbie Hancock. Hancock's Head Hunters album was the first to be recorded with the group and has been heralded as the first platinum Jazz/Fusion project in history. The band went on to produce more seminal records on their own, including Survival of the Fittest, which featured the funk anthem 'God Make Me Funky,' one of the most sampled jazz/fusion songs in modern music history. The Headhunters' music is a complex but harmonious blend of many styles and genres, spanning the globe, from Africa to Broadway. The group is acclaimed for its musical pioneering and innovative concepts. (owlstudios.com)
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Headhunters - Platinum "One of the most innovative groups in history." (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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The Headhunters represented a major turning point for Herbie Hancock, whose approach to fusion became slicker and more commercial (though not without substance or integrity) with the formation of this popular band in 1973. Before that, the chameleonic pianist/keyboardist had been leading a daring unit called the Sextant, which fused jazz, R&B and rock with world music and took more than its share of chances. But regrettably, the Sextant's three albums for Warner Bros. were modest sellers at best, so in 1973, he disbanded the Sextant and formed the Headhunters. Employing saxman/clarinetist Bennie Maupin (a holdover from the Sextant), bassist Paul Jackson, Jr., drummer Harvey Mason and percussionist Bill Summers, Hancock made a point of being more accessible when he unveiled the Headhunters with his 1973 Columbia date Head Hunters. Fusing jazz with funk and rock, the album sold over a million copies and attracted many R&B and rock fans. In fact, Head Hunters even outsold Miles Davis' popular Bitches Brew. Defined by the catchy "Chameleon" (which was interpreted by jazz singer Eddie Jefferson in 1976 and sampled by various rappers in the 1980s and 1990s) and a funky remake of his 1962 boogaloo "Watermelon Man," Headhunters set the tone for subsequent Columbia projects with the Headhunters, including Thrust (1974), Man-Child (1975), Secrets (1976) and Sunlight (1977). By the end of the decade, the Headhunters were no more, and Hancock was turning his attention to everything from outright R&B to standards and acoustic post-bop. (itunes.apple.com)