I love the way this song builds up, breaksdown, and then reconstructs itself, it's truly fantastic.

@Kurrency1911

28 күн бұрын

It’s a masterpiece

@mydogslikeboiledeggs7094

18 күн бұрын

Perfecto!

Huge cross over hit. People who didn't like jazz liked it.

@FoxRivers778

Жыл бұрын

Herbie Hancock was at the forefront of jazz fusion with the electronic sound and this album was a masterpiece example.

@fridgemagnet

2 ай бұрын

the fact it only had two chords helped.😀

@DavidsonMoslak

Ай бұрын

Where Miles Davis meets George Clinton

Herbie Hancock - Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D6 Clavinet, ARP Odyssey & ARP Pro Soloist synthesizers Bennie Maupin - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, alto flute Paul Jackson - bass guitar, marímbula Harvey Mason - drums, arrangement on "Watermelon Man" Bill Summers - agogô, balafon, cabasa, congas, gankogui, log drum, shekere, surdo, tambourine, beer bottle on "Watermelon Man"

@kenfarrell541

3 күн бұрын

This song requires only one word masterpiece

Man, I haven't heard this in a long time. My brother had this album and we played it loud. Yeah. Peace

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed.

Herbie Hancock...one of the Greatest of all times!! BadAss!!!!

This album opened up the pandoras box of acid jazz and experimental music concepts for me. It's classic and as good today as it was when it was first released

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed ❤❤❤

@user-gw8us5xy7o

Ай бұрын

Bring the acid jazz back😂

@EvidenceBasedMedsin

29 күн бұрын

There’s no such thing as Acid Jazz. Just some bs.

@mydogslikeboiledeggs7094

18 күн бұрын

​@@EvidenceBasedMedsin You mean, "There's no such thing as Acid Jazz, only Jazz." Hell, acid is Jazz.

@franknelson4544

7 күн бұрын

I grew up with this music. The name says it all. Have a great summer fellas.

This is real music

I played lead guitar in a cover band in the 70’s. This was one of favorite songs to play.

@guitarheroplayer-fs5js

Ай бұрын

Did you play the whole 15 minutes?

@user-ck9oy2ig9l

27 күн бұрын

Ironic, given that Herbie deliberately didn't include a guitarist in this band.

@slim864gvg6

24 күн бұрын

I played bass in a jazz trio back in the 90s and this was my favorite! So much fun, especially when you're locked in tight with the drummer, and that groove just begins to move people.🎉

@ericflater9436

9 күн бұрын

@@user-ck9oy2ig9l don't hear no lead guitar rhythym either...

I had to go to my kids middle school concert to see the jazz band play this tune. The rest is history. Love every headhunter record.

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Good for you

Fantastic cut by one of the greatest jazz artists!

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed.

This music takes way back to the keys

50 years this day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeeeeeeeeeah!

@letMeSayThatInIrish

2 ай бұрын

I know, because it came out in '73, and I also came out in '73 😄

Memories!!! I was in the 10th grade when this came out, we were driving our band director crazy , this was our morning JAM before Mr. Boone would come into the band room, not that he didn’t love jazz, but looking back I think he got annoyed because we weren’t in TUNE,,LOLOLOLOLO, this was my introduction into Jazz, I hadn’t even heard of Bird, Trane, Miles , etc. at that time,.

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Good for 😢

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Good for you

5 words, funky jazzy souly fire beats 🔥

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed.

@large_individual

Ай бұрын

That's actually 7 words ☝️🤓

herbie hancock was brilliant dude set the jazz,funk community on fire with this album

@nikson948

4 ай бұрын

Is* :)

@frankquammie3148

Ай бұрын

Real talk

Man i was 9 or 10 yrs old when this dropped, mom and dad bought me and my brother these little portable tape players, i remember walking round listening to this very tune thinking how cool i was...LMAO!!!

@pamhall6635

2 ай бұрын

You were indeed cool😅😊

That man was a genius!

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed.

@MccoyMister

Ай бұрын

And still is A genius!

This is my ALL Time Jam celebrating 50 years today

@corienschneiders4294

2 ай бұрын

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I love the beginning bass,it's just so funky and gives off a good vibe and happy feeling.

@chelseasorsa5730

5 ай бұрын

Star wars did it first btw :p XD ^_^

@gdw3

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@chelseasorsa5730This album came out in 1973, a full 4 years before SW.

@Jazz4Lifetime

2 ай бұрын

As far as I know, the bass is a synthesizer. But for sure it's funky like hell. You just cannot sit still while listening. 😁

Love that groove

@carlbowles5421

5 жыл бұрын

That funky bass and drums make this song work.

One of the best side 1, track 1's of all time

Bad Asssss Jam!❤

Herbie Hancock is the best that ever😂done it 🎉❤ for real , for sure!!!!+!!!

My older brother owned this LP

Classic Jazz Album Great Sound Funky 👍🎼🎵🎶😀📀📀 NYC

Genius. Thank you Mr. Hancock.😊

dude this used to be my favorite song when i was around 10 or 11, now im super into prog. this song was a weird rock enthusiast in the making lmao, coming to revisit after many years!

@weebteckickedin6734

5 ай бұрын

My dad played this to me when I was around the same age

Wow I bought this on vinyl back in the late 1970's and never got it. Now I am old enough to appreciate it's genius.

1973, homeys cruisin in a new 280Z with dope sound. blasting this song, enjoying that red Columbian. Those were the days.

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Agreed ❤

@MccoyMister

Ай бұрын

That's Columbian red and Acapulco gold and don't forget the B.l.gonga, those were the great Days .

@ZA.321

Ай бұрын

@@MccoyMister Haaahaaa, you were there too. Every now and then, that Thai Stick passed through.🤣

@johngulino2651

20 күн бұрын

Colombian.

Great tune at our gigs. Played this about 300 times

Just remember hearing this on late night radio when i was a teen and wondering why chart music was so dreadful when there was artistry like this floating around.

A real game changer of an album, a defining moment in Jazz Funk history with the release of this killer sminal album in 1973, which took Herbie Hancock onto another level, one of greatness with Paul Jackson (bass) Harvey Mason (drums) Bill Summers (percussion) as well as Bernie Maupin, a vinyl collectors must have

@ericnorth6577

2 ай бұрын

Bennie Maupin

Herbie Hancock also played with Miles Davis on the “Tribute to Jack Johnson” album. Brilliant track: “Right Off.” ❤️😍🥰

The groove of grooves.

Back when I was a Rock and Roll guy then suddenly became a Jazz guy.

@yodalayheehoo5447

28 күн бұрын

Good for you ❤

I've always loved this piece! One of the absolute best pieces of music of all time!! Herbie is a master of music!!

Man! Like, this is some funky shit

Masterpiece💯

Hello Mr. Hancock. I am a friend of a brother who is very dear to you Deigo Valentino aka Sabott Ali he is the brother of late Denise Valentino Hancock your late sister in law. We miss you brother and your beautiful music all the way from Marrakech Morocco. May God bless you and keep you.

This is still a jam! 2024 and I'm still listening

@corienschneiders4294

2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

One of my favorites. Maying me wanna pull the vinyl out and listen to it the way I used to. Herbie Hancock...The Best

Pure GENIUS!!!!

Charmeleon🎉

Legend❤

A classy classic period .

Peace, to the musical prodigy Mr. Herbie Hancock. Your arrangements and the harmonious blending of electronic music with conventional instruments. Set a cerebral experience as the listener emerses their conscious to the frequency of the vibrations of emancipated thought. Peace

Gorgeous composition and excellent players,. I played this in full jazz band brass and the rest accompaniment in High School. It's needing further development to include that and much more. Brilliant, just the best what they did!

@saucerguy3

3 ай бұрын

Pick up that horn, one never should think they are past on that element!

Outstanding 😊

11:31 even Herbie uses the lick

This song always makes me think of Toejam and Earl.

@DavidMcCoy-rf8vm

Ай бұрын

Absolutely bredda

@DavidMcCoy-rf8vm

Ай бұрын

What a game 😂

@ClbnaVGM

29 күн бұрын

Me too !!!

If you somehow survived High School Big Band without EVER playing this piece, did you even go through HSBB?

❤❤❤

Could listen to it the whole day on infinite loop.

I first came across this tune when I was 15 years old - oh so very long ago! My mom that it was "occult music" and told me to get it out of the house. So, being the young genius I was at the time, I took the album out on the drive way and tossed it into the air like a frisbee and caught it. I did this several times until a school friend cam by and asked what I was doing. The one second I took my eyes off the album it crashed to the pavement and broke into a million pieces! I couldn't wait to get to Music Land to buy another copy - an no, my mom didn't like it!

this thing plays in my city's central area, there's an advetisement of something on a billboard of a mall... so many times i've walked past it, intoxicated and with friends, always when this track plays, vibes always spark up

Drummer is a god.

Cool‼️

This SLAPS! GOD DAMMMMMN

ICONIC !

This is my shieeet 🎹🎹....🔥🔥🔥🔥🎷.....👍🏾...🤘🏽

It's impossible to not shake your booty to this

I used to get to hear stuff like this during the day onlow-power AM radio station WBEE from Harvey (Chicago) (they didn't broadcast at night). What a blessing to people with no tape decks or FM radios in our cars.

@yellowstarproductions6743

Ай бұрын

Cool to hear

❤❤❤❤❤

Mi maestro Mr. Hancock.

I see where "Groupie Luv" by 213 got their sound from. I love this!

Very very much power. Mucho saborrrrrrrrrr como decimos en Colombia 🎉jejejeje 😂

I groove to this 🎉

La primera vez que escuché este álbum, lisa y llanamente exclamé... ¿Qué Chingaos es esto? Esta completamente muy chingón! No hay duda que el maese Herbie Hancock es un genio muy cabrón!

could listen to this all day while playing building games

I saw him,@ Syracuse, NY, @ Jazz fest this past week. Alongside with Gladys Knight, he is in his 90'$ ! Amazing social event. Closedown part of West Genesee street.

@fretbuzz59

10 ай бұрын

He's 83.

@rocjackson5975

4 ай бұрын

Lol 😅! He’s 83 years old! But this sounds like a 38 year old!😎

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love it

Hiper Clássico!!!!!

SO funky.

thanks much, decades over due:)

Give me a couple Am7 / D9 sir! Then falls in love with ADorian, oh my, that bassline....

Belle and Gaston getting it on.

WOW!! GENIUS!)

Its very good

very very well..........................................................................

Höre ich seit 1984

Einfach nur gechillt

Awesome

*Roll Call, Show Opener, Afternoon Delight, Show Closer, Night - Cap* - IHMR 136.5!

I have all of his music…

А, мы́,играли!!!❤

Thank God it played on UMES yard

Eu vim aqui pela entrevista do Dennis Chambers no Braba

This reminds me of Commander Keen soundtrack from the 90s video games. I wonder if they drew influence.

Heard a couple other versions of Chameleon and they are all junk. This is one of Hancock's best!

that grove doe

mt bommmmm

isn't that Harvey Mason playing drums??

144 views only ? ? I now know what's wrong with the world.

@stolenmemesfr

7 жыл бұрын

its been 5 months so extra 614 veiws

@alexstephen5695

5 жыл бұрын

What's wrong with the world? Radio 1.

@colincrothers4836

5 жыл бұрын

18k now lmao

@s.j.downes2921

Жыл бұрын

Practise patience

@valentin2144

Жыл бұрын

59k right now

Same thing happened when Mr. Magic came out by Grover Washington Jr.

1,444,000 views my man...lol

May 2024, anyone? :)

@asdasd-sw5lp

25 күн бұрын

june 2024 mate

@philfooglio

17 күн бұрын

You know it brother!

Nic się nie starzeje ta muzyka

Did Herbie have to play this melody manually through the whole 15 minute track?...I realize some parts did not have it though.

NEED JAMES BROWN ON THIS 🔥