Book
Head huntersSteven F. Pond

Head hunters

2005264 pages
Be the first to rate
1 edition
Historical

Track this book

You choose which shelves are public. Progress and read dates stay yours.
Sign up to track
Add to list

About

"Steven Pond's Head Hunters captures a transitional moment in modern music history, a time when jazz and rock intermingled to create a new, often controversial, genre. At the forefront of that style was Head Hunters, Herbie Hancock's foray into the fusion jazz market. It was also the first jazz album to go platinum, and the best-selling jazz record of all time to that point." "The album became a turning point for a radical shift in both the production and reception of jazz. The sales numbers were unprecedented, and the music industry quickly responded to the expanded market, with production…

Reviews

Rating integrity

Healthy
Counted ratings come from accounts older than 7 days and were made on or after publication. Finished readers weigh ×1.0. Readers who have not finished yet weigh ×0.5. Did-not-finish ratings are shown but not counted.

Editions

1 edition
  • Other · English · 2005
    The University of Michigan Press · 264 pages · 9780472114177
History and criticismJazz-rock (Music)Analysis, appreciationJazz