Chameleon - The Herbie Hancock Story
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Herbie Hancock was a pivotal figure in the move to use electronic instruments in jazz and in the fusion of rock and funk rhythms and textures with more traditional jazz styles, beginning with his work with Miles Davis. Jez Nelson recounts how Hancock left Davis to form the esoteric
Mwandishi band and then the more commercial Headhunters quartet, which took inspiration from Sly Stone and James Brown. Contributors include Donald Byrd , Bill Laswell , Michael Brecker , Wynton Marsalis and Hancock himself. Producer Kath Willgress