Chameleon

Herbie Hancock · 1973

Context

Opening the album Head Hunters, this track of more than fifteen minutes rests on a bass line played by Hancock on the ARP Odyssey synthesizer. The album, which brought jazz-funk and fusion to the general public, reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200, entered the National Recording Registry in 2008, and influenced funk and hip-hop.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

By the same artist

• Sly (1973)
• Actual Proof (1974)
• Main Title from Blow Up (1966)
• Maiden Voyage (1965)
• Dolphin Dance (1965)
• Cantaloupe Island (1964)

Sources

• EN: Head Hunters

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