Hang Up Your Hang Ups

Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters · 1975 · comp. Hancock / Ragin / Jackson

Context

Opening of Man-Child (Columbia, 1975), Herbie Hancock's fifteenth studio album and his last with the Headhunters. Repeated riffs and funk rhythm mark the definitive move to funk.

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

• The Traitor (1975)
• Steppin' in It (1975)
• Heartbeat (1975)
• Actual Proof (1974)
• Palm Grease (1974)
• Chameleon (1973)

Sources

• EN: Man-Child

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