Vein Melter

Herbie Hancock · 1973

Context

Vein Melter, by Herbie Hancock, closes the album Head Hunters (Columbia, 1973) at 9 min 09 s. The page describes it as a slow build, relying mainly on Hancock's Fender Rhodes and Bennie Maupin's bass clarinet.

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

• Chameleon (1973)
• Sly (1973)
• Actual Proof (1974)
• Palm Grease (1974)
• Hang Up Your Hang Ups (1975)
• The Traitor (1975)

Sources

• EN: Head Hunters

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