When Herbie was putting together the band, they rehearsed in a warehouse near my apt. in Oakland. We used to sneak in, smoke reefer in the catwalk above, and listen. wow, what a band.
What a story. I don’t think y’all were sneaking. They probably knew. Even tho they were probably smoking weed they could probably smell that other weed. You probably sneaked in and they let you stay 😂
Miss my uncle Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson! He was the GOAT!!! Countless amounts of hit records old and new! He is 2nd in line as far as the most sampled instrumentalist in many Hip Hop records!!! RIP unc!!!!!
So sorry to hear Mr.Ragin had passed, I didn’t realize that, my condolences 🙏🏾,, I remember the first time I heard him , it was probably in the ‘70’s, with Herbie’s albums and on Don K’s rock concert show, and he’s still having fun for us to enjoy,,,RIP, WAH-WAH,,,
@@rodtrues1 Thanks so much!! He meant the world to us and we hear him almost everyday on the radio or TV!!!! Unc put in some work all the way to the end!!!! Thanks again!!
So sorry for your uncle's passing. Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin was perhaps the most innovative, creative guitarist sideman and studio musician ever. Loved his licks! Folks should look him up if they don't know about him. He played on everything, everywhere and with everybody.
@@marvinlateef208 Thanks Marvin!! It’s hard to not hear unc on the radio and commercials! Rappers been sampling him for years! Unc put in that work and truly left his DNA! He is truly worthy of a documentary of his life! Playing for Motown right after Highschool along with 15 year old Ray Parker Jr. His L5 was originally Ray’s! Dennis Coffee put him down with a Wah Wah pedal a Crybaby and he stuffed the L5 with some sponges! That’s how he played on countless hits for well over 40 years from Marvin Gaye to Maxwell! RIP!! True legend!
Without Paul Jackson, the Headhunters would not have been what they were. His micro-rythmic abilities were unmatched. I can only recommend everyone to get a hold of the "Flood" live album to experience it first hand.
I remember the night this aired. I was your typical Rock loving teen living in the 70's. This performance rearranged my musical palette in the best possible way. So many new colors to choose from after this...
Those musical epiphany moments in life are amazing. Not the gradual evolution of taste but those switches that get flicked. Very cool that this was one of those moments for you. Great time to be a teen! Great profile name BTW
Amazing group of musicians! Herbie Hancock - keys Bennie Maupin - sax/woodwinds Paul Jackson (March 28, 1947 - March 18, 2021) - bass Wah Wah Watson (Melvin M. Ragin -December 8, 1950 - October 24, 2018) - guitar James Levi - Drums I remember reading an interview with Herbie Hancock where he said when forming the group Headhunters he was looking for Funk players who could play Jazz rather than Jazz players who could play Funk. :0) (To paraphrase him)
Mr. Lassiter, I'm sure someone/something among the several billion people on your planet does. There's just no Don Kirshner to showcase them anymore on your teevee where you can casually tune in to a very limited amount of terrestrial broadcast and be entertained...
@@lextual I believe you are correct,... Judging by your comment, you must have very good musical entertainment channels on your planet. I hope they last. As the song goes, "You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone...".
I recall reading an interview with Herbie Hancock way back. For putting together the Headhunters group he said he wanted funk players who could play jazz rather than jazz musicians who could play funk.
Sad to hear of Paul Jackson's passing yesterday at the age of 73 -- he was a really special soul. I got to meet him a few years ago, at the funeral of a mutual friend. He didn't show up with a crew or put on any airs, just a real regular dude. I know it meant a lot to my friend, whose mom had passed away, that he showed up. RIP
This Album came out my senior high school year, Herbie and the Headhunters , Miles , etc., were on Don K. Rock concert,, about the only place we could see them on tv at that time, it was funky then and still funky,,
Watching this with a heavy heart,..💔😔😰as of just days ago..at this comment a friend and Mentor,..Paul Jackson passed away..💐🙏🏾 To ALL of his remaining family,..(and it’s very large!!,..here in Japan & around the world 🌎 ) May peace be with us all,..and may we find comfort in what legacy he has provided us with to enjoy!!...for all Eternity‼️✌🏾✨🎶🎸Gone,..☝🏾😒but never forgotten‼️
James Levi is amazing! When I had a band in highscool, he’d let us rehearse in his space or he’d come to us. We worked with him for 6 months. He was great at explaining things and even gave me a few tips since I’m a drummer! I’m 24 now, I was 16-17 at the time but it’s something I’ll forever hold onto. I’m still drumming and can’t get enough of it!
What an incredible incredible show, everybody hot hot, Herbie absolutely on fire. but what brought me here was today's sad news that master bassist Paul Jackson passed away. #OdedFriedGaon #OdedMusic #Audioded
@@djcoolcliff I'm going to see Herbie in Marciac France next week, with Lionel Loueke on guitar. He'll surely be putting out some Wah Wah riffs and I'll thinking of your uncle! RIP Melvin!
@@saulaac2971 Wow!! That’s awesome right there!!! Herbie played at Melvin’s mother’s funeral here in RVA. He was really good friends with my uncle!!!!!
What else can be said?....geez...hard-hitting FUNK by a jazz Master!...RIP to the departed bc they left such a blazing trail!.....those still here like Herbie, and Bennie....deserve all the love! O wee!
Wow that is Levi on drums , a Very old friend of my family , plus The Late Great Paul Jackson , also a friend !!! Only one missing is my old instructor The Master Percussionist Bill Summers , however , he was leading Summers Heat at this time !!!!
Paul Jackson was the Paul Chambers of hard funk. Every note in it's place and never over exegeratreted...! Wah wah Watson rhythm guitar king! Damn I still miss these empererors!!!
Not only is herbie an excellent pianist but excellent at choosing people to work with and he dont rule the show the whole time he comes in and out and when he is out he holds up the rest as a musician should do. In the perfect band u cannot tell who is the star
Whether Report meets James Brown! This is an incredible performance by Herbie Hancock and the band. Love Wah Wah Watson whipping his head around while strummin those chords. World class grooves here. Can't resist. Just too cool.
I like how each musician adds their own licks into the song, without overstepping. They add just enough to complete, not takeover. You can hear each one of them, separately. Good stuff.
James Levi was our recreation director at Bushrod Park in Oakland. They took us camping out in the boonies someplace. It might have been Tuolomne, the memory is hazy. What remains clear is that when we got back home the big story was that Marilyn Monroe died that weekend in August 1962.
Aside from bringing me back to those heady times (pun intended) and the groundbreaking sounds we were all treated to, I can't help but remember the ads from back then! Talk about a flashback! LOL! Have always loved Paul Jackson raw and elemental bass playing too! :)
@@jazzjeffjazzjeff Yes he was!!! On stage and off!!! He really could have been a comedian if he wanted to!! Miss him dearly but I do hear him daily in the radio, walking around in the grocery store, etc!
In 1973, the Headhunters comprised Hancock (keyboards), Bennie Maupin (saxophone, clarinet), Harvey Mason (drums), Paul Jackson (bass), and Bill Summers (percussion). The name Headhunters denotes a triple reference to the jungle, the intellectual, and the sexual.
Very interesting, but could I ask if that is your analysis or if you got it somewhere? And, don't you think that we now have a 4-way ambiguity: the jungle, intellectual, sexual, and recruiter of professionals, as @rilloudmother realized?
Wah-Wah Watson’s incomparable, atonal staccato accent at 6:02 as heard all over Herbie’s “Steppin’ In It” and others from Man-Child. That sound brings back so many feelings as it cues a ton of the key changes on that album.
My uncle Wah Wah played on over 300 hits with same guitar a Gibson L5 he got from Ray Parker jr! Pa Pa Was a Rolling Stone, Let’s Get it on, Smiling Faces, Car Was etc. RIP!!!!!!
Paul Jackson was a Great Friend.. we were in the 298th Army Band at West Berlin, Germany together in the late 1960's.. Paul had a portable Electronic Organ & ran Jam Sessions on the weekends.. he wrote lots of Originals.. Great to Jam On. I've always missed the man -& His Inspiration! -Fish Brown *Trumpeter/Co-Founder THE GASOLINE BAND HiFly 1972
Wow. When we were kids we were surrounded by masterpieces and didn't even know it. We liked a little bit of everything. Rock, jazz, soul, latin and R&B. That Headhunters album was in everyone's collection that I knew. We were teenagers!
Amazing performance! Thank you so much, Mr. Hancock for the years of incredibly inspiring music and soul. RIP to Mr. Paul Jackson - truly one of the all-time greats. Much love.
j s as Loren said, Paul Jackson on bass, with James Levi on drums. Alphonso played with Weather Report between Miroslav Vitous and Jaco, and made awesome LPs and tours with George Duke and Ndugu, not to mention George Duke Billy Cobham live album with Sco
Loren White FWIW, Paul's my ex-brother-in-law, and he and Levi schooled me in "the Oakland Lay", introduced me to Jaco, and schooled my pale posterior in a variety of ways- Jaco and Paul's mutual admiration society was intense, and funny. never asked either to weigh in on Slim, tho expect he was afforded "hella player" status by the ringleaders
Listening to Herbie Hancock's music back in the day is what made me get into smooth jazz, which is all I listen to these days...even at 69 years old. The music is timeless. Rest in peace Paul Jackson.
That’s because their isn’t 10,000,000 people in the u tube verse that are intelligent enough to know good music. We live in a world where short and simple is what entertains. It is the few who appreciate great art. Some people can’t appreciate songs without singers. Some people can’t stay with a song for over 3 minutes. They would all say he’s a good musician but they just don’t like that type of music. People buy the hook. You gotta have something catchy or the masses won’t like it. It’s easy to entertain the masses. That’s what record companies do. They put out what sells. I’ve known record companies send great musicians down the road and keep some lame band or singer for a song. Sad but the best artists in the world never get their due.
Quelle équipe de choc!!!!!!!! C était vraiment des génies ces mecs,la classe!!!!!! La très grande époque des Headhunters avec la collaboration du talentueux guitariste Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson à ce moment là c était tous des vrais musiciens tous avaient du talent quand on s imagine qu'aujourd'hui ils sont tous âgés entre 70 et 80 pour les plus vieux, incroyable!
All day, everyday...I close my eyes and I'm right back there hanging on Castle Hill Avenue in the Bronx on a Saturday afternoon in the sunshine. The styles, the people, that Fender Rhodes sound and these grooves. Sad to hear about Paul's passing. I think Paul left the country about 5 years ago and I lost track of him. Herbie's Thrust album with Paul and Mike Clark still drops my jaw. Saw Mike Clark (ex Headhunter's Drummer) a few years back and he is still killin' it.
ULTRA HIP Show!!! Thanks!! Incredible TIME to be ALIVE!! Really MISS our Jazzy Rockin Funkin Fusion 70s and EVERYONE In It!! Yes, it's unheathy to "Live In The Past"; but NoneTheLess and AllTheMore....... TIME MACHINE..... PLEASE!!!!!!🌃🗽🌠
Dang! I used to love the Don Kirshner show. Growing up in the 70s was great. So real, so experimental and free. In many ways I think it was more experimental than the 60s, because you really had a cultural crossover. This was great!
@@pkell7315 Of course! Loved him, too, though Kirshner’s show felt slightly more experimental. Jack’s show seemed more focused on rock. But he had some phenomenal acts. It bugs me that everything is so safe and packaged these days. Artists are not allowed to reach and experiment.
@@debvalle7466 so true I used to go to alot of Concerts in the 70s and 80s I saw Slave kool and the gang and Santana in philly 1978 at the old Spectrum 10 rows from the stage right in the middle Santana played almost 3hrs incredible show $7.50 for all 3 shows. I also saw RTF with Chick Lenny Al and Stanley in Philly in the early 80s $15 great show saw Al Paco And John M the Acoustic trio in the early 80s front row 10ft from the stage and incredible show and saw Herbie in the early 80s with the Reggae band Steel Pulse great show. Oh what great times the 70s and 80s was great Music and times.
Genius! Introduced my students to this masterpiece so I really enjoyed my 50th birthday party as a result. Saw them at The Victoria Theatre London around 1974 I think it may have been. What a supreme inspiration...
James Levi plays a straight and dry beat, like Harvey Mason was doing in that famous George Benson live concert, and with the rim shot grip like James Gadson was doing to get this super short and dry snare sound. Dont want to compare those brilliant Headhunter drummers, i love them all.
I have just listen (over n over again) to your genius work Headhunters... I have't heard this for about 12 years!!!! You are such a beautiful-ineffable-musikal shaman/wizard! Love you cozmik brother!!! You make me happy and all your grand friends/musical wizards!!! Much love, new creations and positive enrgies to yu always!!! :+) xxxxx
Back when I was a young kid in San Rafael California.. I had the distinct pleasure of actually getting up on the kit and jamming with the coolest dudes I've ever met in my life.. Sly from Sly and and the family Stone introduced me... I'm an old fellow now.. but we remained in semi contact over the next 45 years. I learned so much from these gentlemen... The greatest funk fusion ever...
one of my best music experiences - Headhunters Live 78 in Hannover,Germany - i like H + Hs stuff - America can be proud - this is one of the ways in that Future that we need all ....
Paul Jackson's funk pushed Herbie and Bennie to places they could never get to without him. He will be studied and copied and loved by bass players forever. I have a theory that every bass player can remember details of the exact moment they 1st heard Spank-a-Lee, it's a life changing experience for most of us....
Thank you very much Mr. Herbie for this concert the day of my 20 years on the day of my birthday, my 2 years of guitar, I understand why I was there was addicted
I remember when i use to go in the living room by myself and listen to the headhunter album and just float around town in my mind hell i couldnt drive at the time but the sound definitely took me to another place❤💯 Respect to the great Herbie Hancock
Seems like just yesterday I was unwrapping this album cover and putting it on my turntable. Herbie Hancock should have a lot more subscribers; he's a genius.
When Herbie was putting together the band, they rehearsed in a warehouse near my apt. in Oakland. We used to sneak in, smoke reefer in the catwalk above, and listen. wow, what a band.
Out of sight!
What a story. I don’t think y’all were sneaking. They probably knew. Even tho they were probably smoking weed they could probably smell that other weed. You probably sneaked in and they let you stay 😂
@@WellseeTheend wow.. groovy
That is truly fantastic
Great story. That must have been one amazing set of rehearsals!
Miss my uncle Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson! He was the GOAT!!! Countless amounts of hit records old and new! He is 2nd in line as far as the most sampled instrumentalist in many Hip Hop records!!! RIP unc!!!!!
So sorry to hear Mr.Ragin had passed, I didn’t realize that, my condolences 🙏🏾,, I remember the first time I heard him , it was probably in the ‘70’s, with Herbie’s albums and on Don K’s rock concert show, and he’s still having fun for us to enjoy,,,RIP, WAH-WAH,,,
@@rodtrues1 Thanks so much!! He meant the world to us and we hear him almost everyday on the radio or TV!!!! Unc put in some work all the way to the end!!!! Thanks again!!
So sorry for your uncle's passing. Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin was perhaps the most innovative, creative guitarist sideman and studio musician ever. Loved his licks! Folks should look him up if they don't know about him. He played on everything, everywhere and with everybody.
@@marvinlateef208 Thanks Marvin!! It’s hard to not hear unc on the radio and commercials! Rappers been sampling him for years! Unc put in that work and truly left his DNA! He is truly worthy of a documentary of his life! Playing for Motown right after Highschool along with 15 year old Ray Parker Jr. His L5 was originally Ray’s! Dennis Coffee put him down with a Wah Wah pedal a Crybaby and he stuffed the L5 with some sponges! That’s how he played on countless hits for well over 40 years from Marvin Gaye to Maxwell! RIP!! True legend!
Wow! I grew up listening to, and trying to copy his Wah and lead licks! RIP!
R.i.p. Paul Jackson.. Pioneer, cosmic funkster and wicked bass player.. Fly on
Talk more about the great bassist RIP
Here Here
hell yeah. one of the all time greats
Without Paul Jackson, the Headhunters would not have been what they were. His micro-rythmic abilities were unmatched. I can only recommend everyone to get a hold of the "Flood" live album to experience it first hand.
Amen! He was funk personified.
I remember the night this aired. I was your typical Rock loving teen living in the 70's. This performance rearranged my musical palette in the best possible way. So many new colors to choose from after this...
Those musical epiphany moments in life are amazing. Not the gradual evolution of taste but those switches that get flicked. Very cool that this was one of those moments for you. Great time to be a teen!
Great profile name BTW
Can't get enough of Paul Jacksons style of bass playing....such feeling...
@Sam Bührer Zender's playing was a cool fusion of Paul Jackson and a bit of Jaco.
It must have been absolute HEAVEN to play with that guy....
Always!
Amazing group of musicians! Herbie Hancock - keys
Bennie Maupin - sax/woodwinds
Paul Jackson (March 28, 1947 - March 18, 2021) - bass
Wah Wah Watson (Melvin M. Ragin -December 8, 1950 - October 24, 2018) - guitar
James Levi - Drums
I remember reading an interview with Herbie Hancock where he said when forming the group Headhunters he was looking for Funk players who could play Jazz rather than Jazz players who could play Funk. :0) (To paraphrase him)
The 70s had the best rock & funk. Nothing grooves & swings like that anymore.
Mr. Lassiter, I'm sure someone/something among the several billion people on your planet does. There's just no Don Kirshner to showcase them anymore on your teevee where you can casually tune in to a very limited amount of terrestrial broadcast and be entertained...
@@lextual I believe you are correct,...
Judging by your comment, you must have very good musical entertainment channels on your planet.
I hope they last.
As the song goes, "You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone...".
You are misinformed. There are many outstanding fusion and prog bands playing today.
@@scotthopkins1113 They suck! They all in the box with VSTi's!
@jimlassiter749
@jimlassiter749 You are correct 70's had the best funk and rock
I recall reading an interview with Herbie Hancock way back. For putting together the Headhunters group he said he wanted funk players who could play jazz rather than jazz musicians who could play funk.
“ Interesting “
RIP Paul Jackson. Thank you for the grooviest grooves ever! ✊🏾🔥💜
RIP Paul Jackson - finest grooves.
God I love Herbie Hancock’s playing. So nuanced, economical, and funky as hell.
R.I.P. Paul Jackson. You laid down some of the most iconic and creative bass grooves ever played.
During the 1970's Don Kirchner rock concert was a weekly must see. Our family watched every time. This video is why.
Yeah it was. I would love to own all those. Those and In Concert.
Indeed! Broad ranging acts and genres covered and not just a song or two each. From pop to the fringes Kirshner put together very good shows.
My friend would come over and we'd colour doodle arts and watch Don Kirshner and Midnight Special
Sad to hear of Paul Jackson's passing yesterday at the age of 73 -- he was a really special soul. I got to meet him a few years ago, at the funeral of a mutual friend. He didn't show up with a crew or put on any airs, just a real regular dude. I know it meant a lot to my friend, whose mom had passed away, that he showed up. RIP
Great player
Oh no! He was one of my favorite bassists RIP
@@davidpellow4877 Remember Dave, every time we go gig, WE ARE GOING TO WAR!
@@stargatewv On the helicopter
1:14 - Gentle Thoughts
10:38 - Doin' It
19:58 - Hang up your hang ups
This, them the coldest jams,,,,, but love all,,, a true musician,,
This Album came out my senior high school year, Herbie and the Headhunters , Miles , etc., were on Don K. Rock concert,, about the only place we could see them on tv at that time, it was funky then and still funky,,
@@rodtrues1 That must make you about 63 years old now, if my math serves me.
@@godisbollocks lol.
thanks for posting the tracks. i wish someone would say who the musicians all are
Dear Algorithm: Please bring me more funky grooves like this
Watching this with a heavy heart,..💔😔😰as of just days ago..at this comment a friend and Mentor,..Paul Jackson passed away..💐🙏🏾 To ALL of his remaining family,..(and it’s very large!!,..here in Japan & around the world 🌎 ) May peace be with us all,..and may we find comfort in what legacy he has provided us with to enjoy!!...for all Eternity‼️✌🏾✨🎶🎸Gone,..☝🏾😒but never forgotten‼️
My condolences, bro.
My condolences. Rest in peace Paul Jackson 🙏
RIP to Paul and my uncle Wah Wah!!!!! Legends and they been on countless recordings together!!!!!!!
When jazz meets soul, magic happens.
That intro is the most 70’s thing ever! I wasn’t even born back then, but I would recognize that style in a heartbeat! 😂
James Levi is amazing! When I had a band in highscool, he’d let us rehearse in his space or he’d come to us. We worked with him for 6 months. He was great at explaining things and even gave me a few tips since I’m a drummer! I’m 24 now, I was 16-17 at the time but it’s something I’ll forever hold onto. I’m still drumming and can’t get enough of it!
yeah...james plays nice...in the pocket and suble.
What an incredible incredible show, everybody hot hot, Herbie absolutely on fire. but what brought me here was today's sad news that master bassist Paul Jackson passed away.
#OdedFriedGaon #OdedMusic #Audioded
Oh man, I didn’t hear that. Sad news.
Hypnotic grooving funk. Just absolutely love this. Wah wah Watson, Paul Jackson and Bennie Maupin so so funky
Wah Wah is my uncle!!!! RIP to him and friend Paul Jackson Sr
@@djcoolcliff : cool! Be sure to tell him that thanks to the internet people still enjoy everyday his tight and funky guitar!
@@guydanielclotilde4861 I will in my prayers, Unc passed away back in 2018!!! Thankful for the Internet!!! RIP!
@@djcoolcliff I'm going to see Herbie in Marciac France next week, with Lionel Loueke on guitar. He'll surely be putting out some Wah Wah riffs and I'll thinking of your uncle! RIP Melvin!
@@saulaac2971 Wow!! That’s awesome right there!!! Herbie played at Melvin’s mother’s funeral here in RVA. He was really good friends with my uncle!!!!!
What else can be said?....geez...hard-hitting FUNK by a jazz Master!...RIP to the departed bc they left such a blazing trail!.....those still here like Herbie, and Bennie....deserve all the love! O wee!
Herbie is soooooo nice on the keys! His material from that decade was so damn funky!!!!!
The world needs a show like this again... I remember this show in the 70's
Never seen footage of James Levi drumming before. Incredible pocket!
thanks for saying his name. i've never heard of him before but he's great!
I worked with him for a bit some years ago. I’m 24 but he tried to help me (I’m a drummer) the most and he gave me great points!!
underrated comment
Wow that is Levi on drums , a Very old friend of my family , plus The Late Great Paul Jackson , also a friend !!! Only one missing is my old instructor The Master Percussionist Bill Summers , however , he was leading Summers Heat at this time !!!!
Mike Clark is missing too
Paul Jackson was the Paul Chambers of hard funk. Every note in it's place and never over exegeratreted...! Wah wah Watson rhythm guitar king! Damn I still miss these empererors!!!
Wah Wah is my uncle and you are right! His influence is massive and surely missed! RIP!!!
If anything could encapsulate how authentically groovy were the 70's, this is it.
Not only is herbie an excellent pianist but excellent at choosing people to work with and he dont rule the show the whole time he comes in and out and when he is out he holds up the rest as a musician should do. In the perfect band u cannot tell who is the star
Unshakable groove!! Rest in Peace Paul Jackson..............
Good grove back in the day.
Whether Report meets James Brown!
This is an incredible performance by Herbie Hancock and the band. Love Wah Wah Watson whipping his head around while strummin those chords. World class grooves here. Can't resist. Just too cool.
Wah Wah is my uncle and that’s truly how he felt music! Totally his character!!!! RIP!!
My Sentiments Exactly 😆❤️👌🏿!!!
Weather Report
I like how each musician adds their own licks into the song, without overstepping. They add just enough to complete, not takeover. You can hear each one of them, separately. Good stuff.
Simply the best keyboards EVER!!!!
best pianist :-)
@@sosoulfull1 Keyboardist.
Yeaaah bro. H H is a master jazz man
...and George Duke!!!
Being praised for keeping 'up to date' with new sounds, even back then! :)
Taken on a voyage with the Headhunters.....drop me off when your done.
It’s wonderful that Herbie expanded the minds of Kirshner’s audience with different music.
James Levi (Drums) Da MAN
⭐👊🏾⭐
James Levi was our recreation director at Bushrod Park in Oakland. They took us camping out in the boonies someplace. It might have been Tuolomne, the memory is hazy. What remains clear is that when we got back home the big story was that Marilyn Monroe died that weekend in August 1962.
Who in their right mind would give this a thumbs down? This is vintage HERBIE at his finest
a year later (end of 2019) still only has 9 thumbs down!
Someone totally insane!
just some bungholio who must be totally deaf :) deaf as a doorbell.
thumbs down are from people who know nothing about Music Period
Jealous haters.......
Aside from bringing me back to those heady times (pun intended) and the groundbreaking sounds we were all treated to, I can't help but remember the ads from back then! Talk about a flashback! LOL! Have always loved Paul Jackson raw and elemental bass playing too! :)
So Feckin' sneaky! I could just dance all night... delirious with with space-funk! xxxx Much love to everyone!
Herbie, Bennie Maupin, Wah Wah, Paul J and James Levi !
Wah Wah Is my uncle! Miss him dearly! One of the greatest to ever do it!
I totally love it when somebody can name all the members of the band. Nice job!
@@djcoolcliff Wah Wah was one in a million! No on sounded like him! Wish I'd have known him!
@@jazzjeffjazzjeff Yes he was!!! On stage and off!!! He really could have been a comedian if he wanted to!! Miss him dearly but I do hear him daily in the radio, walking around in the grocery store, etc!
Ha! I THOUGHT that was Bennie Maupin. Yeah, Wah Wah Watson’s chording cleaner than a broke dick dog. 😁
In 1973, the Headhunters comprised Hancock (keyboards), Bennie Maupin (saxophone, clarinet), Harvey Mason (drums), Paul Jackson (bass), and Bill Summers (percussion). The name Headhunters denotes a triple reference to the jungle, the intellectual, and the sexual.
a headhunter is/was also a name for a recruiter of professionals.
Well-parsed. You got me with that one! I am now stimulated in three dimensions.
One correction - Mike Clark, I believe played in the band in 1973 but for sure in 1974-75.
Very interesting, but could I ask if that is your analysis or if you got it somewhere? And, don't you think that we now have a 4-way ambiguity: the jungle, intellectual, sexual, and recruiter of professionals, as @rilloudmother realized?
@@slimvictor Mr. Hancock interview was the source of my information. Yes, and this song recruits all of us to Jazz-Funk fusion!
Bennie is so awesome !!
Really appreciate the old commercials at the end too. Really adds to the vibe.
Funk was everywhere . It's such a musicians medium. Also those commercials are twisting my mind even though I don't remember one of them
Amazing that a jazz concert broadcast would have so many ads targeting women. Those were the days!
12:44 !!!!
Wah-Wah Watson’s incomparable, atonal staccato accent at 6:02 as heard all over Herbie’s “Steppin’ In It” and others from Man-Child. That sound brings back so many feelings as it cues a ton of the key changes on that album.
My uncle Wah Wah played on over 300 hits with same guitar a Gibson L5 he got from Ray Parker jr! Pa Pa Was a Rolling Stone, Let’s Get it on, Smiling Faces, Car Was etc. RIP!!!!!!
R.I.P. Paul Jackson...
Another legend gone... Absolute master of the bass.
OUCH. Damn. RIP.... the sounds will live on...
Paul Jackson was a Great Friend.. we were in the 298th Army Band at West Berlin, Germany together in the late 1960's.. Paul had a portable Electronic Organ & ran Jam Sessions on the weekends.. he wrote lots of Originals.. Great to Jam On. I've always missed the man -& His Inspiration! -Fish Brown *Trumpeter/Co-Founder THE GASOLINE BAND HiFly 1972
The golden age. Fusion, innovation, talent and good weed
Wow. When we were kids we were surrounded by masterpieces and didn't even know it. We liked a little bit of everything. Rock, jazz, soul, latin and R&B. That Headhunters album was in everyone's collection that I knew. We were teenagers!
Amazing performance! Thank you so much, Mr. Hancock for the years of incredibly inspiring music and soul. RIP to Mr. Paul Jackson - truly one of the all-time greats. Much love.
You got Herbie Hancock. Tons of lights. And a dude stone cold grooving, in a chair, wearing a Gilligan hat. I'm in!
Wah Wah Watson.That's Wah Wah Watson.Ok?
@@nigelstansfield1644 Cool man. Calm down. I would have gone by the name Reverend Gilligan Hat, but that'll work.
R.I.P. Paul Jackson
So smooth... RIP Paul Jackson. I was just jamming the bass line to Mayonnaise today. Super fun stuff to play.
Amazing music beautiful grooves
Paul Jackson and (the recently deceased) Wah Wah Watson SLAYING IT here. Not to mention Herbie always treading new ground..
Do you know who is on bass? Alphonso Johnson?
j s as Loren said, Paul Jackson on bass, with James Levi on drums. Alphonso played with Weather Report between Miroslav Vitous and Jaco, and made awesome LPs and tours with George Duke and Ndugu, not to mention George Duke Billy Cobham live album with Sco
Loren White FWIW, Paul's my ex-brother-in-law, and he and Levi schooled me in "the Oakland Lay", introduced me to Jaco, and schooled my pale posterior in a variety of ways- Jaco and Paul's mutual admiration society was intense, and funny. never asked either to weigh in on Slim, tho expect he was afforded "hella player" status by the ringleaders
Wah wah is the man! Just discovered his music not long ago, great to see him here with Herbie
Wah Wah is my uncle!!! He literally played countless session and his sound can still be heard on radio and TV!! RIP Melvin Ragin!!!!!
Listening to Herbie Hancock's music back in the day is what made me get into smooth jazz, which is all I listen to these days...even at 69 years old. The music is timeless. Rest in peace Paul Jackson.
Great to to see some footage of a secrets esq line up ! An album that really inspired me as well as Headhunters, Thrust and Manchild.
It don't get much better than this.
Paul Jackson really gets my frenzy going from 13:52 and on. What a player!
Amazing vintage sound ! Perfect funk & jazz combination... great document.
How is it that Herbie Hancock does not have 10,000,000 subscribers?! We love you Herbie! ❤️ Man, was that a lyricon that Bernie Maupin was playing?
Same question 🤔🤔
you right, just subscribed!
R.I.P. Paul Jackson.
Yes, Bennie Maupin was playing a lyricon.
That’s because their isn’t 10,000,000 people in the u tube verse that are intelligent enough to know good music. We live in a world where short and simple is what entertains. It is the few who appreciate great art. Some people can’t appreciate songs without singers. Some people can’t stay with a song for over 3 minutes. They would all say he’s a good musician but they just don’t like that type of music. People buy the hook. You gotta have something catchy or the masses won’t like it. It’s easy to entertain the masses. That’s what record companies do. They put out what sells. I’ve known record companies send great musicians down the road and keep some lame band or singer for a song. Sad but the best artists in the world never get their due.
Quelle équipe de choc!!!!!!!!
C était vraiment des génies ces mecs,la classe!!!!!!
La très grande époque des Headhunters avec la collaboration du talentueux guitariste Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson à ce moment là c était tous des vrais musiciens tous avaient du talent quand on s imagine qu'aujourd'hui ils sont tous âgés entre 70 et 80 pour les plus vieux, incroyable!
THAT’S how to play rhythm guitar! Tasteful, driving, perfect.
Such good vibrations! Wonderful for those of us who couldn't be there live at the time. THANK YOU, HERBIE HANCOCK!
All day, everyday...I close my eyes and I'm right back there hanging on Castle Hill Avenue in the Bronx on a Saturday afternoon in the sunshine. The styles, the people, that Fender Rhodes sound and these grooves. Sad to hear about Paul's passing. I think Paul left the country about 5 years ago and I lost track of him. Herbie's Thrust album with Paul and Mike Clark still drops my jaw. Saw Mike Clark (ex Headhunter's Drummer) a few years back and he is still killin' it.
ULTRA HIP Show!!! Thanks!! Incredible TIME to be ALIVE!! Really MISS our Jazzy Rockin Funkin Fusion 70s and EVERYONE In It!! Yes, it's unheathy to "Live In The Past"; but NoneTheLess and AllTheMore.......
TIME MACHINE..... PLEASE!!!!!!🌃🗽🌠
heaven's groove
Dang! I used to love the Don Kirshner show. Growing up in the 70s was great. So real, so experimental and free. In many ways I think it was more experimental than the 60s, because you really had a cultural crossover.
This was great!
Remember when Wolfman jack had a show called midnight Special ?
@@pkell7315 Of course! Loved him, too, though Kirshner’s show felt slightly more experimental. Jack’s show seemed more focused on rock. But he had some phenomenal acts.
It bugs me that everything is so safe and packaged these days. Artists are not allowed to reach and experiment.
@@debvalle7466 so true I used to go to alot of Concerts in the 70s and 80s I saw Slave kool and the gang and Santana in philly 1978 at the old Spectrum 10 rows from the stage right in the middle Santana played almost 3hrs incredible show $7.50 for all 3 shows. I also saw RTF with Chick Lenny Al and Stanley in Philly in the early 80s $15 great show saw Al Paco And John M the Acoustic trio in the early 80s front row 10ft from the stage and incredible show and saw Herbie in the early 80s with the Reggae band Steel Pulse great show. Oh what great times the 70s and 80s was great Music and times.
Paul Jackson - what a great vocal talent and one of the greatest bass players ever
Love and ineffable vibrations always to you Herb!!! you make me tingle a always!!!!
This performance sounds so modern and it's ancient like me hahaha! I was born 13 days prior to this show.
1977 SUPERB TELEVISION!!! Mindblowing
Genius! Introduced my students to this masterpiece so I really enjoyed my 50th birthday party as a result. Saw them at The Victoria Theatre London around 1974 I think it may have been. What a supreme inspiration...
your soul will live forever Herbie
James Levi plays a straight and dry beat, like Harvey Mason was doing in that famous George Benson live concert, and with the rim shot grip like James Gadson was doing to get this super short and dry snare sound. Dont want to compare those brilliant Headhunter drummers, i love them all.
I have just listen (over n over again) to your genius work Headhunters... I have't heard this for about 12 years!!!! You are such a beautiful-ineffable-musikal shaman/wizard! Love you cozmik brother!!! You make me happy and all your grand friends/musical wizards!!! Much love, new creations and positive enrgies to yu always!!! :+) xxxxx
Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. Exciting and calming at the same time. Words fail to describe.
“ Fantastic “ “ Band “
Back when I was a young kid in San Rafael California..
I had the distinct pleasure of actually getting up on the kit and jamming with the coolest dudes I've ever met in my life..
Sly from Sly and and the family Stone introduced me...
I'm an old fellow now.. but we remained in semi contact over the next 45 years.
I learned so much from these gentlemen... The greatest funk fusion ever...
Brilliant, Wah-Wah is so cool, even Herbie thinks so!
I enjoyed not only Herbie's solo but also the old TV commercial of 70's in this video
one of my best music experiences - Headhunters Live 78 in Hannover,Germany - i like H + Hs stuff - America can be proud - this is one of the ways in that Future that we need all ....
One of the best bands ever! Rest in peace Paul.
Paul Jackson's funk pushed Herbie and Bennie to places they could never get to without him. He will be studied and copied and loved by bass players forever. I have a theory that every bass player can remember details of the exact moment they 1st heard Spank-a-Lee, it's a life changing experience for most of us....
Thank you very much Mr. Herbie for this concert the day of my 20 years on the day of my birthday, my 2 years of guitar, I understand why I was there was addicted
Herbie + Rhodes = 70s Magic!🎹
Brilliant ... thanks for sharing . Reckon I've been listening to Herbie for nearly 50 years and still love it every time .
Takes your breath away to see these cats perform... Ice ❄ cold!
Thank You
Lets not forget about that funky guitar riff in the intro/theme for the Kirshner Show (played by a young Ray Parker Jr., by the way)
Your autobiographical book is enriching me in everything.. Thanks so much mr. Herbie..
Nobody grooves like that nowadays!
Great upload! Stellar performance, hysterical commercials at the end, and groovy title music finale.
Out-standing--my next door neighbor here in VALLEJO CALIFORNIA did some shows with Mr. Hancock, always enjoy this musical genius--!!
I remember when i use to go in the living room by myself and listen to the headhunter album and just float around town in my mind hell i couldnt drive at the time but the sound definitely took me to another place❤💯 Respect to the great Herbie Hancock
Qué felicidad para mi corazón esta música tan maravillosa. Gracias Herbie ❤️
Thanks! Will watch 100 more times! Had the opportunity to meet both Paul and Bernie and spend the day. Awesome dudes.
very very good all............................................................................
Seems like just yesterday I was unwrapping this album cover and putting it on my turntable. Herbie Hancock should have a lot more subscribers; he's a genius.