On this day in music history: August 22, 1975 - Man-Child, the seventeenth album by Herbie Hancock is released. Produced by David Rubinson and Herbie Hancock, it is recorded at Village Recorders and Crystal Industries in Los Angeles, CA, Wally Heider Studios and Funky Features in San Francisco, CA from Late 1974 - Early 1975. Continuing to explore the Jazz/Funk fusion of his successful Head Hunters and Thrust albums, Hancock and the Headhunters Band (their final album with Hancock) are joined on the album by Stevie Wonder, guitarists Dewayne Blackbyrd McKnight, Wah Wah Watson, David T. Walker, saxophonists Wayne Shorter and Ernie Watts, drummer James Gadson and bassist Louis Johnson. The albums breakout track Hang Up Your Hang Ups will go on to be sampled by a number of artists over the years including NWA, Lords Of The Underground, and Janet Jackson. Man-Child will hit number one on the Billboard Jazz album chart, number six on the R&B album chart, and number twenty one on the Billboard Top 200.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 23:15:05 +0000
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