Herbie Hancock’s August 14 performance of “Head Hunters” at the Hollywood Bowl marks the first time in 50 years that the jazz keyboardist and composer reunited with the collaborators that became the album’s namesake.
Given its success and legacy — the first ever jazz album to go platinum, and one of the all-time most famous in the genre — that claim seems improbable. (How could they not have played in some combination, at least a few times, in the intervening decades?) But if they’re just a bit slower-moving than they were in 1973, the group plays just as well half a century later, delivering an adventuresome two and a
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