Herbie Handcock’s Head Hunters (1973): Funk Meets Jazz-Fusion

Introducing funk to jazz-fusion (much like Mahavishnu Orchestra did with rock), Herbie Hancock wet our palate with the 15:44-minute track “Chameleon,” tricking us into believing this is an esoteric funk album . . . but it’s not. The composition “Chameleon” became (with 9 minutes shaved off of the…