Pond, Steven F., 1951-

Head hunters : the making of jazz's first platinum album / Ste ven F. Pond. - Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 2005. - xii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Jazz perspectives . - Jazz perspectives (Ann Arbor, Mich.) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-242), discography (p. 24 3), and index.

Fusion jazz and the Head Hunters project -- "An African thing" : aes thetics and identity in Head Hunters -- At the crossroads of genre : fu nk in action -- The pasts they brought with them -- Hands on the knobs : how production techniques changed the music -- Selling Herbie : marke ting and Head Hunters -- Final reflections : the politics of classifica tion.

9780472114177 (cloth : alk. paper) 0472114174 (cloth : alk. paper)

2005-014482


Hancock, Herbie, 1940- Head hunters.


Jazz-rock (Music)-- History and criticism.-- United States

781.657 PON