Jazz Perspectives Head Hunters: The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album, (Paperback)

Context: " The story of one of the most influential and controversial jazz recordings of the twentieth century ".

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[a] very readable dissection of all the different ways in which Herbie Hancock's 1973 album Head Hunters broke the mould.

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An entertaining and thought-provoking read." ---Jazzwise Magazine "An important and timely book.

Pond's work reflects the insight an informed researcher and skilled performer can bring to the study of music." ---Travis Jackson, Associate Professor of American Music, University of Chicago Winner of the U.S.

chapter of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music's Woody Guthrie Award for most distinguished work on popular music. Steven Pond's Head Hunters captures a transitional moment in modern music history, a time when jazz and rock intermingled to create a new, often controversial, genre.