‘Chameleon’ is the opening track on the legendary Head Hunters album by Herbie Hancock and his newly formed band, released in 1973. The album is
a landmark in the jazz-funk and jazz-fusion genres. It was the biggest selling jazz album of all time until George Benson’s Breezin’ was released in 1976.
Head Hunters is an influential album nearly fifty years after its release.
Head Hunters is the culmination of a highly experimental period in Herbie Hancock’s career. Whilst in Miles Davis’s quintet Hancock released a number of solo albums in the hard bop and modern jazz styles related to the group. These were very successful and include classics such as ‘Watermelon Man’, later reworked for the Head Hunters album. Upon leaving Davis’ quintet in the summer of 1968, Hancock started to experiment with electric instruments influenced by Miles Davis and his groundbreaking jazz-fusion style. He recorded Mwandishi in 1971, Crossings in 1972, and Sextant
in 1973. The experimental and at times ethereal nature of these records pushed Hancock to pursue an earthier and more grounded, funky sound.
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