Funk Poll #2: Jeff Beck VS Hancock

Well it's this and that, but I'd go for Herbie's album, though  Blow By Blow is not too shabby.  I prefer either Thrust or Man-Child over Head Hunters, however...

BbB

Head Hunters for me !

The Quiet One wrote: SaltyJon wrote: Hey now, don't forget I'm a bassist.  I love funk too.  The avant fan has just taken over the majority of the listening time.    Oh, right! You're a bass player! How you're going with it? Have any band?     I've lately been listening to a lot of funk, Parliament, Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder, excellent stuff all. (hence why I'm doing these polls lol)

nice, ive personally been throwing on lots of James Brown funk lately, and Lettuce. Great band.

As far as the poll, my vote also goes to HH, mainly because i dont listen to Jeff Beck as much as I used to, whereas Herbie comes up every now and then. I still have to re-evaluate his Mwandishi albums, and I have some of his 60s albums like Takin' Off and Empyrean Isles for example, but i feel Hancock's discography is more varied than Beck's.

btw, if anyone is a fan of Headhunters and Thrust, you have to get Man-Child. It's more focused (tighter/shorter compositions) but just as funky and actually features some guitar. Also Secrets (which came out after Man-Child) is also essential Herbie Funk. And for a live album, Flood is also essential, and features live cuts from Head Hunters, Thrust, and Man-Child

Those 5 albums MUST be heard to fully appreciate his funky era. After Secrets, his albums get sketchy, mixing smoother funk-jazz with vocoder vocals, though there is good stuff mixed in if you're willing to sift through everything else.

Going through his later 70s/early 80s albums (before his electro-funk albums) i did discover a really good album, as good as his early-mid 70s work. Mr. Hands (1980). It's easily his best album since Man-Child and actually has the Head Hunters lineup on a couple tracks, as well as Jaco Pastorious guesting.

Like i said, i need to re-listen to the Mwandishi albums, it's been a looooog time since i listened to any of those.

**EDIT** - this thread has inspired me to listen to Sextant, as I remember being the most familiar with that Mwandishi album than the other 2. Wow, Rain Dance


Edited by darkshade - February 16 2011 at 14:06

Well I picked Head Hunters......I am a big funk listener. I just find that BbB does not have the funk qualities I really enjoy. Herbie will always make my funk cup runneth over!

darkshade wrote: cant wait for Funk Poll #3

Like 'em both, but +1 for Blow by Blow.