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Genre:
Jazz
Release Date: 05/04/1992
Run Time: 45:04
Perhaps the funkiest album of
Herbie Hancock's early- to mid-'70s
jazz/
funk/
fusion era,
Man-Child starts off with the unforgettable
"Hang Up Your Hang Ups," and the beat just keeps coming until the album's end.
"Sun Touch" and
"Bubbles" are slower, but funky nonetheless.
Hancock is the star on his arsenal of keyboards, but guitarist
Wah Wah Watson's presence is what puts a new sheen on this recording, distinguishing it from its predecessors,
Head Hunters and
Thrust. Others among the all-star cast of soloists and accompanists include
Wayne Shorter on soprano sax,
Stevie Wonder on chromatic harmonica, and longtime
Hancock cohort
Bennie Maupin on an arsenal of woodwinds.
~Jim Newsom, All Music Guide
;)
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