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Inspired in part by Sly Stone, in 1973 Herbie Hancock set out to make a funk album. With a heavy use of early synthesizers and no guitars, the jazz/funk hybrid became the first platinum jazz album (U.S. 1 million in sales). This podcast was originally produced for NPR when the album was inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.

Herbie Hancock Head Hunters

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