“mr. hands” is cool. aside from the amazing cover art works well with london-style “jazz dance” records (ie the uptempo latin inflected stuff with trad instruments)
i lean heavily on “spiraling prism” and “calypso” when i play it out
― the late great, Thursday, 26 January 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
sorry to jump around here+i'm positive someone has brought it up before now BUT-
if you want even more super hot 70s headhunters/hancock/miles adjacent action, bennie maupin's slow traffic to the right from 1977 is about as good as they get. funky, spacey, mellow, but mad.
probably old news, putting here for posterity mostly. highly recommended either way.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Friday, 27 January 2023 18:05 (one year ago) link
I've been listening to that Maupin record recently, since his debut is maybe my favourite ECM record. I like it better than the funk-era Hancock I've heard, and it walks an interesting line between being tasteful and gently exploratory, and also trying to sell some records in the context of late 70s fusion.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 28 January 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link