Jazz sleeper series: Let's get funky

By Pico:

This time we look at albums with grooves in the pocket even if they weren't much in the press:

1) Herbie Hancock, Mr. Hands (1980)
The seventies began very creatively for HH, first with the space funk Mwandishi albums followed by the better-known Head Hunters period that firmly eastablished Herbie's pre-eminance in synthesized instrumental funk. But as the decade wore on, the music got less and less creative until it devolved into generic disco.

Right at the end of this era, though, Hancock re-asserts control to generate an electric jazz album with every song distinguishable and original.

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