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
Thrust
. Others among the all-star cast of soloists and accompanists include
Wayne Shorter
on soprano sax,
Stevie Wonder
on chromatic harmonica, and longtime
cohort
Bennie Maupin
on an arsenal of woodwinds. ~ Jim Newsom