The original Headhunters band are hitting the road in September & October! If you haven't heard their first two albums, which they recorded in the '70s, I highly recommend them as they are chock full of super funky, soulful jazz. And, if you can, catch them live next month!
I was poking around NYT and saw your article on Herbie Hancock — it was so great (Pointer Sisters on roller skates! Half filled Coke bottles!) but I didn’t catch your byline! A great surprise to learn it was from you, and thanks for the instruction to so much wonderful music over the years.
I think a newsletter is great just for this reason — it can feel in the gaps, remind folk of something that dropped they might have missed, or highlight other art. Thanks for always doing that!
My dogs sometimes listen to music with me, frequently late at night after the family has retired for the evening. I’m pretty sure they dig Bill Evans, and therefore by extension Paul Motian too. The intro to Watermelon Man, I have noticed, piques their interest. Today, I played Nice Guys for the first time in a very long time after reading your Pitchfork piece. Watching my younger dog’s head swivel in curious confusion at Folkus was a delight…at least for me.
Starting 8/23 - 8/29 we at the Maysles Documentary Center will play a 4K restoration of the film, "The Spook who Sat by the Door" which features a songtrack composed and played by Herbie Hancock.
The album, "Headhunters" and the film both came out in 1973 making that year a prolific one for HH.
Screenings will take place at 7:00pm and tickets can be purchased at, maysles.org
The film. based on the book by Sam Greenlee is the story of the only Black agent in the CIA and how he takes the skills taught him by the CIA to form a liberation army for Black America.
Directed by Ivan Dixon who starred in. Nothing But a Man, gained attention playing Sgt. Kinchloe in Hogan's Heroes, and managed the crew in the hilarious workplace comedy, Car Wash.
Hope to see you at the Maysles Documentary Center this month.
The original Headhunters band are hitting the road in September & October! If you haven't heard their first two albums, which they recorded in the '70s, I highly recommend them as they are chock full of super funky, soulful jazz. And, if you can, catch them live next month!
I was poking around NYT and saw your article on Herbie Hancock — it was so great (Pointer Sisters on roller skates! Half filled Coke bottles!) but I didn’t catch your byline! A great surprise to learn it was from you, and thanks for the instruction to so much wonderful music over the years.
I think a newsletter is great just for this reason — it can feel in the gaps, remind folk of something that dropped they might have missed, or highlight other art. Thanks for always doing that!
My dogs sometimes listen to music with me, frequently late at night after the family has retired for the evening. I’m pretty sure they dig Bill Evans, and therefore by extension Paul Motian too. The intro to Watermelon Man, I have noticed, piques their interest. Today, I played Nice Guys for the first time in a very long time after reading your Pitchfork piece. Watching my younger dog’s head swivel in curious confusion at Folkus was a delight…at least for me.
That's a really nice 25-album selection of Motian!
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Starting 8/23 - 8/29 we at the Maysles Documentary Center will play a 4K restoration of the film, "The Spook who Sat by the Door" which features a songtrack composed and played by Herbie Hancock.
The album, "Headhunters" and the film both came out in 1973 making that year a prolific one for HH.
Screenings will take place at 7:00pm and tickets can be purchased at, maysles.org
The film. based on the book by Sam Greenlee is the story of the only Black agent in the CIA and how he takes the skills taught him by the CIA to form a liberation army for Black America.
Directed by Ivan Dixon who starred in. Nothing But a Man, gained attention playing Sgt. Kinchloe in Hogan's Heroes, and managed the crew in the hilarious workplace comedy, Car Wash.
Hope to see you at the Maysles Documentary Center this month.
Two great pieces (HH and AEoC) for this hot New Orleans Sunday morning. Thank you!
I meant soundtrack, but typed "songtrack" which is an interesting typo.