Recent Press Highlights
“The Headhunters’ spirit music spans generations, genres and the cosmos itself.”
“This record serves as '“Actual Proof” that the sources behind jazz fusion’s fount still have a lot to say.”
- Downbeat Magazine
“The Headhunters’ sound has changed over the years to encompass new sounds and ideas, but the band’s primary focus on connecting the past and present has remained unchanged.”
“The pronounced Cubano-Latin swing and sway is positively infectious in its breezy air and may well compel not only repeated playings of the disc in very quick succession but perhaps also even some inclusions on more than a few Best of the Year lists.”
“Speakers in the House is remarkably masterful, fresh-sounding, and creatively restless. For over nearly 50 years, Headhunters have continually reinvented themselves. This is no exception.”
“The fiery elements of Harrison and a charged rhythm section joyously churn out the funk. Lock yourself in and it’s really not much different than the band’s infectious sound from fifty years ago.”
““Over the Bar,” with its barking clavinets, twisty chord changes, and zippy horn lines, feels like a Stevie Wonder-ish instrumental before sliding into a more open, jazz-fueled section…There are other highlights here too, including the sticky James Brown-style groove on “Vaspurakan” and the Afro-Cuban breakdown…and brash solos on “Stop Watch.””
“If you like Golden Age hip-hop, odds are you’ve heard the Headhunters, whether you realize it or not. They rose to prominence in 1973 as legendary jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock’s backing band for the Head Hunters LP, which sold over a million copies…
Now based in New Orleans and down to two members from the classic lineup—percussionist Bill Summers and drummer Mike Clark—the Headhunters have made a strong comeback on Speakers In The House [which] proves that the Headhunters have maintained vitality in a genre that most thought had died in the early ’80s.”