Watermelon Man
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"Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard written by Herbie Hancock, first released on his debut album, Takin' Off (1962).
Hancock's first version was released as a grooving hard bop record, and featured improvisations by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon.[1] A single of the tune reached the Top 100 of the pop charts. Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría released the tune as a Latin pop single the next year on Battle Records, where it became a surprise hit, reaching #10 on the pop charts.[2] Santamaría's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Hancock radically re-worked the tune, combining elements of funk, for the album Head Hunters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbHJHPTikQA
My favorite version...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gi2iuIy-eo
Peanut Man
You get it.
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We use to cover it back in
We use to cover it back in the 80's, great tune!
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Wow, I haven't heard that in
Wow, I haven't heard that in a long time. Thanks, Lance.
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Awesome tracks.
Awesome tracks. Look at that band.
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My bro had the album and
My bro had the album and played it over and over again.
Thanks for sharing Lance.
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Oscar Brown jr...
Oscar Brown jr...
Watermelon Man
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p_u0dsRSG_Q
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Poncho Sanchez played it at
Poncho Sanchez played it at Hardly Strictly. Good stuff
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How about some WU?? Just
How about some WU?? Just heard the album version of this the other day.
https://youtu.be/dKk--EBybgk?t=2m15s
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I'll just leave this here:
I'll just leave this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIoCSkjz8aA
Herbie- Watermelon Man (2012)
soooooo good.
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Headhunters Herbie...
Headhunters Herbie...
Watermelon Man
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i-hAJcXqYms
Full album...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3m3qOD-hhrQ
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My father has an amazing Jazz
My father has an amazing Jazz / Afro-Cuban / Salsa record collection that goes way back.
I just dug this up to spin , to get my Watermelon Man on.
Mongo Santamaria - Live At Montreux (Promotional Copy)
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To think, a scant decade
To think, a scant decade later, that brilliantly-swinging young genius would be churning out long playing sides' worth of bizarre and awesome proto jazz/electronica crossover music:
"Rain Dance" (from Sextant, 1973)
https://youtu.be/ocXXhyByitY
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Love how they call Hancock
Love how they call Hancock "Herb" on the Mongo album notes.
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There's a repeating sound in
There's a repeating sound in the background of Hidden Figures on Sextant which sounds like it could be a veloceraptor sample from Jurassic Park haah.
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Which watermelon man is
Which watermelon man is better on that mongo album, the 59 second one or the 33 second closer?
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I like it all Farmer.
I like it all Farmer.
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>> could be a veloceraptor
>> could be a veloceraptor sample from Jurassic Park
I've been unable to stop listening to that album over the last week or so. I know what I'll be looking for next time I queue it up.
>> amazing Jazz / Afro-Cuban / Salsa record collection that goes way back.
If you can keep an eye out for Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive, that's a 'money' record. Would love to get my hands on a copy, or at least get a chance to listen to a clean pressing.
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Mongo did always have a bit
Mongo did always have a bit of the Midas touch
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>>If you can keep an eye out
>>If you can keep an eye out for Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive, that'ws a 'money' record right now.
Sure, there are a hand full Eddie Palmieri records in there. I will list them later.
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Definitely do scope it out.
Definitely scope it out. That's like a $500 record right there, assuming it's pristine.
Plus it's just a really cool title. Hope it's in there.
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Hell yea, Ateix.
Hell yea, Ateix.
Listening to Miles Davis- On the Corner now. So good. Something about the early '70s.
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And, Ateix, to be more
And, Ateix, to be more specific about my Jurassic Park reference, I'm referring to the sound a veloceraptor would make in the original Jurassic Park video game for Sega.
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I always thought it was weird
I always thought it was weird that you had to kill another velociraptor in that game a couple levels in (I think if you played as Sam Neill's character from the movie you also had to kill a raptor but later in the game).
Such a fun title.. taking a stroll down nostalgia alley right now.
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My son played trombone in the
My son played trombone in the 6th grade jazz band and performed Watermelon Man and Cantaloupe Island. I was so pumped. On top of that, he became a Herbie Hancock fan, which made our road trip music that much better for me.
Almost as good as "Rock It"
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If you have never read this
If you have never read this Wire article on Herbie's greatest band, you should! Fat Albert Rotunda - Mwandishi - Crossings - Sextant are 4 of my favorite jazz LPs! And Bennie Maupin's Jewel in the Lotus
https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/35225/thumbs
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>>If you can keep an eye out
>>If you can keep an eye out for Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive, that'ws a 'money' record right now.
Sure, there are a hand full Eddie Palmieri records in there. I will list them later.
He has Eddie Palmieri's Superimpostion (1970) and Justica (1969)
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No money records.
No money records. Disappointing.
Nice dollar bin Mongo Santameria, though. Cool.
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They aren't for sale junior.
They aren't for sale junior.
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I can't tell from this angle
What? I don't buy dollar bin salsa records.
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Go away.
Go away.