Tonight on Late Night Groove, we are traveling to 1973 to play a track from one of my favorite albums. Herbie Hancock has always been a visionary when it came to music. My generation remembers break dancing or pop-locking to Rock It. I must have played that 12-inch to death. I remember my mother cringing each time she heard the opening. Luckily, my mother was a music lover; I’m convinced this is where I got my love for music.

The Madre had a sneaky side; she laid out various jazz albums around the house for me to find. This is when I discovered Herbie Hancock had more music out there than the music I knew. In 1973, he released an album entitled Headhunters, which featured the standard “Watermelon Man.” Though I love the track, I prefer a track I discovered on the B-Side of a 12-inch from my collection. The track is called “Chameleon”. This track is over 15 minutes long, but I find myself getting lost in the magic of it.