Chameleon (composition)

"Chameleon"
Instrumental by Herbie Hancock
from the album Head Hunters
Released1973 (1973)
RecordedSeptember 1973
GenreFunk,[1] jazz-funk[2]
Length15:41
LabelColumbia
Composer(s)
Producer(s)

"Chameleon" is a jazz fusion standard composed by Herbie Hancock with Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson and Harvey Mason,[3] all of whom also performed the original 15:44 full-length version on the 1973 album Head Hunters,[4] and featuring solos by Hancock and Maupin. The 9:41 edit omits an out-of-tune segment, features a new bassline added in at around 6:40 and new instruments added in post-production.

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  2. ^ Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "Jaime David Vazquez Bass Lines: Herbie Hancock - "Chameleon" vs "Watermelon Man" - Bass Musician Magazine, The Face of Bass". bassmusicianmagazine.com. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
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