The Headhunters ft. Harvey Mason 'Watermelon Man', live at Band on the Wall

Highly influential jazz-funk outfit The Headhunters played live at Band on the Wall on 18th September 2016.
Led by founding percussionist Bill Summers; the line-up featured Harvey Mason standing in for drummer Mike Clark. Mason and Summers both featured on Herbie Hancock's Headhunters LP, from which this version of Watermelon Man originates. Joining them for this performance were bassist Chris Severin and keyboardist Kyle Roussel.
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[@EricBBarker]

If you accidentally take a sip in the middle, the band has to modulate!

[@eddiewilliams8673]

Harvey Mason: Maestro; Pioneer; Virtuoso; Genius; Mr Impossible on Drums with them amazing rhythms he generates. Amazing guy.

[@songotsamples]

The intros so smooth it gave me a second wave of life!

[@warrenhenderson2717]

One of my favorite musicians Harvey Mason.

[@Skrzy33]

1:18 Those clavs are panned so hard right, they sound like they're behind me! Awesome video!

[@scottchegs]

I was there, what a night!

[@bmuhamad]

The form is a sixteen bar blues. Recalling the piece, Hancock said, "I remember the cry of the watermelon man making the rounds through the back streets and alleys of Chicago. The wheels of his wagon beat out the rhythm on the cobblestones."

[@jabr0nicus]

Harvey Mason is a national treasure

[@warvandal3443]

Superb!

[@trevoraird4156]

Deep joy 😊😊

[@jhonattancastellanos9923]

I love this song!!

[@ianbuxton8332]

Who COULDN'T??👍😁

[@RangaluHsu]

Awesome!

[@John2E0GTU]

H M can play ANYTHING!

[@dave_manley]

that shift into a shuffle was....unexpected

[@awmperry]

Bit of a surprise, yeah. I'm enjoying it, though.

[@LasseHarms]

Love the call of the percussionist

[@BN-hx3ev]

La grande classe

[@fav1000]

Yes Patrick !

[@isaacgomes7020]

Som único.

[@AMIR-nw8co]

More.

[@costageoref3309]

Were is Mr Clarke? 🤔

[@francesbeaver6174]

Real deal

[@grantmarshall3026]

Fuck yeah

[@daddiojones238]

Dig that bass!

[@billytheweasel]

Yes, and Harvey Mason making that pocket so deep.

[@bustabass9025]

7 string Ken Smith. My favorite boutique custom electric bass luthier. I have a Smith 6 string bubinga wood top, that I will keep until the day I die.

[@tucagutsch9163]

Whats this instrument thats looking like a bass?

[@spikespiegel8026]

A bass

[@NinjoOnline]

It's a 6 string bass :D

[@vadimislearningguitar4977]

it is a 7 seven string bass - - - 3 plus 4 ---- if you notice the pegs

[@DaveFury]

@@vadimislearningguitar4977 8. Look again.

[@vadimislearningguitar4977]

@@DaveFury hahahahahah i don't know - a six string plus a neck cam .... what make is that ??

[@ecst3r465]

Anybody know what the style of the intro with the bottle is called?

[@victormarshall4542]

Ecst3r Bill is playing the sound of the pygmies in Central Africa the Congo.

[@ecst3r465]

victor marshall Thank you

[@unairedondo882]

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[@unairedondo882]

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[@unairedondo882]

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[@TheNezpah]

Eric Andre on the sax lol

[@grantmarshall3026]

Apologies for the profanities

[@carlosrangel1270]

sUGERENCIA PARA yOUTUBE, PONGAN UN BOTÓN DE ME "REQUETEGUSTA", un simple like es muy poco para este video...

[@tylerthompson1842]

So can anyone go out and use the name The Head Hunters? Seems that way with the varying lineups I’ve seen on yt

[@pretorious700]

Not the Headhunters.

[@EricBBarker]

Yes it’s The Headhunters, just not with Herbie. Bill Summers is the guy who did the bottles and arranging on the album, and this is an evolution of that band. And like all bands, members change over time.

[@edwinrr546]

Bennie Maupin and Paul Jackson 🤔

[@farshimelt]

Proving that you don't have to play the record. If you can't make it new, why bother.

[@John-ej6ou]

It's a TUNE. SONGS have words. Twerp.

[@RockyStonester1]

it doesnt matter at all lmao

[@ohiondaatl]

WOW........ACTUALLY it's a INSTRUMENTAL. TUNES are a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody...........

[@cymbya]

Watermelon Man has words bro

[@bmuhamad]

@@cymbya Not this version...

[@8beef4u]

You're all wrong. This is a stone cold GROOVE