Herbie Hancock's August ... collaborators into "Watermelon Man," Hancock's languid reinvention of the track he first composed in 1962 for his debut album "Takin' Off." The entire "Head Hunters ...

Metallica. In terms of eclecticism, Herbie Hancock is not alone! From the dawn of the 1960s, by joining Miles Davis's quintet and releasing the aptly named "Takin’ Off" under his own name in ...