Headhunters Live Broadcast from Keystone Berkeley (Part 1)

Berkeley's KRE regularly carried live broadcasts of jazz and fusion performances in the 1970s, often simulcast on the station's AM and FM frequencies.

This example was broadcast in May 1975, when the jazz fusion group The Headhunters appeared at the Keystone nightclub on Berkeley's University Avenue for a Sunday night show. Members of the group identified as performing at this concert include Bennie Maupin, Bill Summers, Mike Clark, Paul Jackson, and DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight.

 This item includes the evening's first set and intermission interviews of Bennie Maupin and Bill Summers, conducted by KRE personality Rob Singleton. At the end of this recording, an announcement is made to listeners: the second set of the show (found here) will be heard only on KRE-FM while KRE's AM programming will switch to the regularly-scheduled Sunday Night Gospel Time hosted by Reverend Taylor  Blaylock.

This digital file was created by Bay Area Radio Museum and Hall of Fame volunteer Andrew Welburn from an audio tape reel held in the Museum's collection.