Home / Music / Head Hunters brought jazz-funk to the mainstreamMusic linernotes album music herbie-hancockHead Hunters brought jazz-funk to the mainstreamHead Hunters peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, giving Herbie Hancock his commercial breakthrough and bringing jazz-funk to a mainstream audience. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesBill Summers blew into a beer bottle to mimic a hindewhu flute on Herbie Hancock's 'Watermelon Man'Thrust kept the Headhunters band together for one more roundRiver: The Joni Letters made Herbie Hancock only the second jazz Album of the Year winnerHead Hunters was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2008Herbie Hancock pioneered electronic keyboards in the 1970sExploreJulia Holter called Have You in My Wilderness a return to Ekstasis' intimacyIn a Silent Way is Miles Davis's quiet bridge into fusionAlice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda carries John's spiritual torch — and makes it her ownSanders opened The Creator Has a Master Plan the same way Coltrane opened A Love SupremeKaya recycles old Wailers songs — and marked Marley's return from exilePrevious Head Hunters was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2008Next Hard bop, bebop, and post-bop define the Blue Note 1500 series