Home / Music / Head Hunters saw Herbie Hancock trade avant-garde jazz for funkMusic linernotes album music herbie-hancockHead Hunters saw Herbie Hancock trade avant-garde jazz for funkHancock pivoted from the avant-garde jazz of his Mwandishi band into a fusion of jazz with funk, soul, and R&B rhythms on Head Hunters. 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'Head Hunters brought jazz-funk to the mainstreamThrust 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 2008ExplorePatti Smith's 'Easter' came out on Arista RecordsRiverside Records released the Bill Evans Trio's 'Portrait in Jazz'Shelby Lynne's 'Just a Little Lovin'' came out on Lost Highway RecordsMumford & Sons' 'Sigh No More' had different labels in the UK and USABC Records released Steely Dan's 'Aja' just before MCA absorbed themPrevious I Never Loved a Man was split between Muscle Shoals and New YorkNext Head Hunters became the first platinum jazz album