The Headhunters

The Headhunters are a band specialising in jazz-funk fusion, best known for their albums with jazz keyboard player Herbie Hancock during the 1970s.

The band assembled for

The Headhunters are a band specialising in jazz-funk fusion, best known for their albums with jazz keyboard player Herbie Hancock during the 1970s.

The band assembled for Herbie Hancock's 1973 album Head Hunters. Reflecting the new direction for Hancock, this was a new line up, with only wind-player Bennie Maupin in common with his previous sextet. Bassist Paul Jackson was really the only other member who maintained a continuous presence in the line up. For this first album they were joined by percussionist Bill Summers and drummer Harvey Mason. This album would become, for a time, the biggest selling jazz album ever (although it has since been overtaken by Miles Davis' Kind of Blue).