The Headhunters are an American jazz fusion band formed by Herbie Hancock in 1973.

The group fused jazz, funk, and rock music.

[1] The name pleased him because it made a triple reference to the jungle, to intellectual concerns, and to sexual activity.

[1] In 1973, the band comprised Hancock (keyboards), Bennie Maupin (saxophone, clarinet), Harvey Mason (drums), Paul Jackson (bass), and Bill Summers (percussion).

Their first album, Head Hunters, sold more than one million copies.