Home / Music / Head Hunters became the first platinum jazz albumMusic linernotes album music herbie-hancockHead Hunters became the first platinum jazz albumHerbie Hancock’s Head Hunters was the first jazz album ever certified platinum, driven largely by the funk hit “Chameleon.” 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 2008ExploreJust a Little Lovin' is Shelby Lynne's tribute to Dusty SpringfieldGentle Giant's The Power and the Glory was inspired by Watergate and Cold War tensionsSun Ra's Space Is the Place envisions space as Black liberationEmperor Francis II called Beethoven's First 'revolutionary'Bob Marley's Kaya was criticized for going softPrevious Head Hunters saw Herbie Hancock trade avant-garde jazz for funkNext Harmonia was a Krautrock supergroup of Neu! and Cluster members