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The Headhunters is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Return to Forever. Those roots explain a lot about how The Headhunters arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Billy Cobham, Maceo Parker, Idris Muhammad, The Crusaders and Eddie Henderson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Butcher Brown, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around The Headhunters, reaching back through Return to Forever and forward to Butcher Brown. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Headhunters is an American jazz fusion band formed by Herbie Hancock in 1973. The group fused jazz, funk, and rock music.
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The Headhunters connections
The Headhunters grew out of Return to Forever, shares an orbit with Billy Cobham, Maceo Parker, Idris Muhammad and The Crusaders, went on to shape Butcher Brown. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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