fter Herbie Hancock left Miles Davis’ Quartet and before he formed the Headhunters, he had a relatively obscure band called Mwandishi.
Their 2nd album “Crossings” was a way ahead-of-its-time fusion of electronic and acoustic instruments. Even though they had cutting edge synthesizers involved, and Hancock duets with Patrick Gleeson on Moog(!!!) it retains a pretty organic sound overall.
Of course, he later went all-in on the funk and completely digitized his sound…and this likely was the launching pad of all of that.