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Dialogue and Consummation
by David Adler
Recorded five years apart, these two Blue Note reissues highlight jazz creativity of very different kinds. Bobby Hutcherson's Dialogue is a shining example of what can be called the Andrew Hill aesthetic. Thad Jones & Mel Lewis's Consummation features the highly original big-band craftsmanship of the late Thad Jones. Interestingly, Richard Davis is the bassist on both records, serving as a link between the two worlds. Dialogue, first issued in 1965, was Hutcherson's debut as a leader, ...
Continue ReadingBobby Hutcherson: The Best of the Blue Note Years
by Michael Fortuna
Quick. Name some jazz vibraphonists.Most of you would pick the legendary Lionel Hampton, who played in Benny Goodman's band, among others. Some of you would name Milt Jackson, who's one-fourth of the Modern Jazz Quartet.But what about Bobby Hutcherson?Thumbing through some jazz history books, you might find a page or two mentioning his name in passing, which is a shame. Not many people can make the vibes swing or sing, and Hutcherson should be ...
Continue ReadingBobby Hutcherson: In The Vanguard
by Jim Santella
The reissue of Bobby Hutcherson's live Village Vanguard session from December 5-6, 1986 isn't the first. It's such a fine album that it's been issued quite a few times and has garnered high ratings. 32 Jazz has included Bob Blumenthal's original liner notes in which he lists several from the long list of jazz artists who've recorded live sessions at The Village Vanguard. Hutcherson's hard bop session features a lot of “blowing" by the leader on both marimba and vibes. ...
Continue ReadingBobby Hutcherson: Skyline
by Jim Santella
Hard bop vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, 58, came to the jazz world during one of its most fertile eras: in the late fifties and early sixties. His early experience in the clubs and coffeehouses of Pasadena (California) prepared Hutcherson for New York City's fast pace and innovative ways. His recording contract with Blue Note placed the vibraphonist squarely in the middle of jazz's mainstream of the 1960s, and today his current Verve release holds the same connotation. It's an eclectic session ...
Continue ReadingBobby Hutcherson: Live in Montreux
by Robert Spencer
Did you catch Bobby Hutcherson in the movie Round Midnight with Dexter Gordon? Hutcherson played another musician: a comparatively well-adjusted, kindly one. I had the impression watching that movie that being well-adjusted and kindly was not particularly a stretch for Bobby Hutcherson; that conclusion is supported by the music on this album. This CD captures Hutcherson's relaxed and confident quintet at Montreux in 1973. Woody Shaw (trumpet), Hotep Cecil Bernard (piano), Ray Drummond (bass) and Larry Hancock (drums) augment Hutcherson's ...
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