Jazz Articles about Bobby Naughton
About Bobby Naughton
Instrument: Vibraphone
Article Coverage | Calendar | Albums | Photos | Similar ArtistsBobby Naughton: Solo Vibraphone Hartford

by Mark Corroto
Nearly all adventurous jazz connoisseurs are familiar with Joe McPhee's landmark recording Tenor (Hat Hut Records, 1977), the release that put Werner X. Uehlinger's label on the map. Certainly its rerelease twenty-two years later as Tenor & Fallen Angels (hatOLOGY, 2000} accomplished that task. Recorded in a cabin in Switzerland on a cassette recorder, McPhee's essence and genius were laid bare. The same can be said of a 1978 recording by vibraphonist Bobby Naughton, except this one took more than ...
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