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Bobby Naughton: Housatonic Rumble - Live at Charlie's Tap

Read "Housatonic Rumble - Live at Charlie's Tap" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
May 14, 2026

Vibraphonist Bobby Naughton helms a finely attuned trio on Housatonic Rumble, a 1985 live recording drawn from previously unissued tapes discovered in his archive. Although he worked extensively with edge-loving adventurers such as Anthony Braxton and Wadada Leo Smith, and co-founded the Connecticut-based Creative Musicians' Improvisers Forum, this live set affirms a commitment to accessibility which ...

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Bobby Naughton Trio: Live at Charlie's Tap

Read "Live at Charlie's Tap" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
January 22, 2026

Today, a number of drummers, including Ches Smith and Kenny Wollesen, also double on vibraphone, underscoring the instrument's fundamentally percussive nature. In the hands of Bobby Naughton, however, the vibraphone functioned as something more expansive: a reimagined piano, capable of both harmonic depth and rhythmic propulsion. Naughton began studying piano at the age of ...

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Housatonic Rumble - Live at Charlie's Tap

By Bobby Naughton

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Bounce; Shepaug Strut; Calves; Nauxtagram; Housatonic Rumble; Slant; Composition 23J; Vashkar; José Josh; Pomperaug Diversions; Slant (version 2); Shepaug Strut (version 2).