Bobby Hutcherson

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Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941 in Los Angeles)is a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His vibraphone playing is suggestive of the style of Milt Jackson in its free-flowing melodicism, but his sense of harmony and group interaction is thoroughly modern. Hutcherson has influenced younger vibraphonists like Steve Nelson, Joe Locke and Stefon Harris.

Attracted foremost to more experimental free jazz and post-bop, Hutcherson made early recordings in this style for the Blue Note label with Jackie McLean, Eric Dolphy, Andrew Hill, Grachan Moncur III, Joe Chambers, and Freddie Hubbard, both as a leader and a sideman. In spite of the numerous avant-garde recordings made during this period however, Hutcherson’s first session for Blue Note, The Kicker (1963) (not released until 1999), demonstrates his background in hard bop and the blues, as well as the early session Idle Moments for Grant Green, for example. Many of his later recordings return to this hard bop and less adventurous, soulful sound.

The 1966 Blue Note session, Stick-Up!, featuring saxophonist Joe Henderson is notable, being the first recorded session Hutcherson made with McCoy Tyner on piano, a lasting association that continues today.
“Little B’s Poem” (from his album Components) is one of his best-known compositions.

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barrettsnewpc wrote:
October 2009

whoa! duke pearson's work w/ byrd is great! new perspective, all the late 60s albums he was on, brilliant stuff! Hutcherson is awesome too, maybe even prefer him to milt, though i prefer milt's softer stuff to hutchersons. hutcherson rocks out though.

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hollabackitsobi wrote:
June 2009

Thank goodness for Hutcherson, Moncur III, McLean, Rivers, Hill, Dolphy, Hubbard, Shorter, Tyner, Jones, and the others who pushed Blue Note towards the avant-garde during the 60's. God knows hard bop can get terribly boring after the millionth gospel/blues inflected piano lick and sax solo. I also hate seeing Duke Pearson's face anywhere near here.

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Afuera wrote:
May 2009

I really like dialogue.

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UsPeaches wrote:
May 2009

This man is NASTY on the vibe!

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Funkadelicer wrote:
April 2009

fabolous!

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miconejo wrote:
January 2009

Dialogue is fuckin' great composition!!!!

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leathersax wrote:
January 2009

"ntu"

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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
September 2008

Bobby Hutcherson—now connected to the brandnew ➤ j a z z | h a u s

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zigitup wrote:
August 2008

what kind of synth is making that sound in the background on Ummh? Reminds me a lot of 70s Bob Marley?

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TomJPhil wrote:
January 2008

so good

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BlindWilliam wrote:
October 2007

Da brovah was way ahead of his time. Bring yerself over to Great Black Music and embrace the panhiphop tradition. C H E A H > bw

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meunique wrote:
September 2007

such melody in the vibraphone...cant we have more music from bobby hutcherson!

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dism wrote:
August 2007

Too cool.

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DivisionLennon wrote:
April 2007

I agree. Hutcherson has made some of the best post-bop albums ever.

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manu_chao wrote:
January 2007

this shoutbox shouldn't be empty

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