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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.
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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melobboy wrote:
"So Far, So Good" Omg ! JAZZ is ->mine<- !
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BraveSirRobben wrote:
Bobby Hutcherson plays the kind of jazz that anyone can listen to... If they have a mind to.
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hollabackitsobi wrote:
lol @ my comment from two years ago still being visible. Fuck yeah Bobby Hutcherson.
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awwwesoooommmme ... check this out http://rateyourmusic.com/list/hprill/bobby_hutcherson__recommended_records/
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blkmosesmalone wrote:
happy birthday to one of the GOAT
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treehause wrote:
Love!
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st0mpr wrote:
genius!
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BigVirge wrote:
The Kicker album is tha chit .... Hutcherson simply - A True Vibesman !!!!!
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Zenbooter wrote:
hollabackitsobi- very stout remark on May 2009
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Zenbooter wrote:
wow,, nice warm room and bobby's special night groove
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Marxism1 wrote:
<3
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gakko wrote:
"Cirrus" ain´t bad, but don´t forget albums like "WAITING" and "KNUCKLEBEAN" from the mid 70´s. I never heard him play better than on those albums. Sometimes it pays off to dig a bit deeper...
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fleadilla wrote:
'tranquilty', featured on the 1965 release 'components'. very, very beautiful.
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beto213 wrote:
I Love Bobby to Death. How am I not on his top listeners yet, I have 160+ plays. My life goal now is to track down all his records. My favorite album of his is Cirrus.
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thesoulution28 wrote:
His music is gorgeous. I love this man!
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vandaleyes wrote:
i love his vibraphone playing especially on dolphy's "out to lunch!"
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allbadendsall wrote:
He plays on Grant Green's Idle Moments. Awesome album, check it out.
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barrettsnewpc wrote:
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:
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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I really like dialogue.
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