Bobby hutcherson quartet maiden voyage 1966 personnel. Little bs poem, from the 1966 blue note album components, is one of his bestknown c. Im talking about bobby hutcherson, one of the greatest practitioners ever of the curious art of making the vibraphone sing and a jazz composer of unparalleled wit and invention. Never the less, happenings stands as one of the master pieces of the blue note offerings from the 1960s. Bobby hutcherson obituary influential jazz vibraphonist admired for his eloquent improvisations richard williams. I was listening to mccoy tyners african village and admiring bobby hutchersons vibes work. Anyone care to pitch in about his sideman work or session leader. Features six compositions by hutcherson and one by herbie hancock. The quintets first album was the peacemaker, a woefully underappreciated album issued in lands name. Bobby hutcherson, a pioneering jazz vibraphonist whose style pushed the iconic blue note label into more spiritual and experimental directions, died yesterday at. Bobby hutcherson, legendary jazz vibraphonist, rip boing. Listen free to bobby hutcherson happenings aquarian moon, bouquet and more. Bobby hutcherson videos, songs, albums, concerts, photos.
Download mirrors the jazz jousters vibes with bobby hutcherson. Daring jazz vibraphonist who expanded the instruments role with speedy tempos and often dazzling harmonic maneuvers using four mallets. The bobby hutcherson quartet performing at a club at jazz at lincoln center, in new york, in 2006. Maiden voyage hancock artists bobby hutcherson vibraphone, marimba, drums herbie hancock piano bob cranshaw bass joe chambers drums, vibraphone recorded rudy van gelder studio, englewood cliffs, nj, february 8, 1966 music hutcherson claims not to have heard the original hancock maiden voyage before making his recording. That album featured a rhythm section consisting of joe sample p. When his career started to progress, he moved to new york with the band he was in at the time. Chico and bobby hutcherson and other giants like phineus newborn used to gig there often.
Hutcherson recorded for the blue note label, and land recorded for argocadet and mainstream. Discover all bobby hutchersons music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. Download bobby hutcherson four seasons files tradownload. Daring jazz vibraphonist who expanded the instruments role with speedy tempos and often. Hutcherson influenced younger vibraphonists including steve nelson, joe locke, and stefon harris. They sound great here as do herbie and joe chambers. The album was originally recorded in 1967 and first issued as catalog number gxf3061 in japan, in 1980. Released by blue note all songs by bobby hutcherson except maiden voyage which was written by herbie hancock discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Bobby hutcherson, vibraphonist with coloristic range of. Join facebook to connect with bobby hutcherson and others you may know. Four of the five tracks are hutcherson compositions, the exception being chick coreas matrix. Bobby hutcherson samples, covers and remixes whosampled.
He was 75, and had suffered from emphysema since 2007. Bobby hutcherson first got attention playing avant garde jazz with such names as charles lloyd and eric dolphy on 1964s landmark out to lunch. The first side of the lp features compositions by hutcherson, in a hard bop style, whilst the second side features joe chambers compositions, more in the avantgarde style. Fuji jazz fes with blue note 1986, bobby hutcherson. Total eclipse is an album by jazz vibraphonist bobby hutcherson, released on the blue note label in 1969. Recorded in 1966, and here with a 24bit remaster by original engineer rudy van gelder, happenings heralded a new, less structurally adventurous approach from avantgarde standardbearer and vibraphonist bobby hutcherson. His older sister peggy was a singer in gerald wilsons orchestra. Cedar walton, kenny barron, yusef lateef, george avakian, bobby hutcherson, annie ross, muhal richard abrams, bill holman center. Components is an album by jazz vibraphonist bobby hutcherson, released on the blue note label in 1966. Where its predecessors dialogue and components were stock full with challenging avantbop, happenings instead brings things down a notch. Bobby hutcherson, a superb vibes and marimba player and star of the blue note roster, passed away on monday, august 15, at his home in california.
Happenings is an album by jazz vibraphonist bobby hutcherson, released in 1967 on the blue note label. Tribute to bobby hutcherson selected by spacewalker. Little bs poem, from the album components, is one of his bestknown compositions. Bobby hutcherson biography, albums, streaming links. Vibraphonist bobby hutcherson, one of jazzs greatest improvisers and a deep, sweetsouled musician who played with enormous feeling, fire and grace, died monday, aug. Air chambers artists freddie hubbard trumpet james spaulding alto saxophone, flute bobby hutcherson vibraphone, marimba herbie hancock piano, organ ron carter bass joe chambers drums recorded rudy van gelder studio, englewood cliffs, nj, june 10, 1965 instant artist cv. Bobby hutcherson samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Bobby hutcherson, the californian jazz original who died aged 75 on 15 august, was a vibraphonist who transformed the sound of his instrument.
His sound balanced the mainstream with the avantgarde in several blue note 60s sessions. It features hutchersons first recordings with saxophonist harold land, who would become a regular collaborator with hutcherson throughout the late 1960s. Robert hutcherson was an american jazz vibraphone and marimba player. Robert hutcherson january 27, 1941 august 15, 2016 was an american jazz vibraphone and marimba player. Bobby hutcherson, jazz vibraphone modernist, has died. He was an actor, known for round midnight 1986, bi no tsubo 2006 and superjamit cotton clubilla 1993.
We are removing our fees for every select subscription for 3 months to help support creators. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Hutcherson was exposed to jazz by his brother teddy, who listened to art blakey records in the family home with his friend dexter gordon. Robert bobby hutcherson january 27, 1941 august 15, 2016 was an american jazz vibraphone and marimba player. Its this incredible level of consistency thats made hutcherson one of my alltime favourite musicians. Blue note blp 4231, bst 84231, cdp 7 46530 2 bobby hutcherson happenings blue note j np9020c various artists blue note jazz bobby hutcherson quintet. The mission of jazz at lincoln center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education and advocacy. Bobby hutcherson vibraphone, herbie hancock piano, bob cranshaw. Hutchersons first quartet album was happenings, recorded in 66.
Talented in the extreme, he went on to perform with hard and postbopsters like herbie hancock, grant green, and mccoy tyner. The lineup on both occasions was the same except for. Now, here it is 2009 and i discover albert is the bassist on bobbys oblique album. Bobby hutchersons sound and innovative style on the vibraphone helped revitalize the instrument in the 1960s, adding an adventurous new voice to the free jazz and postbop eras, said the national endowment for the arts, which honored him with its prestigious jazz master award in 2010. These guys were in the forefront of the new thing as we called it back then. As such it is, inevitably if rather unfairlythe individual performances are outstandingless of a headline affair than the work which came before it. Bobby hutcherson tribute sfjazz center san francisco ca january 21, 2017 i still cant quite believe hes gone. Bobby hutcherson vibraphone, herbie hancock piano, bob cranshaw bass, joe chambers drums from the album happenings blue note. After formal tuition on piano, hutcherson switched to playing jazz vibraphone when he heard records by milt jackson. Originally released in 1966, happenings was vibraphonist bobby hutchersons fourth blue note release as a leader. Hutcherson laid his mallets down for good last august, and the. Jazz vibraphonist bobby hutcherson, 19412016, rip kcrw. Bobby hutcherson is one of my alltime favorites, though hes generally relegated to second chair vibist when compared to the likes of hamp and bags.
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