Bobby Hutcherson

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Bobby Hutcherson


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Origin = flagicon|USA Los Angeles, U.S.
Instrument = Vibraphone
Genre = Progressive jazz
Hard bop
Post-bop
Mainstream jazz
Free jazz
Occupation = Vibraphonist
Years_active = 1961–present
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Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941 in Los Angeles) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0nfpxqu5ldke~T1allmusic Biography] ] 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.

Biography

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.

His 2007 quartet included Renee Rosnes on piano, Dwayne Burno on bass and Al Foster on drums.

Discography

As Leader

* 1965 "Dialogue"
* 1965 "Components"
* 1966 "Happenings"
* 1966 "Stick-Up!"
* 1967 "Oblique"
* 1968 "Patterns"
* 1968 "Total Eclipse"
* 1968 "Medina"
* 1969 "Now!"
* 1970 "San Francisco"
* 1971 "Deep Blue"
* 1971 "Head On"
* 1972 "Natural Illusions"
* 1973 "Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux"
* 1974 "Cirrus"
* 1974 "Linger Lane"
* 1975 "Inner Glow"
* 1975 "Montara"
* 1976 "The View from the Inside"
* 1976 "Waiting"
* 1977 "Dance of the Sun"
* 1977 "Knucklebean"
* 1978 "Highway One"
* 1979 ""
* 1979 "Un Poco Loco"
* 1981 "Solo/Quartet"
* 1982 "Farewell Keystone"
* 1983 "Four Seasons"
* 1985 "Color Schemes"
* 1991 "Mirage"
* 1999 "Skyline"
* 2007 "For Sentimental Reasons", Kind of Blue Records

With Others

* 1963 "One Step Beyond" - Jackie McLean, Blue Note Records
* 1963 "Idle Moments" - Grant Green, Blue Note Records
* 1963 "Evolution" - Grachan Moncur III, Blue Note Records
* 1963 "Judgment!" - Andrew Hill, Blue Note Records
* 1964 "Destination.. Out!" - Jackie McLean, Blue Note Records
* 1964 "Out to Lunch" - Eric Dolphy, Blue Note Records
* 1964 "Andrew!!!" - Andrew Hill, Blue Note Records
* 1964 "Life Time" - Tony Williams, Blue Note Records
* 1964 "Action!!!" - Jackie McLean, Blue Note Records
* 1964 "Street of Dreams" - Grant Green, Blue Note Records
* 1964 "The New Wave in Jazz" - Viarious Artists, Impulse Records
* 1964 "Gettin' Around" - Dexter Gordon, Blue Note Records
* 1965 "On This Night" - Archie Shepp, Impulse Records
* 1965 "Let 'em Roll" - Big John Patton, Blue Note Records
* 1966 "Mode for Joe" - Joe Henderson, Blue Note Records
* 1967 "The Peacemaker" - Harold Land, Cadet Records
* 1967 "Time for Tyner" - McCoy Tyner, Blue Note Records
* 1967 "Hipnosis" - Jackie McLean, Blue Note Records
* 1969 "Brilliant Circles" - Stanley Cowell, Arista-Freedom Records
* 1977 "Dance of the Sun" - Eddie Marshall, George Cables, James Leary, Manny Boyd
* 1987 "There Are Times" - Bruce Forman, George Cables, Eddie Marshall, Jeff Carney
* 1994 "Acoustic Masters 2" - Lenny White, Craig Handy, Jerry Gonzales, Atlantic recordings
* 2004 "" - (with Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Miguel Zenón, Josh Roseman, Renee Rosnes, Robert Hurst, Brian Blade)
* 2005 "SFJAZZ Collective - Live 2005" - (with Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Miguel Zenón, Isaac Smith, Renee Rosnes, Matt Penman, Eric Harland)
* 2006 "SFJAZZ Collective - Live 2006" - (with Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Miguel Zenón, Andre Hayward, Renee Rosnes, Matt Penman, Eric Harland)
* 2006 "Organic Vibes" - Joey DeFrancesco, Concord Records

References

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/bobbyhutchersonjazz Complete discography, news and reviews]