Bobby Hutcherson?

[Rick Lopez]

The only leader date I've got of BH is DIALOGUE.

How do the others compare? Oblique/ Patterns/ Components
Any others?

Also have him as sideman on Dolphy's LUNCH, Hill's BN Sessions, McLean
Destination Out and One Step Beyond, Moncur's Evolution and Some Other
Stuff, and Tony Wms Life Time.

Are there any other recordings of his that belong to this "family?"

Thanks,
RL

[Henry Robinett]

Total Eclipse has always been a favorite of mine. Components as well is
great.

[Dennis S. Klein]

Rick Lopez wrote:
>
> The only leader date I've got of BH is DIALOGUE.
>
> How do the others compare? Oblique/ Patterns/ Components
> Any others?
>
> Also have him as sideman on Dolphy's LUNCH, Hill's BN Sessions, McLean
> Destination Out and One Step Beyond, Moncur's Evolution and Some Other
> Stuff, and Tony Wms Life Time.
>
> Are there any other recordings of his that belong to this "family?"
>

> Thanks,
> RL

I have been looking for Dialogue. Does anyone know where I can get it?
I understand it is out of print and all of the used CD stores do not
have it.

[Damon Short]

bb...@erie.net (Rick Lopez) wrote:

>The only leader date I've got of BH is DIALOGUE.
>
>How do the others compare? Oblique/ Patterns/ Components
>Any others?
>
>Also have him as sideman on Dolphy's LUNCH, Hill's BN Sessions, McLean
>Destination Out and One Step Beyond, Moncur's Evolution and Some Other
>Stuff, and Tony Wms Life Time.
>
>Are there any other recordings of his that belong to this "family?"
>
>Thanks,
>RL

All of the 60s BN stuff with Hutcherson is great. For me, that's his
best period. (Check out his sideman dates on Impulse as well!) His
work since then is relatively tame, though he's still a great player.
Damon Short
71750...@compuserve.com
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/damonshort

[Morutsu]

bb...@erie.net (Rick Lopez) wrote:
>The only leader date I've got of BH is DIALOGUE.
>
>How do the others compare? Oblique/ Patterns/ Components
>Any others?
>
>Also have him as sideman on Dolphy's LUNCH, Hill's BN Sessions, McLean
>Destination Out and One Step Beyond, Moncur's Evolution and Some Other
>Stuff, and Tony Wms Life Time.
>
>Are there any other recordings of his that belong to this "family?"

Many would disagree, but I find Components, Oblique and Patterns, and most
other sessions after 1964 w Hutcherson to be superior to Dialogue.
Possibly I'm biased against Andrew Hill's playing on that session. Total
Eclipse is excellent, although the BN reissue has poor sound quality.
Hutcherson also appears on Lee Morgan's Procrastinator, which is
essential.

One BN record, Stick Up, has been released as a Liberty CD and is fairly
easy to obtain as a cut-out. It is also essential. The lineup includes
Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner and Billy Higgins. It might be better if you
can wait until Blue Note reissues it because Liberty does an awful job
with the sound, but no one knows when that reissue is coming.

Also don't forget Happenings, which was reissued at the same time as Total
Eclipse and is, IMO, the better of the two. Happenings is a quartet w/o
horns. Likewise with Tyner's Time for Tyner. It is basically a
masterpiece with one "side" brilliantly reworked standards and the other
three original compositions, which are also rhythmically amazing.
Hutcherson and Tyner are perfect together. Likewise Hutcherson and
Hancock on Happenings and Oblique, another horn-less quartet session.
Hutcherson was on an early Grant Green album--Idle Moments, which I find
too simplistic in terms of what is happening rhythmically, though the
harmonics and melodies are beautiful.

I am leaving out some unreleased sessions that Hutcherson appears on, but
the CDs I have mentioned are all worth having. After close listening to
them I think you'll agree that Dialogue may be over-rated.

[Masudur Rahman]

In article <32c6bf1a...@nntp.netcruiser>, 71750...@compuserve.com (Damon Short) writes:

[...]

> All of the 60s BN stuff with Hutcherson is great. For me, that's his
> best period. (Check out his sideman dates on Impulse as well!) His
> work since then is relatively tame, though he's still a great player.
> Damon Short
> 71750...@compuserve.com
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/damonshort

I totally agree, specially his work during 67-69. My favorites are
"Spiral" and "Oblique". Stanle Cowell's driving piano was awesome too.
I miss those sounds very much. I wished they recreated some of those
sounds today.