Search results for "Bobby Hutcherson"

Bobby Hutcherson: Idle While (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music June 16, 09

Although Bobby Hutcherson's earlier date, The Kicker, has since been released on CD, Dialogue, at the time of origin...

Bobby Hutcherson: Little B's Poem (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

On an album that exhibits both vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s avant-garde leanings and his hard-bop grounding, Hutch...

Bobby Hutcherson: I Am In Love (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

The 1968 Monterey Jazz Festival presented a concert entitled "A Generation of Vibers" (a nod to Philip Wylie), featur...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: GREAT VIBES

Vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, in the notes to his 1989 Overview release, made the following observations about his in...

Bobby Hutcherson: For You, Mom and Dad (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

In the 1980s, NPR's All Things Considered utilized this track habitually to segue between stories. News junkies must...

Bobby Hutcherson: 8/4 Beat (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music June 29, 09

Stick-Up! is one of Hutcherson's finest albums, either from his Blue Note years or thereafter. It was the first time...

Joey DeFrancesco: I Thought About You (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 29, 09

Organ marvel Joey DeFrancesco is best known for carrying on the tradition of bebop, which was set forth by his mentor...

McCoy Tyner: Little Madimba (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

McCoy Tyner here shows his genius at utilizing the suspended chord in composition. As his career progressed, his song...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MCCOY TYNER

                McCoy Tyner, by Jos L. K...

Andrew Hill: Siete Ocho (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

This is a fascinating intersection, because we have Andrew Hill with Elvin Jones, two powerful forces. Also, Hill and...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: VIJAY IYER SURVEYS THE MUSIC OF ANDREW HILL

In 1995, Vijay Iyer, then a 24-year-old Berkeley PhD candidate in Physics with an interest in the neurobiology of ...

McCoy Tyner: Manalyuca (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

Since the turn of the new millennium, many jazz greats, including McCoy Tyner, have rediscovered the classic sound th...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MCCOY TYNER

                McCoy Tyner, by Jos L. K...

Andrew Hill: Siete Ocho (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music September 16, 08

Most of Andrew Hill's Blue Note sessions of the '60's featured horns, but on Judgment only Hutcherson's vibes joined ...

Gerald Wilson: Out of This World (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music April 03, 08

It says quite a bit when an arrangement written in 1945 sounds just as contemporary today. Gerald Wilson wrote his ve...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL GERALD WILSON

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Woody Shaw: All the Things You Are (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 08, 08

Half of the band featured on Night Music, one of Woody Shaw's final recordings, is alumni of the "Blakey School." Sha...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE BEST OF THE ART BLAKEY ALUMS

There are post-Swing Era bandleaders, and then there is Art Blakey. After a brief time spent developing his craft by ...

Joe Henderson: Mode for Joe (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

At a time when far too many Coltrane clones roamed the Earth, Joe Henderson shined as a personal, distinctive stylist...

Grant Green: Jean de Fleur (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

There was an attractive freshness and simplicity to Grant Green's linear-styled playing, and his bluesy tone was inst...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JAZZ GUITAR

          The Guitarist, artwork by Suzanne Cerny They say t...

Joe Henderson: Caribbean Fire Dance (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 07, 08

Joe Henderson recorded this Cedar Walton original as a testament to his growing interest in Latin jazz, an affinity t...

Eric Dolphy: Straight Up and Down (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music June 27, 08

In his liner notes, the composer states that this performance reminded him of a drunk walking. Listening to the head ...

Joe Henderson: Mode For Joe (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 15, 08

Cedar Walton is no minor composer, but he may have reached the pinnacle with "Mode for Joe." Chords gracefully ascend...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JOE HENDERSON

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Dexter Gordon: Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

After some captivating if uncharacteristic experimentation in 1963-64, Gordon returned to his classic sound with Gett...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DEXTER GORDON

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Joe Henderson (with Lee Morgan): Caribbean Fire Dance (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 12, 09

Joe Henderson added his hard-nosed tenor stylings to The Sidewinder (1963) and The Rumproller (1965) so Morgan gracio...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Eric Dolphy, artwork by Michael Symonds Although influenced initially by Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy went on to d...

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