Bobby Hutcherson

Bobby Hutcherson
Born: Jan 27, 1941 in Los Angeles, CA
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Modern Creative
Biography: Easily one of jazz's greatest vibraphonists, Bobby Hutcherson epitomized his instrument in relation to the era in which he came of age the way Lionel Hampton did with swing or Milt Jackson with bop. He isn't as well-known as those two forebears, perhaps because he started out in less-accessible territory ...Read full biography
Components
Released: 1965
Label: EMI
Critics' Rating:
Perhaps the single album that best sums up Bobby Hutcherson's early musical personality, Components is appropriately split into two very distinct halves. The first features four Hutcherson originals in ...Read full review
Dialogue [Bonus Track]
Released: 1965
Label: EMI
Critics' Rating:
Coming fresh on the heels of his groundbreaking work with Eric Dolphy, Bobby Hutcherson's debut album is a masterpiece of "new thing" avant-garde jazz, not really free but way beyond standard hard bop. ...Read full review
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