Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941) in Los Angeles is a jazzvibraphone and marimba player. "Little B's Poem" (from the album Components) is one of his best-known compositions. Hutcherson has influenced younger vibraphonists including Steve Nelson, Joe Locke and Stefon Harris.
Biography
Early life and career
Bobby Hutcherson was born to Eli, a master mason, and Esther, a hairdresser. Hutcherson was exposed to jazz by his brother Teddy, who listened to Art Blakey records in the family home with his friend Dexter Gordon. His older sister Peggy was a singer in Gerald Wilson's orchestra and personally introduced Hutcherson to Eric Dolphy (her boyfriend at the time) and Billy Mitchell. Hutcherson was inspired to take up the vibraphone when he heard Milt Jackson play "Bemsha Swing" on the Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants LP at the age of 12. Still in his teens, Hutcherson began his professional career in the late fifties working with Curtis Amy and Carmell Jones, as well as with Dolphy and Charles Lloyd at Pandora's Box on the Sunset Strip. He made his recording debut on August 3, 1960, cutting two songs for a 7-inch single with the Les McCann trio for Pacific Jazz (released 1961), followed by the LP Groovin' Blue with the Curtis Amy-Frank Butler sextet on December 10 (also released by Pacific Jazz in 1961). In January 1962, Hutcherson joined the Billy Mitchell-Al Grey group for dates at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco and Birdland in New York City (opposite Art Blakey). After touring with the Mitchell-Grey group for a year, Hutcherson settled in New York City (on 165th street in The Bronx) where he worked part-time as a taxi driver, before fully entering the jazz scene via his childhood friend, bassist Herbie Lewis.
In a very short span, Bobby Hutcherson’s work declared him to be one of the most important voices on his instrument in the narrative of jazz and certainly one of the most important collaborators in forging the sound of that seminal decade.
It was, as it should have been, widely noted in major publications — and not only those with a jazz or music bent ... The film featured not just Gordon, but numerous jazz artists of the day, especially vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson.
His 2006 album BeyondThe Wall featured Pharoah Sanders and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, and the music was a blend of vamping, trancelike spiritual jazz and sounds from around the world, including Chinese instruments and a vocal ensemble.
After earning a full scholarship to the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music he spent all four years studying with Cables, a noted composer who recorded era-defining albums with jazz legends like Dexter Gordon, Bobby Hutcherson, and Art Pepper.
The instructions that came with. TomasFujiwara. drums ... cello ... The one (sort of) straight-ahead jazz piece, "Josho," swings with a nonchalance you might associate with a mid-1960s. Bobby Hutcherson ... " data-original-title title>Bobby Hutcherson performance.
Leary was a jazz musician, arranger and composer. He played the bass, recording or performing with renowned jazz musicians such as Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Max Roach and Bobby Hutcherson.
Moving on to a couple of originals from acknowledged jazz greatsnamely. Bobby Hutcherson ... " data-original-title title>Bobby Hutcherson's "Herzog" and ... in modern jazz; they do not disappoint.
Forman is a jazz guitarist who has performed with the likes of RitchieCole, Bobby Hutcherson and Woody Shaw, and has appeared on film scores for three of Clint Eastwood’s movies, including the ...
Bobby Hutcherson ... " data-original-title title>Bobby Hutcherson’s Quartet, and made his jazz recording debut composing and performing on a benchmark album for Hutcherson, Head On (Blue Note Records).
The French-born vibraphonist seemed to have everything required for a successful jazz career ... He’s studied the masters, particularly Bobby Hutcherson, “but I can’t say it’s a main source of inspiration,” he said.
... guitarist Jon Hart and more, Blade — one of jazz's supreme drummers — honors the late vibraphone and marimba player Bobby Hutcherson, who died in 2016 (Monte Croft keeps the vibraphone humming here).
San Diego Union-Tribune
13 May 2024
San Diego Union-Tribune
13 May 2024