Bobby Hutcherson

Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941, in Los Angeles, California) 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 including Steve Nelson, Joe Locke and Stefon Harris.

"Little B's Poem" (from his album Components) is one of his best-known compositions.

Biography
Attracted foremost to more experimental free jazz and post-bop, Hutcherson, inspired by the style began recording on 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.

Hutcherson appeared as the bandleader in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), and as Ace in Round Midnight (1986).

His 2007 quartet included Renee Rosnes on piano, Dwayne Burno on bass and Al Foster on drums. His 2008 quartet has included Joe Gilman on piano, Glenn Richman on bass and Eddie Marshall on drums. In year 2010 he received the lifetime Jazz Master Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

As Leader
Blue Note
 * 1963 The Kicker
 * 1965 Dialogue
 * 1965 Components
 * 1966 Happenings
 * 1966 Stick-Up!
 * 1967 Oblique
 * 1968 Patterns
 * 1968 Total Eclipse
 * 1968 Spiral
 * 1969 Medina
 * 1969 Now!
 * 1970 San Francisco
 * 1971 Head On
 * 1972 Natural Illusions
 * 1973 Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux
 * 1974 Cirrus
 * 1974 Linger Lane
 * 1975 Inner Glow
 * 1975 Montara
 * 1976 The View from the Inside
 * 1976 Waiting
 * 1977 Knucklebean

Columbia Records
 * 1978 Highway One
 * 1979 Conception: The Gift of Love
 * 1979 Un Poco Loco

Landmark Records
 * 1984 Good Bait
 * 1985 Color Schemes
 * 1985 It Ain't Easy
 * 1988 Cruisin' The Bird
 * 1989 Ambos Mundos
 * 1991 Mirage
 * 1992 Landmark

Others
 * 1982 Solo / Quartet (Contemporary)
 * 1982 Farewell Keystone (Theresa Records)
 * 1983 Four Seasons (Timeless)
 * 1993 Acoustic Masters II (Atlantic)
 * 1999 Skyline (Verve)
 * 2004 The Al Grey & Dave Burns Complete Sessions (recorded 1962-63, Lone Hill Jazz)
 * 2007 For Sentimental Reasons (Kind of Blue)
 * 2009 Wise One (Kind of Blue)
 * 2012 Somewhere In The Night (Kind of Blue)

As sideman
With Curtis Amy & Frank Butler With The Aquarians With Kenny Barron With Bayete With Dave Burns With Donald Byrd With George Cables With Stanley Cowell With Joey DeFrancesco With Smith Dobson With Eric Dolphy With Bruce Forman With Chico Freeman With Kenny Garrett With Luis Gasca With Dexter Gordon With Grant Green With Al Grey With Herbie Hancock With John Handy With Roy Haynes With Eddie Henderson With Joe Henderson With John Hicks With Andrew Hill With Stix Hooper With Freddie Hubbard With Ron Jefferson With Osamu Kitajima With Barney Kessel With Harold Land With Prince Lasha & Sonny Simmons With John Lewis With Abbey Lincoln With Eddie Marshall With Jackie McLean With Billy Mitchell With Grachan Moncur III With Frank Morgan With Lee Morgan With Grassella Oliphant With John Patton With Duke Pearson With Lou Rawls With Dianne Reeves With Sonny Rollins With Ted Rosenthal With Joe Sample With Pharoah Sanders With SFJAZZ Collective With Woody Shaw With Archie Shepp With Sonny Stitt With McCoy Tyner With Harold Vick With Larry Vuckovich With Cedar Walton With Paula West With Tony Williams With Gerald Wilson
 * Groovin' Blue (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
 * Jungle Grass (Uni, 1969)
 * Other Places (Verve, 1993)
 * Worlds Around the Sun (Prestige, 1972)
 * Warming Up (Vanguard, 1962)
 * Ethiopian Knights (Blue Note, 1971)
 * A City Called Heaven (Landmark, 1991)
 * Cables' Vision (Contemporary, 1979)
 * Brilliant Circles (Freedom Records, 1969)
 * Organic Vibes (Concord, 2006)
 * Sasha Bossa (Quartet, 1988)
 * Iron Man (Douglas, 1963)
 * Conversations (Fred Miles, 1963)
 * Out to Lunch (Blue Note, 1964)
 * Full Circle (Concord, 1984)
 * There are Times (Concord, 1987)
 * Destiny's Dance (Contemporary, 1981)
 * Happy People (Warner Bros., 2001)
 * Beyond the Wall (Nonesuch, 2006)
 * Collage (Fantasy, 1975)
 * Gettin' Around (Blue Note, 1964)
 * Sophisticated Giant (Columbia, 1977)
 * The Other Side of Round Midnight (Blue Note, 1985)
 * Idle Moments (Blue Note, 1964)
 * Street of Dreams (Blue Note, 1964)
 * Snap Your Fingers (Argo, 1962)
 * Having a Ball (Argo, 1963)
 * Night Song (Argo, 1962)
 * Round Midnight (Columbia, 1985)
 * New View (Columbia, 1967)
 * Thank You Thank You (Galaxy, 1977)
 * Sunburst (Blue Note, 1975)
 * Mode for Joe (Blue Note, 1966)
 * John Hicks (Theresa, 1982)
 * ''In Concert (Theresa, 1984)
 * Judgment! (Blue Note, 1963)
 * Andrew!!! (Blue Note, 1964)
 * Eternal Spirit (Blue Note, 1989)
 * The World Within (MCA, 1979)
 * Keystone Bop Vol. 2: Friday & Saturday (Prestige, 1981 [1996])
 * Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (Prestige, 1981)
 * Love Lifted Me (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
 * Masterless Samurai (Headfirst, 1979)
 * Feeling Free (Contemporary, 1969)
 * Red Hot and Blues (Contemporary, 1988)
 * The Peacemaker (Cadet, 1967)
 * A New Shade of Blue (Mainstream, 1971)
 * Xocia's Dance (Sue-sha's Dance) (Muse, 1981)
 * Choma (Burn) (Mainstream, 1971)
 * Firebirds (Contemporary, 1968)
 * Slavic Smile (Baystate, 1982)
 * Wholly Earth (Verve, 1998)
 * Dance of the Sun (Timeless, 1977)
 * One Step Beyond, (Blue Note, 1963)
 * Destination... Out! - (Blue Note, 1964)
 * Action Action Action (Blue Note, 1964)
 * Hipnosis (Blue Note, 1967)
 * This Is Billy Mitchell (Smash, 1962)
 * Evolution (Blue Note, 1963)
 * Reflections (Contemporary, 1988)
 * The Procrastinator (Blue Note, 1967)
 * The Grass Roots (Atlantic, 1965)
 * Let 'em Roll (Blue Note, 1965)
 * The Phantom (Blue Note, 1968)
 * I Don't Care Who Knows It (Blue Note, 1969)
 * At Last (Blue Note, 1989)
 * I Remember (Blue Note, 1988)
 * No Problem (Milestone, 1981)
 * Calling You (CTI, 1992)
 * Roles (MCA, 1987)
 * Rejoice (Theresa, 1981)
 * SFJAZZ Collective (Nonesuch, 2004)
 * SFJAZZ Collective 2 (Nonesuch, 2005)
 * "SFJAZZ Collective volume 3" (SFJazz, 2006)
 * Master of the Art (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
 * Night Music (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
 * On This Night (Impulse!, 1965)
 * New Thing at Newport (Impulse!, 1965)
 * Just In Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was (32 Jazz, 1981)
 * Time for Tyner (Blue Note, 1967)
 * Sama Layuca (Milestone, 1974)
 * Together (Milestone, 1978)
 * Quartets 4 X 4 (Milestone, 1980)
 * La Leyenda de La Hora (Columbia, 1981)
 * Manhattan Moods (Blue Note, 1993)
 * Land of Giants (Telarc, 2003)
 * The Caribbean Suite (RCA, 1966)
 * Blue Balkan (Inner City, 1980)
 * Among Friends (Evidence, 1982)
 * Come What May (Hi Horse, 2001)
 * Life Time (Blue Note, 1964)
 * Foreign Intrigue (Capitol, 1985)
 * Everywhere (Pacific Jazz, 1968)
 * California Soul (World Pacific, 1968)
 * Eternal Equinox (World Pacific, 1969)