Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941 in
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the municipality of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123.445 inhabitants...
) is a
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
vibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the mallet subfamily of the percussion family....
and
marimbaThe marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. Keys or bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones...
player. His vibraphone playing is suggestive of the style of
Milt JacksonMilton Jackson was an American jazz vibraphonist, often considered the finest player on his instrument the art had ever known, and one of the most important figures in the bebop style, although he performed in several subgenres of jazz, especially his coolly swinging solos and accompaniments in...
in its free-flowing melodicism, but his sense of harmony and group interaction is thoroughly modern. Hutcherson has influenced younger vibraphonists like
Steve NelsonSteve Nelson is an American vibraphonist, and has been a member of Dave Holland's Quintet and Big Band for over a decade. He graduated from Rutgers University with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees in music, and his teaching activities have included a position at Princeton University...
,
Joe LockeJoseph Paul Locke is a US American jazz vibraphonist, composer and educator.-Biography:Locke was born in Palo Alto, California, but raised in Rochester, New York...
and
Stefon HarrisStefon Harris is an American jazz vibraphonist. In 1999, the Los Angeles Times called him "one of the most important young artists in jazz" who is "at the forefront of new New York music" and "much in demand as a star sideman"...
.
Attracted foremost to more experimental
free jazzFree jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s.Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
and post-bop, Hutcherson made early recordings in this style for the
Blue NoteIn jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the...
label with
Jackie McLeanJohn Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. -Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...
,
Eric DolphyEric Allan Dolphy was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the first important bass clarinet soloist in jazz, and among the earliest significant flute soloists...
,
Andrew HillAndrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important progenitors of Free jazz piano, though he is considered more mainstream jazz than Cecil Taylor, two years his senior.The body of work he is most lauded for was recorded for Blue Note Records,...
,
Grachan Moncur IIIGrachan Moncur III is an American jazz trombonist. He is one of the few real free jazz trombonists, as well as a prolific composer...
,
Joe ChambersJoe Chambers is an American jazz drummer, pianist, Vibraphonist and composer most notable for his work with Wayne Shorter on the album Adam's Apple. He attended the Philadelphia Conservatory for one year...
, and
Freddie HubbardFrederick Dewayne Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 60s and on...
, both as a leader and a sideman.
Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941 in
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the municipality of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123.445 inhabitants...
) is a
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
vibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the mallet subfamily of the percussion family....
and
marimbaThe marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. Keys or bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones...
player. His vibraphone playing is suggestive of the style of
Milt JacksonMilton Jackson was an American jazz vibraphonist, often considered the finest player on his instrument the art had ever known, and one of the most important figures in the bebop style, although he performed in several subgenres of jazz, especially his coolly swinging solos and accompaniments in...
in its free-flowing melodicism, but his sense of harmony and group interaction is thoroughly modern. Hutcherson has influenced younger vibraphonists like
Steve NelsonSteve Nelson is an American vibraphonist, and has been a member of Dave Holland's Quintet and Big Band for over a decade. He graduated from Rutgers University with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees in music, and his teaching activities have included a position at Princeton University...
,
Joe LockeJoseph Paul Locke is a US American jazz vibraphonist, composer and educator.-Biography:Locke was born in Palo Alto, California, but raised in Rochester, New York...
and
Stefon HarrisStefon Harris is an American jazz vibraphonist. In 1999, the Los Angeles Times called him "one of the most important young artists in jazz" who is "at the forefront of new New York music" and "much in demand as a star sideman"...
.
Biography
Attracted foremost to more experimental
free jazzFree jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s.Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
and post-bop, Hutcherson made early recordings in this style for the
Blue NoteIn jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the...
label with
Jackie McLeanJohn Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. -Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...
,
Eric DolphyEric Allan Dolphy was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the first important bass clarinet soloist in jazz, and among the earliest significant flute soloists...
,
Andrew HillAndrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important progenitors of Free jazz piano, though he is considered more mainstream jazz than Cecil Taylor, two years his senior.The body of work he is most lauded for was recorded for Blue Note Records,...
,
Grachan Moncur IIIGrachan Moncur III is an American jazz trombonist. He is one of the few real free jazz trombonists, as well as a prolific composer...
,
Joe ChambersJoe Chambers is an American jazz drummer, pianist, Vibraphonist and composer most notable for his work with Wayne Shorter on the album Adam's Apple. He attended the Philadelphia Conservatory for one year...
, and
Freddie HubbardFrederick Dewayne Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 60s and on...
, 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 MomentsIdle Moments is a 1963 jazz album by Grant Green. The album, released on Blue Note, features performances by Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, Blue Note in-house producer Duke Pearson on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Al Harewood on drums. The album is best known for...
for
Grant GreenGrant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....
, for example. Many of his later recordings return to this
hard bopHard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Hard bop incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing.David H...
and less adventurous, soulful sound.
The 1966
Blue NoteIn jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the...
session,
Stick-Up!Stick-Up! is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label in 1966. The album is Hutcherson's first without drummer Joe Chambers...
, featuring saxophonist
Joe HendersonJoe Henderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Born in Lima, Ohio, he studied music at Kentucky State College and Wayne State University before playing in Detroit at the beginning of his career.-Early life:...
, is notable, being the first recorded session Hutcherson made with
McCoy TynerAlfred McCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...
on piano, a lasting association that continues today.
"Little B's Poem" (from his album
ComponentsComponents is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label in 1965. The first side of the LP features compositions by Hutcherson, in a hard bop style, whilst the second side features Joe Chambers' compositions, more in the avant-garde style.-Track listing:#...
) is one of his best-known compositions.
His 2007 quartet included
Renee RosnesIrene Louise Rosnes , professionally known as Renee Rosnes , is a pianist, composer and arranger in the hard bop and post-bop mediums...
on piano, Dwayne Burno on bass and
Al FosterAl Foster is an American jazz drummer. Foster played with Miles Davis's large funk fusion group in the 70s, was one of the few people to have contact with Miles during his retirement, and was also part of his in the 80s...
on drums.
Hutcherson appeared as the bandleader in the 1969 film
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, and as Ace in the 1986 film
Round MidnightRound Midnight is a 1986 film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It tells the story of an African American tenor saxophone player in Paris in the 1950s who becomes befriended by an unsuccessful French graphic designer who idolizes the musician and who tries desperately to help him to get out of his...
.
As Leader
- 1965 Dialogue
- 1965 Components
Components is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label in 1965. The first side of the LP features compositions by Hutcherson, in a hard bop style, whilst the second side features Joe Chambers' compositions, more in the avant-garde style.-Track listing:#...
- 1966 Happenings
Happenings is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released in 1966 on the Blue Note label. The album features six compositions by Hutcherson, and one by Herbie Hancock, "Maiden Voyage".-Track listing:# "Aquarian Moon" - 7:50...
- 1966 Stick-Up!
Stick-Up! is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label in 1966. The album is Hutcherson's first without drummer Joe Chambers...
- 1967 Oblique
Oblique is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. The album was originally recorded in 1967 and issued as catalog number GXF-3061 in Japan in 1980...
- 1968 Patterns
Patterns is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label. Although recorded in 1968, the album was not released until 1980...
- 1968 Total Eclipse
- 1968 Medina
Medina in its currently issued form is a disc by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. It is composed of two sessions recorded for the Blue Note label...
- 1969 Now!
- 1970 San Francisco
San Francisco is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and saxophonist Harold Land, released on the Blue Note label. The album features a shift away from the usual hard bop / post-bop style pursued previously by Hutcherson and Land, and shifts towards a jazz fusion style...
- 1971 Deep Blue
- 1971 Head On
- 1972 Natural Illusions
- 1973 Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux
- 1974 Cirrus
- 1974 Linger Lane
- 1975 Inner Glow
- 1975 Montara
- 1976 The View from the Inside
- 1976 Waiting
- 1977 Dance of the Sun
- 1977 Knucklebean
__notoc__Knucklebean is an album by jazz vibraphone and marimba player Bobby Hutcherson, released in 1977 by the Blue Note label. There is also a band called Knucklebean, named after the album.-Side A:#"Why Not" – 5:22...
- 1978 Highway One
- 1979 Conception: The Gift of Love
- 1979 Un Poco Loco
- 1981 Solo/Quartet
- 1982 Farewell Keystone
- 1983 Four Seasons
- 1984 Good Bait (Landmark)
- 1985 Color Schemes (Landmark)
- 1985 It Ain't Easy (Landmark)
- 1988 Cruisin' The Bird (Landmark)
- 1989 Ambos Mundos (Landmark)
- 1991 Mirage (Landmark)
- 1992 Landmkar (Landmark)
- 1991 Mirage (Landmark)
- 1999 Skyline (Verve)
- 2004 The Al Grey & Dave Burns Complete Sessions (recorded 1962-63) (Lone Hill Jazz)
- 2007 For Sentimental Reasons (Kind of Blue Records)
As sideman
- 1963 One Step Beyond - Jackie McLean
John Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. -Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1963 Idle Moments
Idle Moments is a 1963 jazz album by Grant Green. The album, released on Blue Note, features performances by Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, Blue Note in-house producer Duke Pearson on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Al Harewood on drums. The album is best known for...
- Grant GreenGrant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1963 Evolution - Grachan Moncur III
Grachan Moncur III is an American jazz trombonist. He is one of the few real free jazz trombonists, as well as a prolific composer...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1963 Judgment!
Judgment! is a 1964 studio album by jazz pianist Andrew Hill released by the Blue Note Records label. Composed of a rhythm section and vibraphone—played by Bobby Hutcherson—Hill weaves his music around a complex harmonic structure....
- Andrew HillAndrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important progenitors of Free jazz piano, though he is considered more mainstream jazz than Cecil Taylor, two years his senior.The body of work he is most lauded for was recorded for Blue Note Records,...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1964 Destination.. Out! - Jackie McLean
John Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. -Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1964 Out to Lunch
Out to Lunch! was Eric Dolphy's only recording for Blue Note Records as a leader. Today it is generally considered one of the finest albums in the label's history, as well as one of the high points in 1960s jazz avant garde and in Dolphy's discography....
- Eric DolphyEric Allan Dolphy was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the first important bass clarinet soloist in jazz, and among the earliest significant flute soloists...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1964 Andrew!!!
Andrew!!! is a studio album by jazz pianist Andrew Hill recorded for Blue Note Records in 1964, which was first released in April 1968, and subsequently released on CD in 2005 with two alternate takes.-Track listing:# "The Griots" - 6:04...
- Andrew HillAndrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important progenitors of Free jazz piano, though he is considered more mainstream jazz than Cecil Taylor, two years his senior.The body of work he is most lauded for was recorded for Blue Note Records,...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1964 Life Time - Tony Williams
Anthony Tillmon "Tony" Williams was an American jazz drummer.Widely regarded as one of the most important and influential jazz drummers to come to prominence in the 1960s, Williams first gained fame in the band of trumpeter Miles Davis, and was a pioneer of jazz fusion...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1964 Action!!! - Jackie McLean
John Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. -Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1964 Street of Dreams - Grant Green
Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1964 The New Wave in Jazz - Various Artists, Impulse Records
- 1964 Gettin' Around - Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and actor. He is considered one of the first bebop tenor players...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1965 On This Night
On This Night is an album by Archie Shepp released on Impulse! Records in 1965. The album contains tracks recorded by Shepp, David Izenzon and J.C. Moses in March 1965 and with a larger band in August of that year...
- Archie SheppArchie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African race, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and his...
, Impulse Records
- 1965 New Thing at Newport
New Thing at Newport is a 1965 album by jazz musicians John Coltrane and Archie Shepp.-Original LP release New Thing at Newport :Side One # "One Down One Up” - 14:02# "My Favorite Things” - 5:22Side Two...
- Archie SheppArchie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African race, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and his...
, Impulse Records
- 1965 Let 'em Roll - Big John Patton, Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1966 Mode for Joe
Mode for Joe is the fifth Blue Note release by American jazz tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson.- Track listing :#"A Shade of Jade"#"Mode for Joe" – 8:00#"Black" – 6:51#"Caribbean Fire Dance" – 6:41...
- Joe HendersonJoe Henderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Born in Lima, Ohio, he studied music at Kentucky State College and Wayne State University before playing in Detroit at the beginning of his career.-Early life:...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1967 The Peacemaker - Harold Land
Harold de Vance Land was an American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist.- Biography :Land grew up in San Diego and started playing at the age of 16. He made his first recording as the leader of the Harold Land All-Stars, for Savoy Records in 1949. In 1954 he joined the Clifford Brown/Max...
, Cadet RecordsCadet Records was started as Argo Records in 1955 as the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. Argo changed its name in 1965 to Cadet to avoid confusion with the similarly named label in the UK...
- 1967 The Procrastinator
The Procrastinator is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded on July 14, 1967 and features performances by Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Billy Higgins....
- Lee MorganLee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter.-Biography:Lee Morgan, a leading trumpeter and composer, recorded prolifically from 1956 until a day before his death in February 1972...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1967 Time for Tyner
Time for Tyner is the ninth album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and his third released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in May 1968 and features performances by Tyner with Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Lewis and Freddie Waits...
- McCoy TynerAlfred McCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1967 Hipnosis - Jackie McLean
John Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. -Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1969 Brilliant Circles - Stanley Cowell
Stanley Cowell is an American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label. He played with Roland Kirk while studying at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and later with Marion Brown, Max Roach, Bobby Hutcherson, Clifford Jordan, Harold Land, and Stan Getz...
, Arista-Freedom RecordsArista Records is an American record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
- 1972 Worlds Around the Sun - Bayete
Todd Cochran, later Bayete and Umbra Zindiko is an American pianist, keyboard and synthesizer player. He released two album on Prestige Records in 1972 and 1973....
, Prestige RecordsPrestige Records was founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock. The label's name was initially New Jazz, but changed to Prestige Records the next year. Its catalog contains a significant number of jazz classics, including renowned works by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk and many...
- 1977 Dance of the Sun - Eddie Marshall
Edwin "Eddie" Marshall is an American jazz drummer.Marshall played in his father's swing group and in R&B bands while in high school. He moved to New York City in 1956, developing his percussion style under the influence of Max Roach and Art Blakey...
, George CablesGeorge Andrew Cables is a jazz pianist, born November 14, 1944 in New York City. He has played with Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, and others.
, James Leary, Manny Boyd
- 1987 There Are Times - Bruce Forman
Bruce Forman is an American jazz guitarist.Forman moved to San Francisco in 1971 and led his own groups in the area for several years, in addition to performing regularly at the Monterey Jazz Festival. He played with Richie Cole from 1978 to 1982. His most successful album as a leader was 1992's...
, George CablesGeorge Andrew Cables is a jazz pianist, born November 14, 1944 in New York City. He has played with Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, and others.
, Eddie MarshallEdwin "Eddie" Marshall is an American jazz drummer.Marshall played in his father's swing group and in R&B bands while in high school. He moved to New York City in 1956, developing his percussion style under the influence of Max Roach and Art Blakey...
, Jeff Carney
- 1993 Manhattan Moods
Manhattan Moods is an album by McCoy Tyner and Bobby Hutcherson released on the Blue Note label in 1994. It was recorded in December 1993 and features nine duet performances by Hutcherson and Tyner...
- McCoy TynerAlfred McCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...
, Blue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
- 1994 Acoustic Masters 2 - Lenny White
Leonard White III, better known as Lenny White is an American jazz funk drummer, who is best known for playing in Chick Corea's Return to Forever and being one of the forerunners of jazz-rock/funk.-Biography:...
, Craig HandyCraig Handy is an American post-bop tenor saxophonist.Born in Oakland, California, Handy attended North Texas State University from 1981 to 1984, and following this played with Art Blakey, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Haynes, Abdullah Ibrahim, Elvin Jones, and Betty Carter...
, Jerry Gonzales, Atlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
- 2004 SFJAZZ Collective - Inaugural Season: Live 2004 - (with Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman is an American jazz saxophonist and composer who records for Nonesuch Records. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991.-Biography:...
, Nicholas PaytonNicholas Payton is a Neo-bop jazz trumpet player from New Orleans, Louisiana.-Biography:The son of bassist and sousaphonist Walter Payton, he took up the trumpet at the age of four and by the time he was nine he was playing in the Young Tuxedo Brass Band alongside his father...
, Miguel ZenónMiguel Zenón is an alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader.-Biography:Miguel Zenón was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While studying at the Escuela Libre de Musica in San Juan, he won a scholarship to the “Berklee in Puerto Rico” program of the Berklee College of Music and a scholarship to...
, Josh RosemanJosh Roseman is an American jazz trombonist.Roseman was born in Boston, and studied at the New England Conservatory of Music. Roseman toured Jamaica with The Skatalites and in Australia with the Christopher Hale Ensemble...
, Renee RosnesIrene Louise Rosnes , professionally known as Renee Rosnes , is a pianist, composer and arranger in the hard bop and post-bop mediums...
, Robert HurstRobert Hurst is the president of CTV News. He was senior producer for the newsmagazine W-FIVE for much of the show's existence. In 1983, he won the New York International Gold for Best Documentary....
, Brian BladeBrian Blade in Shreveport, Louisiana is an American jazz drummer, composer, singer/songwriter and session musician.-Biography:...
)
- 2005 SFJAZZ Collective - Live 2005 - (with Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman is an American jazz saxophonist and composer who records for Nonesuch Records. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991.-Biography:...
, Nicholas PaytonNicholas Payton is a Neo-bop jazz trumpet player from New Orleans, Louisiana.-Biography:The son of bassist and sousaphonist Walter Payton, he took up the trumpet at the age of four and by the time he was nine he was playing in the Young Tuxedo Brass Band alongside his father...
, Miguel ZenónMiguel Zenón is an alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader.-Biography:Miguel Zenón was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While studying at the Escuela Libre de Musica in San Juan, he won a scholarship to the “Berklee in Puerto Rico” program of the Berklee College of Music and a scholarship to...
, Isaac Smith, Renee RosnesIrene Louise Rosnes , professionally known as Renee Rosnes , is a pianist, composer and arranger in the hard bop and post-bop mediums...
, Matt Penman, Eric HarlandEric Harland is a 29-year old jazz drummer from Houston, Texas, and has played or recorded with several of the M-Base related artists, including Greg Osby, Geri Allen, Jason Moran and Ravi Coltrane...
)
- 2006 SFJAZZ Collective - Live 2006 - (with Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman is an American jazz saxophonist and composer who records for Nonesuch Records. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1991.-Biography:...
, Nicholas PaytonNicholas Payton is a Neo-bop jazz trumpet player from New Orleans, Louisiana.-Biography:The son of bassist and sousaphonist Walter Payton, he took up the trumpet at the age of four and by the time he was nine he was playing in the Young Tuxedo Brass Band alongside his father...
, Miguel ZenónMiguel Zenón is an alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader.-Biography:Miguel Zenón was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While studying at the Escuela Libre de Musica in San Juan, he won a scholarship to the “Berklee in Puerto Rico” program of the Berklee College of Music and a scholarship to...
, Andre Hayward, Renee RosnesIrene Louise Rosnes , professionally known as Renee Rosnes , is a pianist, composer and arranger in the hard bop and post-bop mediums...
, Matt Penman, Eric HarlandEric Harland is a 29-year old jazz drummer from Houston, Texas, and has played or recorded with several of the M-Base related artists, including Greg Osby, Geri Allen, Jason Moran and Ravi Coltrane...
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- 2006 Organic Vibes - Joey DeFrancesco
Joey DeFrancesco is an American jazz organist, trumpeter, and vocalist. Down Beat's Critics and Readers Poll selected him as the top jazz organist every year since 2003.DeFrancesco was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania...
, Concord RecordsConcord Records is a U.S. record label now based in Beverly Hills, California. Originally known as Concord Jazz, it was established in 1972 as an off-shoot of the Concord Jazz Festival in Concord, California by festival founder Carl Jefferson, a local automobile dealer and jazz fan who sold his...
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