My favorite vibes player far and away. That looks like a pretty recent album. He looks good and healthy. Think I'll check out some samples. Thanks for posting this.
Here is the review:
Bobby Hutcherson - For Sentimental ReasonsHow easy is it to fall for this gentle recording of ballads and love songs? Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson chooses cherished songs from his youth to deliver one gorgeous session of music.
The jazz faithful know many sides of Hutcherson. There's the Blue Note sideman of the 1960s sprinting with the hard bop young lions Hank Mobley, Grant Green and Freddie Hubbard. Then there is the "new Thing maverick, accompanying Andrew Hill, Eric Dolphy and Jackie McLean. There are those who cherish his standing toe-to-toe with the fierceness of Harold Land's horn. Certainly some of you will have a few scary fusion records he made, tucked in the back of a closet.
Fans of his duets with McCoy Tyner on 1993's Manhattan Moods (Blue Note) will certainly appreciate this outing. He chose longtime collaborator Al Foster (drums) and Dwayne Burno (bass) to provide the platform for these simple gems. Pianist Renee Rosnes plays the role of the caring counter-and-response to Hutcherson's ringing notes.
Like the opener, "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons, nothing here is rushed or complicated. Rosnes, like Hutcherson, dances single notes over complex chords. Benny Golson's lush "Along Came Betty bounces along, while the often rushed Fats Waller classic "Jitterbug Waltz is slowed (just a bit), as if to reflect, not upon the dexterity the song takes, but its beautiful architecture. In the hands of a jazz giant like Hutcherson, the very simple presentation of Rodgers and Hart's "Spring Is Here and Gershwin's "Embraceable You are pure treasures.
Track Listing: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons; Ode To Angela; Embraceable You; Along Came Betty; Somewhere; Jitterbug Waltz; What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life; Don�t Blame Me; Spring Is Here; I Wish I Knew; I�ll Be Seeing You.
Personnel: Bobby Hutcherson: vibraphone; Renee Rosnes: piano; Dwayne Burno: bass; Al Foster: drums.
Record Label: Kind of Blue Records
Discography
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)
