Bobby Hutcherson • Components

 

Review
by Steve Huey  
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 a melodic but still advanced hard bop style, while the latter half has four free-leaning avant-garde pieces by drummer Joe Chambers. Hutcherson allots himself more solo space than on Dialogue, but that's no knock on the excellent supporting cast, which includes Herbie Hancock on piano, James Spaulding on alto sax and flute, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, and Ron Carter on bass. It's just more Hutcherson's date, and he helps unite the disparate halves with a cool-toned control that's apparent regardless of whether the material is way outside or more conventionally swinging. In the latter case, Hutcherson's originals are fairly diverse, encompassing rhythmically complex hard bop (the title track), pensive balladry ("Tranquillity," which features a lovely solo by Hancock), down-and-dirty swing ("West 22nd Street Theme"), and the gaily innocent "Little B's Poem," which went on to become one of Hutcherson's signature tunes and contains some lyrical flute work from Spaulding. The Chambers pieces tend to be deliberate explorations that emphasize texture and group interaction in the manner of Dialogue, except that there's even more freedom in terms of both structure and tonal center. (The exception is the brief but beautiful closing number, "Pastoral," an accurate title if ever there was one.) Components illustrated that Hutcherson was not only the most adventurous vibes player on the scene, but that he was also capable of playing more straightforward music with intelligence and feeling.
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Reseña
por Steve Huey  
Quizás el álbum que mejor resume la personalidad musical de Bobby Hutcherson, Components está dividido en dos partes bien diferenciadas. La primera presenta cuatro temas originales de Hutcherson en un estilo hard bop melódico pero avanzado, mientras que la segunda mitad contiene cuatro piezas vanguardistas de estilo libre del batería Joe Chambers. Hutcherson se concede más espacio como solista que en Dialogue, pero eso no es un desprecio al excelente elenco de apoyo, que incluye a Herbie Hancock al piano, James Spaulding al saxo alto y la flauta, Freddie Hubbard a la trompeta y Ron Carter al bajo. Es simplemente más la cita de Hutcherson, y él ayuda a unir las dispares mitades con un control de tono frío que es evidente independientemente de si el material es muy fuera o más convencionalmente swing. En este último caso, los originales de Hutcherson son bastante diversos, abarcando hard bop rítmicamente complejo (el tema que da título al disco), baladas pensativas ("Tranquillity", que cuenta con un precioso solo de Hancock), swing sucio ("West 22nd Street Theme"), y el alegremente inocente "Little B's Poem", que se convirtió en uno de los temas emblemáticos de Hutcherson y contiene un lírico trabajo de flauta de Spaulding. Las piezas de Chambers tienden a ser exploraciones deliberadas que enfatizan la textura y la interacción de grupo a la manera de Dialogue, excepto que hay incluso más libertad en términos tanto de estructura como de centro tonal. (La excepción es el breve pero hermoso número final, "Pastoral", un título acertado donde los haya). Components demostró que Hutcherson no sólo era el intérprete de vibráfono más aventurero de la escena, sino que también era capaz de tocar música más sencilla con inteligencia y sentimiento.
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Tracks:
1 - Components - 6:23
2 - Tranquillity - 5:01
3 - Little B's Poem - 5:08
4 - West 22nd Street Theme - 4:42
5 - Movement - 7:29
6 - Juba Dance - 5:21
7 - Air - 4:45
8 - Pastoral - 2:02


Credits:
    Alto Saxophone, Flute – James Spaulding
    Bass – Ron Carter
    Composed By – Bobby Hutcherson (tracks: 1 to 4), Joe Chambers (tracks: 5 to 8)
    Design [Re-issue] – Patrick Roques
    Drums – Joe Chambers
    Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
    Mastered By – Larry Walsh
    Photography By [Cover], Design – Reid Miles
    Photography By [Inside Photos] – Francis Wolff
    Piano – Herbie Hancock
    Producer – Alfred Lion
    Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
    Reissue Producer [Produced For Release By] – Michael Cuscuna
    Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard
    Vibraphone [Vibes], Marimba – Bobby Hutcherson

Recorded on June 14, 1965 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Label:    Blue Note – CDP 7243 8 29027 2 0, Blue Note – B2-29027 , Blue Note – 29027
Series:    Blue Note Connoisseur Series
Country:    US
Released:    Jul 12, 1994
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Hard Bop, Post Bop, Avant-garde Jazz, Free Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/1829239-Bobby-Hutcherson-Components

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