Bobby Hutcherson • Dialogue

 

Review
by Steve Huey  
Coming fresh on the heels of his groundbreaking work with Eric Dolphy, Bobby Hutcherson's debut album is a masterpiece of "new thing" avant-garde jazz, not really free but way beyond standard hard bop. Dialogue boasts an all-star lineup of hot young post-boppers -- trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, woodwind player Sam Rivers, pianist Andrew Hill, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Joe Chambers -- and a set of imaginative compositions by either Hill or Chambers that frequently push the ensemble into uncharted territory. The result is an album bursting at the seams with ideas that still sound remarkably fresh, not to mention a strong sense of collectivity. Hutcherson has so many fine players on hand that the focus is naturally on group interaction rather than any particular soloist(s), setting up nice contrasts like the fiery sax work of Rivers versus the cooler tones of Hutcherson and Hill. Hill's pieces stand tradition on its head, twisting recognizable foundations like the blues ("Ghetto Lights"), Latin jazz ("Catta"), and marching bands ("Les Noirs Marchant," which sounds like a parade of mutant soldiers) into cerebral, angular shapes. Chambers, meanwhile, contributes the most loosely structured pieces in his delicate, softly mysterious ballad "Idle While" and the nearly free group conversations of the ten-minute title track, where Hutcherson also plays the more African-sounding marimba. What's impressive is how focused Hutcherson keeps the group through those widely varied sounds; no one is shortchanged, yet the solos are tight, with no wasted space or spotlight-hogging. Dialogue remains Hutcherson's most adventurous, "outside" album, and while there are more extensive showcases for his playing, this high-caliber session stands as arguably his greatest musical achievement.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/dialogue-mw0000217052

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Reseña
por Steve Huey  
Recién salido de su revolucionario trabajo con Eric Dolphy, el álbum de debut de Bobby Hutcherson es una obra maestra del jazz vanguardista de "lo nuevo", no realmente libre pero mucho más allá del hard bop estándar. Dialogue cuenta con un elenco de jóvenes músicos de post-bop -el trompetista Freddie Hubbard, el instrumentista de viento Sam Rivers, el pianista Andrew Hill, el bajista Richard Davis y el batería Joe Chambers- y un conjunto de imaginativas composiciones de Hill o Chambers que a menudo empujan al conjunto hacia territorios inexplorados. El resultado es un álbum rebosante de ideas que siguen sonando extraordinariamente frescas, por no mencionar un fuerte sentido de colectividad. Hutcherson cuenta con tantos músicos de calidad que la atención se centra más en la interacción del grupo que en un solista o solistas en particular, lo que crea bonitos contrastes, como el ardiente trabajo de saxo de Rivers frente a los tonos más fríos de Hutcherson y Hill. Las piezas de Hill ponen patas arriba la tradición, retorciendo bases reconocibles como el blues ("Ghetto Lights"), el jazz latino ("Catta") y las bandas de música ("Les Noirs Marchant", que suena como un desfile de soldados mutantes) en formas cerebrales y angulares. Chambers, por su parte, aporta las piezas más libremente estructuradas en su delicada y suavemente misteriosa balada "Idle While" y las conversaciones en grupo casi libres del tema que da título al disco, de diez minutos de duración, en el que Hutcherson también toca la marimba, que suena más africana. Lo que impresiona es lo centrado que Hutcherson mantiene al grupo a través de esos sonidos tan variados; nadie se queda corto, pero los solos son ajustados, sin espacios desperdiciados ni robos de protagonismo. Dialogue sigue siendo el álbum más aventurero y "externo" de Hutcherson, y aunque hay más muestras de su forma de tocar, esta sesión de alto calibre es posiblemente su mayor logro musical.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/dialogue-mw0000217052

Tracks:
1 - Catta - 7:17
2 - Idle While
Composed By – Joe Chambers - 7:21
3 - Les Noirs Marchant - 6:37
4 - Dialogue
Composed By – Joe Chambers - 9:58
5 - Ghetto Lights - 6:12
6 - Jasper - 8:29


Credits:
    Bass – Richard Davis
    Composed By – Andrew Hill (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6)
    Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
    Drums – Joe Chambers
    Photography By [Cover, Liner Photographs] – Francis Wolff
    Piano – Andrew Hill
    Producer – Alfred Lion
    Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
    Remastered By [2001], Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Rudy Van Gelder
    Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute – Sam Rivers
    Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard
    Vibraphone [Vibes], Marimba – Bobby Hutcherson

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 3, 1965.
Originally issued as Blue Note BST 84198.

Label:    Blue Note – 7243 5 35586 2 8, Blue Note – 5355862
Series:    RVG Edition
Released:    2002
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Post Bop, Modal
https://www.discogs.com/master/92901-Bobby-Hutcherson-Dialogue

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