Hutcherson, Bobby
The Kicker
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed Latest Press Of The 2020 Remastered Vinyl Reissue For Blue Note's Tone Poets Series; Housed In A Beautiful Gatefold Jacket With Custom Hype Stickers. The First Time This Album Has Made It To Vinyl, Cut Directly From The Original Analog Tapes. "Bobby Hutcherson Recorded Frequently For Blue Note In The 1960s, Though This Session Remained Unissued Until 1999. The First Half Features The Vibraphonist In A Cooking Hard Bop Session With Joe Henderson And Duke Pearson, Starting With An Energetic Take On The Normally Slow Ballad "If Ever I Would Leave You" And A Sizzling Hutcherson Original, "For Duke P." Guitarist Grant Green Is Added For The Second Half, Beginning With The First Recording Of Henderson's "The Kicker," Which Became Well Known From It's Later Rendition On Horace Silver's Highly Successful Release Song For My Father. Because This Is Part Of Blue Note's Limited-edition Jazz Connoisseur Series, Don't Delay In Picking It Up." AMG - Ken Dryden.