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The Kicker (Limited) (CD)

By: Bobby Hutcherson (Artist)

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DISC 1 for The Kicker (Limited) (CD) Album By Bobby Hutcherson (Artist)
1   If Ever I Would Leave You
2   Mirrors
3   For Duke P.
4   Kicker, The
5   Step Lightly
6   Bedouin
 

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Title Note

THE KICKER is a previously unreleased recording.

Personnel: Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Duke Pearson (piano); Grant Green (guitar); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Al Harewood (drums).

Producer: Alfred Lion.

Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 29, 1963. Includes liner notes by Michael Cuscuna.

Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Ron McMaster.

This is part of Blue Note's Limited Edition Connoisseur Series.

The same personnel who performed on Grant Green's classic IDLE MOMENTS session in November 1963 reconvened for Bobby Hutcherson's first recording as a leader one month later. THE KICKER, however, was never released and waited more than 35 years to see the light of day. Thanks to reissue king Michael Cuscuna, we are now finally able to hear this swinging disc and marvel at yet another example of Hutcherson's brilliance.

Although this session is a bit more conservative than DIALOGUE, Hutcherson's original released debut, this is an exquisite capsule of the Blue Note era and a crisp performance by all. Many of the tunes here have been recorded in various forms by other Blue Note artists, but this ensemble gives each cut its own distinctive treatment. Joe Henderson's title track and "Step Lightly" are excellent examples of familiar tunes that are given a new flavor by this long-buried treasure of a disc. Also included is an energetic reading of the standard "If Ever I Would Leave You" and Joe Chamber's "Mirrors," both of which feature remarkable work by Hutcherson in his early development.

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