Now! (Bobby Hutcherson album) explained

Now!
Type:Studio
Artist:Bobby Hutcherson
Cover:Hutcherson Now.jpg
Released:June 1970;[1]
October 2004 (CD)
Recorded:October 3, 1969 (#2–3)
November 5, 1969 (#1, 4–5)
August 13, 1977 (CD: #6–9)
Venue:Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
Studio:A&R Studios, New York City
Genre:Hard bop
Post bop
Avant-garde jazz
Length:35:43 (LP);
48:28 (CD)
Label:Blue Note
BST 84333;
7243 8 66742 2 7
Producer:Duke Pearson (#1–5);
George Butler (CD: #6–9)
Prev Title:Medina
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:Blow Up
Next Year:1969

Now! is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label. The album is the first of Hutcherson's to feature vocals, contributed by Gene McDaniels and a chorus. The CD reissue includes four tracks recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl, in 1977.

Track listing

Oroginal tracks

  1. "Slow Change" (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 7:17
  2. "Hello to the Wind" (Chambers, McDaniels) - 5:59
  3. "Now" (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 2:46
  4. "The Creators" (Herbie Lewis) - 12:35
  5. "Black Heroes" (Harold Land) - 7:06

Additional live tracks on CD (2004)

  1. "Slow Change" (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 5:05
  2. "Now" (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 2:49
  3. "Hello to the Wind" (Chambers, McDaniels) - 3:08
  4. "Now" [Reprise] (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 1:43

Personnel

Tracks 2–3

Recorded at A & R Studios, New York on October 3, 1969.

Tracks 1, 4–5

Recorded at A & R Studios, New York on November 5, 1969.

Tracks 6–9

Recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles on August 13, 1977.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=dCkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Hutcherson+Now+84333&pg=PA23 Billboard June 6, 1970