ZUM TOD DES US-AMERIKANISCHEN VIBRAPHONISTEN UND KOMPONISTEN BOBBY HUTCHERSON

Der am 27. Januar 1941 in Los Angeles geborene US-amerikanische Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson (Bild) ist am 15. August 2016 in San Francisco gestorben.

Foto: Nadworks, 2007 – CC-Lizenz: Public domain – Zur Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bh_070701.jpg

Bobby Hutcherson, Jazz Legend of the Vibraphone, Dies at 75

Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, an NEA Jazz Master who influenced generations of musicians as an improviser and composer, died Monday at the age of 75 after a protracted struggle with emphysema.

Andrew Gilbert

https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/08/15/bobby-hutcherson-jazz-legend-of-the-vibraphone-dies-at-75/

To me, Bobby was ‚the man‘ – one of the greatest improvisers ever. He lived in the Bay Area and played frequently at clubs and festivals, so I got so see him play many times. I was searching for a way to make the pan relevant in a jazz context and Bobby was my #1 model. His solos were burning, brilliant and unpredictable, he played with two mallets most of the time, surrounded himself with great players, and was fearless in taking chances onstage.

AndyNarell

https://www.facebook.com/andy.narell.5?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf

The most accomplished vibraphonist and composer to emerge in the latter half of the 20th Century, Bobby redefined the role of the instrument in modern jazz, bringing new levels of technical mastery and harmonic sophistication that had never been heard before. Inspired by Modern Jazz Quartet vibraphonist Milt Jackson, he made his recording debut with pianist Les McCann in 1961 and began an unprecedented 24-year association with the Blue Note Records label on saxophonist Jackie McLean’s 1964 landmark One Step Beyond. From the crucial harmonic structures and pointillistic stabs of color on Eric Dolphy’s avant-garde masterpiece Out To Lunch and his soloistic fire on Joe Henderson’s epochal Mode For Joe to the soul jazz grease of Donald Byrd’s Ethiopian Knights, Bobby made indelible contributions to over 250 albums during his Blue Note tenure, and led 23 recordings that introduced the world to the standards «Little B’s Poem,» «Bouquet,» «Components,» «Montara,» and others.

Rusty Aceves

https://www.sfjazz.org/onthecorner/bobby-hutcherson

Mr. Hutcherson’s career took flight in the early 1960s, as jazz was slipping free of the complex harmonic and rhythmic designs of bebop. He was fluent in that language, but he was also one of the first to adapt his instrument to a freer postbop language, often playing chords with a pair of mallets in each hand.

Nate Chinen

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/arts/music/bobby-hutcherson-dies-jazz.html

Best known for his post-bop recordings for Blue Note Records in the 1960s and 1970s, Hutcherson played with a litany of jazz greats as both bandleader and sideman during a career spanning more than 50 years.

Among them were Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon, the latter a childhood friend.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-bobby-hutcherson-20160816-snap-story.html

Elegante Coolness am Vibraphon

Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner und Eric Dolphy waren seine Mitstreiter in den frühen 1960er-Jahren. Damals entwickelte der amerikanische Vibraphonist einen zeitlos schönen Stil: vom Bebop geprägt und melodiös. Bobby Hutcherson war ein Meister klangfarbenleuchtender Coolness.

Beate Sampson

https://www.br-klassik.de/themen/jazz-und-weltmusik/bobby-hutcherson-nachruf-100.htm

Videos:

Bobby Hutcherson et Harold Land Herzog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J6c0g2CyzM

McCoy Tyner / Bobby Hutcherson – Moment’s Notice, Jazzbaltica 2002

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFIOyNpYgY

Bobby Hutcherson Quartet – JazzBaltica 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqEseMoPZ-o

Joey DeFrancesco & Bobby Hutcherson «Organic Vibes» – JazzBaltica 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_AJ5-98_44

Bobby Hutcherson / Joe Locke »Homage to Milt Jackson» – JazzBaltica 2007