BOBBY HUTCHERSON "HAPPENINGS" MM, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, LE, SO, RVG, NEWSEALED

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                                                                                                BOBBY HUTCHERSON "HAPPENINGS"
2011 MUSIC MATTERS, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, CATALOG NUMBER MMBST-84231, RECORDED BY RUDY                            VAN GELDER, MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE ANALOG MASTER TAPE AND PRESSED BY RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"BEFORE BOBBY HUTCHERSON ROSE TO FAME, THE VIBRAPHONE WAS DEFINED BY LIONEL HAMPTON, RED NORVO AND MILT JACKSON. IN THE 1960'S HUTCHERSON BECAME SUCH A DOMINANT FORCE THAT VIBES PLAYERS WERE PUT INTO ONE OF TWO CATEGORIES: PRE OR POST HUTCHERSON. PLAYING WITH THE POWER, INTENSITY AND INVENTIVENESS OF A PIANIST, HUTCHERSON CARVED OUT A VOICE FOR HIS INSTRUMENT IN POST BOP AND THE AVANT-GARDE."
"ON THE "HAPPENINGS", HUTCHERSON SHOWS THAT THE PRESENCE OF HERBIE HANCOCK, RATHER THAN INHIBITING HIM OR CAUSING HIM TO PLAY IT SAFE, HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT. EVEN ON HANCOCK'S "MAIDEN VOYAGE", THE VIBRAPHONIST IS THE STAR. HUTCHERSON, WHO CONTRIBUTES SIX OF HIS STRONGEST COMPOSITIONS TO THIS COLORFUL SET, DISPLAYS HIS MASTERY OF MODAL HARD BOP, AND MATCHES PERFECTLY WITH HANCOCK. THE MUSIC IS STRIKINGLY ORIGINAL AND CONSISTENTLY BRILLIANT."
                                                                                                                1) AQUARIAN MOON                                                                                                                 2) BOUQUET                                                                                                                 3) ROJO                                                                                                                 4) MAIDEN VOYAGE (WRITTEN BY HERBIE HANCOCK)                                                                                                                 5) HEAD START                                                                                                                 6) WHEN YOU ARE NEAR                                                                                                                 7) THE OMEN