Knucklebean

Knucklebean
Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedMarch 1 & 3, 1977
GenreJazz
LabelsBlue Note
BN-LA789-H
ProducerDale Oehler
Bobby Hutcherson chronology
The View from the Inside
(1977)
Knucklebean
(1977)
Highway One
(1978)

Knucklebean is an album by jazz vibraphone and marimba player Bobby Hutcherson. It was released in 1977 by Blue Note Records. The musicians were Hutcherson's regular band plus guests Freddie Hubbard and Hadley Caliman.

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The Bay State Banner wrote that "Hutch doesn't lack for solo time in which he skitters, pinpoints, breezes, and hums as his fancy inclines; but we also hear Freddie Hubbard's muted trumpet (as in 'Little B's Poem') sounding flaky and critical."

Track listing

A1. "Why Not"(George Cables) – 5:22
A2. "Sundance Knows" (Eddie Marshall) – 6:34
A3. "So Far, So Good" (James Leary) – 4:39
B1. "Little B's Poem" (Bobby Hutcherson) – 4:43
B2. "'Til Then" (Hutcherson) – 4:05
B3. "Knucklebean" (Marshall) – 7:12

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Knucklebean at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Knucklebean". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ Wahl, Bill (October 1977). "Bobby Hutcherson: Knucklebean – Blue Note LA 789". Buffalo Jazz Report. No. 44. Bill Wahl. p. 9.
  4. ↑ Freedberg, Mike (December 22, 1977). "Record Reviews". Bay State Banner. No. 11. p. 18.