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Now! (Bobby Hutcherson album)

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Released
  
June 1970

Artist
  
Bobby Hutcherson

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Now! (1969)
  
Blow Up (1969)

Release date
  
1969

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Recorded
  
October 3, 1969 (#2-3) November 5, 1969 (#1, 4-5) A&R Studios, New York City August 13, 1977 (#6-9) Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

Length
  
35:43 original LP 48:28 CD reissue

Genres
  
Post-bop, Hard bop, Avant-garde jazz

Producers
  
Duke Pearson (#1-5), George Butler (#6-9)

Similar
  
Bobby Hutcherson albums, Post-bop albums

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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.

Contents

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Track listing

  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

Bonus tracks on CD:

  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

  • Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone, marimba
  • Harold Land - tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Barron - piano
  • Wally Richardson - guitar
  • Herbie Lewis - bass
  • Joe Chambers - drums
  • Candido Camero - congas
  • Gene McDaniels- lead vocals
  • Hilda Harris, Albertine M. Robinson, Christine Spencer - backing vocals
  • Tracks 1, 4-5

  • Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
  • Harold Land - tenor saxophone
  • Stanley Cowell - piano, electric piano
  • Wally Richardson - guitar
  • Herbie Lewis - bass
  • Joe Chambers - drums
  • Candido Camero - congas, bongo
  • Gene McDaniels - lead vocals
  • Eileen Gilbert, Christine Spencer, Maeretha Stewart - backing vocals
  • Tracks 6-9

  • Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
  • Manny Boyd - tenor sax, soprano sax
  • George Cables - piano
  • James Leary - bass
  • Eddie Marshall - drums
  • Bobbye Hall Porter - percussion
  • Dale Oehler - arranger
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Calvin Simmons
  • Songs

    Slow Change7:17
    Hello To The Wind5:59
    Now2:47

    References

    Now! (Bobby Hutcherson album) Wikipedia