Released October 19, 1963 Release date 19 October 1963 | Length 53:55 Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded December 29, 1963Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Similar Stick‑Up!, The View from the Inside, Total Eclipse, Natural Illusions, Un Poco Loco | ||
Bobby hutcherson the kicker 1963
The Kicker is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson recorded in 1963 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1999 as a limited edition.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and stated "The first half features the vibraphonist in a cooking hard bop session with Joe Henderson and Duke Pearson, starting with an energetic take on the normally slow ballad "If Ever I Would Leave You" and a sizzling Hutcherson original, "For Duke P." Guitarist Grant Green is added for the second half, beginning with the first recording of Henderson's "The Kicker," which became well known from its later rendition on Horace Silver's best selling release Song for My Father".
Track listing
- "If Ever I Would Leave You" (Lerner, Loewe) - 10:33
- "Mirrors" (Joe Chambers) - 6:52
- "For Duke P." (Bobby Hutcherson) - 7:54
- "The Kicker" (Joe Henderson) - 6:07
- "Step Lightly" (Henderson) - 14:18
- "Bedouin" (Pearson) - 8:11
Personnel
Songs
1If Ever I Would Leave You10:32
2Mirrors6:51
3For Duke P7:53