Happenings (Bobby Hutcherson album)

Happenings
Studio album by Bobby Hutcherson
Released	End of January 1967 [1]
Recorded	February 8, 1966
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Post-bop
Length	43:53
Label	Blue Note BST 84231
Producer	Alfred Lion
Bobby Hutcherson chronology
Components (1966) Happenings (1967) Stick-Up! (1968)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
DownBeat	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

Happenings is an album by the jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released in 1967 on the Blue Note label. The album contains six compositions by Hutcherson, and one by Herbie Hancock, "Maiden Voyage".

Track listing

All compositions by Bobby Hutcherson, except as indicated.

1. "Aquarian Moon" - 7:45
2. "Bouquet" - 8:10
3. "Rojo" - 6:03
4. "Maiden Voyage" (Hancock) - 5:49
5. "Head Start" - 5:16
6. "When You Are Near" - 3:51
7. "The Omen" - 6:59

Personnel

• Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone (tracks 1-6), marimba, drums (track 7 only)
• Herbie Hancock - piano, box full of rocks (track 7 only)
• Bob Cranshaw - bass
• Joe Chambers - drums, marimba (track 7 only), triangle (tracks 2, 7), timpani (track 7 only)

References

1. Billboard Jan 28, 1967
2. Huey, Steve. Happenings at AllMusic
3. Down Beat: March 23, 1967 vol. 34, no. 6
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 740. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.