Happenings (Bobby Hutcherson album)

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Happenings
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ReleasedEnd of January 1967 [1]
RecordedFebruary 8, 1966
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Post-bop
Length43:53
Label Blue Note
BST 84231
Producer Alfred Lion
Bobby Hutcherson chronology
Components
(1965)
Happenings
(1967)
Stick-Up!
(1966)
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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".

Contents

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

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References

  1. Billboard Jan 28, 1967
  2. Huey, Steve. Happenings at AllMusic
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 740. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.