Now! (Bobby Hutcherson album)

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Now!
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1970 [1]
RecordedOctober 3, 1969 (#2-3)
November 5, 1969 (#1, 4-5)
August 13, 1977 (#6-9)
Venue Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
StudioA&R Studios, New York City
Genre Hard bop
Post bop
Avant-garde jazz
Length35:43original LP
48:28 CD reissue
Label Blue Note
BST 84333
Producer Duke Pearson (#1-5)
George Butler (#6-9)
Bobby Hutcherson chronology
Medina
(1969)
Now!
(1970)
Blow Up
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Tom Hull B− [5]

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

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

Recorded at A & R Studios, New York on October 3, 1969.

Tracks 1, 4-5

Recorded at A & R Studios, New York on November 5, 1969.

Tracks 6-9

Recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles on August 13, 1977.

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References

  1. Billboard June 6, 1970
  2. Now! 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.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 107. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.