Oblique (album)

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Oblique
Hutcherson Oblique.jpg
Studio album by
Bobby Hutcherson
Released1979 (Japan);
1990 (CD)
RecordedJuly 21, 1967
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz; post-bop
Length41:02
Label Blue Note
GXF-3061;
CDP 7 84444 2
Producer Alfred Lion
Bobby Hutcherson chronology
Highway One
(1978)		Oblique
(1979)		 Spiral
(1979)
Alternative cover
Oblique Hutcherson.jpg
2005 RVG Edition

Oblique is an album by vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, featuring performances by Herbie Hancock, Albert Stinson, and Joe Chambers. [1] The album was recorded on July 21, 1967. [2] Oblique was Hutcherson's second recording in a quartet setting, after Happenings , [1] The personnel on Happenings are identical, save the replacement of Bob Cranshaw with Stinson, [1] . Blue Note did not release the album until 1979, as a limited edition in Japan, followed by a regular issue in 1990. [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]

AllMusic reviewer Steve Huey awarded four and a half stars to the album, saying: "All the performances are spirited enough to make the sophisticated music sound winning and accessible as well, which means that Oblique is one of the better entries in Hutcherson's Blue Note discography and one worth tracking down." [1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that the quartet recording was "a likeable enough set, but [it] doesn't really add anything to the language of the first [Happenings]". [2]

Track listing

  1. "'Til Then" (Hutcherson) - 4:44
  2. "My Joy" (Hutcherson) - 7:10
  3. "Theme from Blow Up" (Hancock) - 8:13
  4. "Subtle Neptune" (Hutcherson) - 8:33
  5. "Oblique" (Chambers) - 7:18
  6. "Bi-Sectional" (Chambers) - 5:04

Source: [1]

Personnel

Musicians

Source: [2]

Production

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 AllMusic
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 740. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Oblique at Discogs


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