Bobby Hutcherson Head On

[Peter Johnson]

What did you think of Now!? That's one of my favorite Hutcherson records. Eugene McDaniels, who led the vocalists on that one, lives in my town...he's a great guy and is still singing and writing music.

Don't want to hijack, but...NO WAY! I had no idea Eugene McDaniels was still alive/active. Outlaw and Headless Heroes are two of my favorite records. Is he still performing regularly? May I ask what "your town" is?

[webbcity]

What did you think of Now!? That's one of my favorite Hutcherson records. Eugene McDaniels, who led the vocalists on that one, lives in my town...he's a great guy and is still singing and writing music.

Don't want to hijack, but...NO WAY! I had no idea Eugene McDaniels was still alive/active. Outlaw and Headless Heroes are two of my favorite records. Is he still performing regularly? May I ask what "your town" is?

Kittery, Maine, believe it or not. He has been writing some music with a friend of mine, a great pianist named Tom Snow who lives near Portland, Maine. Not performing too much, as far as I know, but he did sit in on one of Tom's gigs recently and sounded amazing as always.

Here's his new website: http://www.eugenemcdaniels.com/

Yeah, Headless Heroes is brilliant! One of my top 5 albums, ever.

[Peter Johnson]

What did you think of Now!? That's one of my favorite Hutcherson records. Eugene McDaniels, who led the vocalists on that one, lives in my town...he's a great guy and is still singing and writing music.

Don't want to hijack, but...NO WAY! I had no idea Eugene McDaniels was still alive/active. Outlaw and Headless Heroes are two of my favorite records. Is he still performing regularly? May I ask what "your town" is?

Kittery, Maine, believe it or not. He has been writing some music with a friend of mine, a great pianist named Tom Snow who lives near Portland, Maine. Not performing too much, as far as I know, but he did sit in on one of Tom's gigs recently and sounded amazing as always.

Here's his new website: http://www.eugenemcdaniels.com/

Yeah, Headless Heroes is brilliant! One of my top 5 albums, ever.

That is terrific news. We'll be up there in July and I'll keep an eye out. Paging Alan Lowe!

[webbcity]

What did you think of Now!? That's one of my favorite Hutcherson records. Eugene McDaniels, who led the vocalists on that one, lives in my town...he's a great guy and is still singing and writing music.

Don't want to hijack, but...NO WAY! I had no idea Eugene McDaniels was still alive/active. Outlaw and Headless Heroes are two of my favorite records. Is he still performing regularly? May I ask what "your town" is?

Kittery, Maine, believe it or not. He has been writing some music with a friend of mine, a great pianist named Tom Snow who lives near Portland, Maine. Not performing too much, as far as I know, but he did sit in on one of Tom's gigs recently and sounded amazing as always.

Here's his new website: http://www.eugenemcdaniels.com/

Yeah, Headless Heroes is brilliant! One of my top 5 albums, ever.

That is terrific news. We'll be up there in July and I'll keep an eye out. Paging Alan Lowe!

Haha...yeah! Is Alan on here? I was in email communication with him a while back but then his email address stopped working. Do you come up to the Portsmouth, NH area? There is a great place called the Press Room that has jazz regularly. Maybe you already know about it.

Boy, now we're really off topic, sorry everyone... :blush2:

[Swinging Swede]

I think there is some more unreleased Hutcherson material from around this period and I hope it eventually sees the light of day.

Bobby Hutcherson Band

Blue Mitchell (tp) Thurman Green (tb) Harold Land (ts) Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Reggie Andrews, Clarence McDonald (key) Arthur Adams, Cornell Dupree (g) Chuck Rainey (el-b) Stix Hooper (d) King Errison (cga, bgo)

A&R Studios, NYC, December 21, 1971

(tk.8) Wichita Lineman unissued

(tk.6) Workin' On A Groovy Thing -

(tk.3) Inner City Blues Blue Note CDP 7243 5 21152-2

* Various Artists - Deep Blue (Blue Note CDP 7243 5 21152-2)

Bobby Hutcherson Band

Mike Deasy (g) Arthur Lewis (unknown inst.) replaces Dupree, Rainey

A&R Studios, NYC, December 22, 1971

(tk.6) Family Affair unissued

(tk.4) Brother Rap Blue Note (E) B1 97158

(tk.8) Brown Eyed Woman unissued

* Various Artists - Blue Juice, Vol. 2 (Blue Note (E) B1 97158)

Bobby Hutcherson Quartet

Bobby Hutcherson (vib, mar) Todd Cochran (p, el-p) James Leary (b) Michael Carvin (d)

United Artists Studios, West Hollywood, CA, May 24, 1972

Poem Blue Note rejected

Unga -

B's Thang -

Mr. X -

Twenty-Five -

[webbcity]

I think there is some more unreleased Hutcherson material from around this period and I hope it eventually sees the light of day.

Bobby Hutcherson Band

Blue Mitchell (tp) Thurman Green (tb) Harold Land (ts) Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Reggie Andrews, Clarence McDonald (key) Arthur Adams, Cornell Dupree (g) Chuck Rainey (el-b) Stix Hooper (d) King Errison (cga, bgo)

A&R Studios, NYC, December 21, 1971

(tk.8) Wichita Lineman unissued

(tk.6) Workin' On A Groovy Thing -

(tk.3) Inner City Blues Blue Note CDP 7243 5 21152-2

* Various Artists - Deep Blue (Blue Note CDP 7243 5 21152-2)

Bobby Hutcherson Band

Mike Deasy (g) Arthur Lewis (unknown inst.) replaces Dupree, Rainey

A&R Studios, NYC, December 22, 1971

(tk.6) Family Affair unissued

(tk.4) Brother Rap Blue Note (E) B1 97158

(tk.8) Brown Eyed Woman unissued

* Various Artists - Blue Juice, Vol. 2 (Blue Note (E) B1 97158)

Bobby Hutcherson Quartet

Bobby Hutcherson (vib, mar) Todd Cochran (p, el-p) James Leary (b) Michael Carvin (d)

United Artists Studios, West Hollywood, CA, May 24, 1972

Poem Blue Note rejected

Unga -

B's Thang -

Mr. X -

Twenty-Five -

YES! Thanks for posting those...I was aware of a couple of those Blue Note comps, have been trying to track them down. Actually, I have Blue Juice Vol. 2 on order from Amazon UK, but they are waiting to get it back in. That has "Brother Rap" from Bobby, and the other tracks on it sound pretty great too.

I wish Blue Note would release that whole session from 5-24-72, but I suppose it's unlikely at this point.

[AndrewHill]

Saw this in the $5 bin and decided to give it a shot. Woah, count me in the WOW side! The writing is tight and the playing superb. I'm so glad I picked it up. I also found a copy of Now! Haven't spun it yet, but I really bought it kind of blindly because of how impressed I was with Head On. I understand these two albums aren't in the same style per se, but I'm looking forward to it nonetheless.

What did you think of Now!? That's one of my favorite Hutcherson records. Eugene McDaniels, who led the vocalists on that one, lives in my town...he's a great guy and is still singing and writing music.

I was, and am still, blown away by the Head On reissue. The bonus tracks make it for me...I thought it was just "okay" on the original LP release. Some great moments definitely, but not Bobby's best record. But with the bonus tracks it's a whole new ballgame. Not only are the bonus tracks better than much of what's on the original album, I think they actually make the original album sound better by association! I think there is some more unreleased Hutcherson material from around this period and I hope it eventually sees the light of day.

Webcity, I've listened to Now! twice over the last week, and at first, I thought the vocals were off-putting, but strangely I couldn't stop playing the cd either. The second time though, I started to really appreciate McDaniels' vocals and how much he contributes to the music overall. So yeah, I wasn't prepared for something like this, considering that I was used to records like Total Eclipse but this disc is certainly growing on me. An interesting Hutch record to say the least!

[Rooster_Ties]

"Now" is an amazing date. I think the vocals are definitely off-putting in a couple spots (where McDaniels yodels like a damn screaming banshee for a good minute or more - yes, 'yodels' is the word), but otherwise his contributions are indeed a FINE and unexpected ingredient to one hell of a fine album. The symphonic bonus tracks are nice too, kind of a more 'square' version of some otherwise completely 'unsquare' material.

In some ways, "Now" might be one of my all-time favorite Bobby Hutcherson leader dates -- certainly co-equal to one or two others (I'd have to give that some thought as to which ones).

"Now" is like nothing else in the entire BN catalog. Great writing and arranging on the date too. Really unique to the cannon.

[whiskeycat]

I saw a copy of the Connoisseur Series version of "Head On" in my local record store yesterday. Since I never heard it before and with all the discussion going on, I had to pick it up. Really looking forward to listening to this tonight!

Grant Green's "Idle Moments" RVG was the first time I ever saw Booby (it still gives me a sophomoric chuckle). It was also the first time I ever heard him play and been a fan ever since.

[webbcity]

Saw this in the $5 bin and decided to give it a shot. Woah, count me in the WOW side! The writing is tight and the playing superb. I'm so glad I picked it up. I also found a copy of Now! Haven't spun it yet, but I really bought it kind of blindly because of how impressed I was with Head On. I understand these two albums aren't in the same style per se, but I'm looking forward to it nonetheless.

What did you think of Now!? That's one of my favorite Hutcherson records. Eugene McDaniels, who led the vocalists on that one, lives in my town...he's a great guy and is still singing and writing music.

I was, and am still, blown away by the Head On reissue. The bonus tracks make it for me...I thought it was just "okay" on the original LP release. Some great moments definitely, but not Bobby's best record. But with the bonus tracks it's a whole new ballgame. Not only are the bonus tracks better than much of what's on the original album, I think they actually make the original album sound better by association! I think there is some more unreleased Hutcherson material from around this period and I hope it eventually sees the light of day.

Webcity, I've listened to Now! twice over the last week, and at first, I thought the vocals were off-putting, but strangely I couldn't stop playing the cd either. The second time though, I started to really appreciate McDaniels' vocals and how much he contributes to the music overall. So yeah, I wasn't prepared for something like this, considering that I was used to records like Total Eclipse but this disc is certainly growing on me. An interesting Hutch record to say the least!

Glad you like it! Yeah, it's right up there for me...probably my 2nd favorite Hutcherson record, closely following the Medina/Spiral CD that was available for a short time around 10 years ago. I think I was pretty surprised by Now at first too. Now I just think it's brilliant though. I could listen to "Slow Change" all day!

Eugene's voice from that period is an acquired taste for sure, I've seen some comments online from people who aren't crazy about it. I love the "yodeling" though!!

[webbcity]

Just decided to start another discussion on all the remaining unissued Hutcherson material here:

[Guy Berger]

Listened to this for the first time this morning. WOW. Highly recommended to fans of early 70s Miles, early Weather Report, Priester's Love Love, etc.