Bobby Hutcherson RIP

[mikeweil]

This 1990 release is among my favourites, for the intriguing multi-layered firrst half (or LP side one.):

[JSngry]

Just now, mikeweil said:

This 1990 release is among my favourites, for the intriguing multi-layered firrst half (or LP side one.):

Yep.

[Gheorghe]

12 hours ago, mikeweil said:

This 1990 release is among my favourites, for the intriguing multi-layered firrst half (or LP side one.):

First I was more than puzzled when I saw a thread "Hutch RIP" since I thought I remember he died many years ago. 

I love Hutcherson very very much and of course have many of his and saw him live of course. 

This album I didn´t get, Amazon said its OOP when I wanted to buy it. 

But it seemed to have on it some members I saw with Hutch in that conception (maybe Herbie Lewis ? ) among others.

I saw live an incredible Allstar quartet with McLean, Hutch, Herbie Lewis and Billy Higgins !!!!!!!!! What a shame they didn´t make an album, it would have been one of the greatests, since the concert was one of the greatests I ever saw....., I still have the music in my head how it was played....

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Someone posted that they were listening to the SF Jazz Collective recording from 2005 that had Bobby playing on it and for some reason, I googled Bobby just to refresh my memory of this era of his playing. I tripped over an interesting discussion on reddit: 

The interesting quote from his daughter was that "The song "Ummh" paid for his house in Montara. I live in his house to this day, raising my kids Ruby and my son Bobby".

I did not know that Hutcherson's "Ummh" was some sort of moneymaker for him. Does anyone know how this one tune made him enough money to buy a house? Was it some sort of jukebox hit that I never knew about?

[Niko]

according to wikipedia, it paid for the land, the house Hutcherson still had to build himself... still, good question!

[Holy Ghost]

Huge! Love Hutch, never got to see him live nor Jackie. Some of you did. Destination...Out!!

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but it was a pretty incredible night when I got to see Hutcherson, McLean, Hill, Higgins & Scott Colley at Aaron Davis Hall in 2000.

[Holy Ghost]

6 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but it was a pretty incredible night when I got to see Hutcherson, McLean, Hill, Higgins & Scott Colley at Aaron Davis Hall in 2000.

Great photo. So interesting that Hutcherson never wore a suit in the 60's-70's but wore a suit/tux in the 80's thereafter; e.g., 

to:

What an incredible career, an incredible muscian. 

[Eric]

Always loved Now, the album cover and all.

[HutchFan]

4 hours ago, Holy Ghost said:

What an incredible career, an incredible muscian.

Amen to THAT.

 

[Holy Ghost]

7 hours ago, Eric said:

Always loved Now, the album cover and all.

So happy to have it. So different and unique. Terrific record. 

[BFrank]

I saw him a number of times in the 70s at the Keystone Korner. Needless to say, he was a regular as both a leader and band member.

Then I started seeing him again at SFJAZZ over the past 20 years or so. Again as a leader and with other artists. He was also a founding member of the SFJAZZ Collective.

His final few years were sad because he had to use oxygen to overcome difficulties with emphysema. But he still continued to play for a while and never let that handicap slow him down.