Here is a friendly reminder... Our next concert will be Monday, November 24, 2014 at 7:30 pm in Regenstein Recital Hall (MCR) and will showcase our Small Jazz Ensembles in a concert entitled The Different Shades of Bobby Hutcherson. Easily one of jazzs greatest vibraphonists, Bobby Hutcherson epitomized his instrument in relation to the era in which he came of age the way Lionel Hampton did with swing or Milt Jackson with bop. He isnt as well-known as those two forebears, perhaps because he started out in less-accessible territory when he emerged in the 60s playing cerebral, challenging modern jazz that often bordered on avant-garde. Along with Gary Burton, the other seminal vibraphone talent of the 60s, Hutcherson helped modernize his instrument by redefining what could be done with it -- sonically, technically, melodically, and emotionally. In the process, he became one of the defining (if underappreciated) voices in the so-called new thing portion of Blue Notes glorious 60s roster. Hutcherson gradually moved into a more mainstream, modal post-bop style that, if not as adventurous as his early work, still maintained his reputation as one of the most advanced masters of his instrument.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:16:04 +0000
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