Bobby Hutcherson Quartet at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson is quite literally responsible for the good vibes behind some of the most adventurous recordings in the Blue Note catalog. Through the years since those seminal 1960’s dates, he has contributed to the self-awareness of jazz as art and infused modern ideas into the bop and swing that preoccupied his salad days. The arc of Hutcherson’s career parallels that of the idiom. He has worked with free jazz progenitors like Eric Dolphy and Andrew Hill, hard bop icons like Freddie Hubbard and Jackie McLean, and lately, post-modern masters like McCoy Tyner, Al Foster and Renee Rosnes...

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NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson is quite literally responsible for the good vibes behind some of the most adventurous recordings in the Blue Note catalog. Through the years since those seminal 1960’s dates, he has contributed to the self-awareness of jazz as art and infused modern ideas into the bop and swing that preoccupied his salad days. The arc of Hutcherson’s career parallels that of the idiom. He has worked with free jazz progenitors like Eric Dolphy and Andrew Hill, hard bop icons like Freddie Hubbard and Jackie McLean, and lately, post-modern masters like McCoy Tyner, Al Foster and Renee Rosnes. Discount pricing for 9:00 pm show.

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