Dialogue is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label in 1965. This was Hutcherson's first LP released as bandleader (an earlier session, The Kicker, has since been issued on CD by Blue Note) following work with Eric Dolphy. The album features four Andrew Hill compositions and two Joe Chambers pieces. It has received widespread critical acclaim and is considered by most critics one of Hutcherson's greatest achievements.
Composition and recording
Written in an 8/4 Latin style, the opener, "Catta", is the most conventional piece on the album (as drummer Chambers said in the liner notes; "conventional?").[4] "Idle While" is a lyrical waltz provided by Chambers. "Les Noirs Marchant", meaning "The Blacks' March" is a militaristic style free song dedicated to the civil rights movement.[4] "Dialogue" is the most free in nature, with an ominous opening phrase played by Hutcherson, before the others proceed to abandon the idea of a solo. "Ghetto Lights" was written whilst Bobby was at Hill's house and was inspired by a tune played by Hill's wife, Laverne. As Hutcherson recounted, "some of her tunes had a real ghetto feel".[5] "Jasper" was originally released on the 1968 record Spiral.
Reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it the maximum five stars, as well as the special "crown" accolade in the first and second editions. According to the authors: "Dialogue stands head and shoulders above [Hutcherson's other classic Blue Note dates]. Drawing on some of the free-harmonic and -rhythmic innovations developed on Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch (on which Hutcherson played), he began to develop a complex contrapuntal style that involved parallel melodies rather than unisons and complex rhythmic patterns which he conceived... as focal points round which the musicians operated."[3] AllMusic's Steve Huey gave the album five stars as well writing: "Dialogue remains Hutcherson's most adventurous, "outside" album, and while there are more extensive showcases for his playing, this high-caliber session stands as arguably his greatest musical achievement".
Track listing
- "Catta" (Hill) - 7:19
- "Idle While" (Chambers) - 6:37
- "Les Noirs Marchant" (Hill) - 6:41
- "Dialogue" (Chambers) - 9:59
- "Ghetto Lights" (Hill) - 6:16
- "Jasper" (Hill) - 8:29 Bonus track on CD reissue
References
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- Open Sesame (1960)
- Goin' Up (1960)
- Hub Cap (1961)
- Minor Mishap/Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson, 1961)
- Ready for Freddie (1961)
- The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
- Hub-Tones (1962)
- Here to Stay (1962)
- The Body & the Soul (1963)
- Breaking Point! (1964)
- Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965)
- The Night of the Cookers (1965)
- Blue Spirits (1965–66)
- Backlash (1966)
- High Blues Pressure (1967)
- A Soul Experiment (1968–69)
- The Black Angel (1969)
- The Hub of Hubbard (1970)
- Red Clay (1970)
- Straight Life (1970)
- Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970)
- First Light (1971)
- Polar AC (1971–73)
- Sky Dive (1972)
- Keep Your Soul Together (1973)
- Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert
Volume One (1973)
- In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974)
- High Energy (1974)
- Gleam (1975)
- Liquid Love (1975)
- Windjammer (1976)
- Bundle of Joy (1977)
- Super Blue (1978)
- The Love Connection (1979)
- Skagly (1979)
- Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980)
- The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980)
- The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980)
- Born to Be Blue (1981)
- Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981)
- Outpost (1981)
- Rollin' (1981)
- Splash (1981)
- Above & Beyond (1982)
- Back to Birdland (1982)
- Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982)
- Ride Like the Wind (1982)
- The Rose Tattoo (1983)
- Sweet Return (1983)
- Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985)
- Life Flight (1987)
- The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987)
- Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988)
- Times Are Changing (1989)
- Topsy – Standard Book (1989)
- Bolivia (1990–91)
- At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91:
A Tribute to Miles (1991)
- Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991)
- Blues for Miles (1992)
- MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95)
- New Colors (2000)
- On the Real Side (2007)
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With Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers | |
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With Dexter Gordon | |
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With Herbie Hancock | |
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With Bobby Hutcherson | |
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With Quincy Jones | |
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With Wayne Shorter | |
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With others |
- The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
- The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson, 1969)
- Out of This World (Walter Benton, 1960)
- True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960)
- God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell, 1971)
- Cables' Vision (George Cables, 1979)
- Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990)
- Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman, 1960)
- Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1961)
- Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961)
- Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965)
- Muses for Richard Davis (1969)
- Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1960)
- Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964)
- Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960)
- Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland, 1973)
- Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967)
- Interplay (Bill Evans, 1962)
- Sonic Text (Joe Farrell, 1979)
- Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
- Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
- Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
- Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson, 1961)
- Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962)
- Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959)
- Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton, 1960)
- Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
- The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961)
- Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
- Big Band (Joe Henderson, 1996)
- Pax (Andrew Hill, 1965)
- Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965)
- Sunflower (Milt Jackson, 1972)
- Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973)
- 52nd Street (Billy Joel, 1978)
- Reg Strikes Back (Elton John, 1988)
- J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
- Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan, 1982)
- Essence (John Lewis, 1960–62)
- Water Sign (Jeff Lorber, 1979)
- Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews, 1963)
- Bluesnik (Jackie McLean, 1961)
- MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994)
- Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery, 1958)
- Roll Call (Hank Mobley, 1960)
- The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1961)
- Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson, 1966)
- The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
- Contours (Sam Rivers, 1965)
- Drums Unlimited (Max Roach, 1965)
- East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
- Numbers (Rufus, 1978)
- Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
- Giant Box (Don Sebesky, 1973)
- Sugar (Stanley Turrentine, 1970)
- Together (McCoy Tyner, 1978)
- Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980)
- Soundscapes (Cedar Walton, 1980)
- Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
- Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. |
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With others |
- Miles in Tokyo (with Miles Davis, 1964)
- Change (with Andrew Hill, 1966)
- Conference of the Birds (with Dave Holland, 1972)
- Dialogue (with Bobby Hutcherson, 1965)
- Black Stars (with Jason Moran, 2001)
- In the Name of... (James Blood Ulmer's Music Revelation Ensemble, 1993)
- Capricorn Rising (and Don Pullen, 1975)
- The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor (with Cecil Taylor, 1969)
- Life Time (with Tony Williams, 1964)
- Spring (with Tony Williams, 1965)
- Into Somethin' (with Larry Young, 1964)
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