The Complete Bobby Hutcherson Discography - Last Updated 5/6/2007 1
The Complete Bobby Hutcherson Discography Compiled by Scott Mortensen
The discography is album-based, rather than session-based. Entries are listed chronologically, by recording date. (Hutchersons compilation albums appear at the end of the list.) Entries with Hutcherson as a sideman are shaded gray. Hutcherson leader and co-leader entries are unshaded. LP label and catalog information are for the original release. CD label and catalog information are for the most recent
release. If you notice any errors or omissions please contact me at [email protected].
I. Recordings as a Leader, Co-Leader, and Sideman
Leader / Album Name Label & Cat Nos. Tracks (Composers)
Personnel / Recording Date & Location
Various Artists / This Is The Blues, Vol.1
LP: Pacific Jazz PJ 13 CD: Les McCann Ltd. In New York (Pacific Jazz CDP-7-92929-2) [This CD includes the two cuts from This Is the Blues, Vol. 1 with BH] BH on tracks 1 & 4
1 Oatmeal - Les McCann (McCann, Hutcherson) 2 Tellin' Em About It - Les McCann (McCann) 3 This Is The Blues - Curtis Amy & Paul Bryant (Amy) 4 One More Hamhock Please - Les McCann (Amy) 5 Red Shirt - Teddy Edwards Septet (Edwards, Witherspoon) 6 Blowin' The Blues - Harold Land & Jackie Davis (Davis, Wilson)
Tracks 1 & 4: Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Curtis Amy (ts); Les McCann (p); Herbie Lewis (b); Ron Jefferson (d) Late 1960 Los Angeles, CA
Curtis Amy & Frank Butler / Groovin Blue
LP: Pacific Jazz ST 19 CD: Toshiba-EMI PJ0019 (Japan) and included on Mosaic Select: Curtis Amy (MS-007)
1 Gone Into It (Amy) 2 Annsome (Amy) 3 Bobbin (Amy) 4 Groovin Blue (Amy) 5 Beautiful You (Amy) 6 Very Frank (Amy)
Curtis Amy (ts); Carmell Jones (tp); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Frank Strazzeri (p); Jimmy Bond (b); Frank Butler (d) Recording date (?); released 1961 Hollywood, CA
Ron Jefferson / Love Lifted Me
LP: Pacific Jazz ST 36 CD: Toshiba-EMI PJ0036 (Japan)
1 Love Lifted Me (Traditional) 2 For Carl Perkins (Vinnegar) 3 Little One (Jefferson) 4 Ivy League Blues (Newborn) 5 Flamingo (Anderson, Grouya) 6 George's Dilemma (R. Powell)
Ron Jefferson (d); "Tricky" Lofton (tb); Wilbur Brown (ts); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Frank Strazzeri (p); Leroy Vinnegar (b) Recording date (?); released 1962 Hollywood, CA
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Leader / Album Name Label & Cat Nos. Tracks (Composers)
Personnel / Recording Date & Location
Al Grey / Snap Your Fingers
LP: Argo LP 700 CD: Verve 000060302 and Lonehill Jazz LHJ10137 (Spain) [released in BHs name as The Al Grey & Dave Burns Sessions]
LP Tracks: 1 Nothing But the Truth (Bowen) 2 Three-Fourth Blues (Kee) 3 Just Waiting (Liston) 4 R.B.Q. (Kee) 5 Green Dolphin Street (Kaper, Washington) Bonus Tracks (Verve CD only): 6 Minor on Top (Jones) 7 African Lady (Liston) 8 Hi Fly (Weston) The Lonehill CD includes three complete original Al Grey albums: Snap Your Fingers, Night Song, and Having a Ball (less two songs without BH).
Tracks 1-5: Dave Burns (tp); Al Grey (tb); Billy Mitchell (ts); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Floyd Morris (p); Herman Wright (b); Eddie Williams (d) 19 Feb 62 Chicago, IL Tracks 6-8 (Verve CD): Donald Byrd (tp); Al Grey (tb); Billy Mitchell (ts); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Herbie Hancock (p); Herman Wright (b); Eddie Williams (d) 31 Jan 62 New York, NY
Billy Mitchell / This Is Billy Mitchell
LP: Smash SRS-67027 CD: Verve 065507
1 J and B (Mitchell) 2 Sophisticated Lady (Ellington, Mills, Parish) 3 You Turned the Tables on Me (Alter, Mitchell) 4 Passionova (Hines) 5 Tamra (Wallace) 6 Automation (Burns) 7 Just Waiting (Liston) 8 Siam (Kee)
Billy Mitchell (ts); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Dave Burns (tp); Billy Wallace (p); Herman Wright (b); Otis Candy Finch (d); Sleepy Anderson (org) 29-30 Oct 62 Chicago, IL
Al Grey / Night Song
LP: Argo PS-711 CD: Lonehill Jazz LHJ10137 (Spain) [released in BHs name as The Al Grey & Dave Burns Sessions]
LP Tracks: 1 Blues in the Night (Arlen, Mercer) 2 Stella by Starlight (Washington, Young) 3 The Way You Look Tonight (Fields, Kern) 4 Through for the Night (Young) 5 Stardust (Carmichael, Parish) 6 Night and Day (Cole Porter) 7 Laughing Tonight (Frisch, Alfred) The Lonehill CD includes three complete original Al Grey albums: Snap Your Fingers, Night Song, and Having a Ball (less two songs without BH).
Al Grey (tb); Billy Mitchell (ts); Dave Burns (tp); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Earl Washington (p); Herman Wright (b); Otis Candy Finch (d); Phil Thomas (per) 2 & 5 Nov 62 Chicago, IL
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Leader / Album Name Label & Cat Nos. Tracks (Composers)
Personnel / Recording Date & Location
Dave Burns / Warming Up
LP: Vanguard VRS-9143 This recording was recently re-issued by Vanguard (LP format only; no CD).
1 Day by Day (Cahn, Stordahl) 2 Now Ain't It (Liston) 3 I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Fields, McHugh) 4 Richie's Dilemma (Mabern) 5 Slippers (Burns) 6 Warm Up (Farrell) 7 My Romance (Hart, Rodgers) 8 Rigor Mortez (Burns)
Dave Burns (tp); Billy Mitchell (ts); Al Grey (tb); Harold Mabern (p); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Herman Wright (b); Otis "Candy" Finch (d); Willie Corea (tymboli) Recording date (?); released 1962 Location (?)
Al Grey / Having a Ball
LP: Argo 718 CD: Lonehill Jazz LHJ10137 (Spain) [released in BHs name as The Al Grey & Dave Burns Sessions] BH on all tracks except 2 and 7
LP Tracks: 1 Deep Fried (Grey) 2 One Day Ill Show You (McAlister) 3 Something's Got A Hold On Me (Woods, Kirkland, James) 4 I Don't Want To Cry (Jackson, Dixon) 5 Stand By Me (King, Glick) 6 Boss Tina (Grey) 7 Rinky Dink (Clowney) 8 Stone Crazy (Grey) The Lonehill CD includes three complete original Al Grey albums: Snap Your Fingers, Night Song, and Having a Ball (less two songs without BHOne Day Ill Show You and Rinky Dink).
Dave Burns (tp); Al Grey (tb); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Hugh Lawson (p); Calvin Newborn (g); Herman Wright (b); Otis "Candy" Finch (d) 29 Jan 63 New York, NY
Jackie McLean / One Step Beyond
LP: Blue Note BST 84137 CD: Blue Note CDP 7 46821 2 and included on Mosaic Select: Grachan Moncur III (MS-001)
1 Saturday and Sunday (McLean) 2 Saturday and Sunday (McLean) [alternate] [CD bonus track] 3 Frankenstein (Moncur) 4 Blue Rondo (McLean) 5 Ghost Town (Moncur)
Grachan Moncur III (tb); Jackie McLean (as); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Eddie Khan (b); Tony Williams (d) 30 Apr 63 Englewood Cliffs, NJ
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Leader / Album Name Label & Cat Nos. Tracks (Composers)
Personnel / Recording Date & Location
Eric Dolphy / Iron Man
LP: Douglas SD 785 CD: Fuel 2000 Records 3020612422 BH on tracks 1, 2 & 4
1 Iron Man (Dolphy) 2 Mandrake (Dolphy) 3 Come Sunday (Ellington) 4 Burning Spear (Dolphy) 5 Ode to Charlie Parker (Byard)
Eric Dolphy (as, fl, b-cl); Prince Lasha (fl); Clifford Jordan (ss); Sonny Simmons (as); Woody Shaw (tp); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Richard Davis, Eddie Khan (b); J.C. Moses (d) 1, 4 July 63 New York, NY
Eric Dolphy / Conversations
LP: FM 308 CD: Fuel 2000 Records 3020611342 BH on track 1 only
1 Jitterbug Waltz (Maltby, Waller) 2 Music Matador (Lasha, Simmons) 3 Love Me (Washington, Young) 4 Alone Together (Dietz, Schwartz)
Eric Dolphy (as, fl, b-cl); Prince Lasha (fl); Clifford Jordan (ss); Sonny Simmons (as); Woody Shaw (tp); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Richard Davis, Eddie Khan (b); J.C. Moses (d) 1, 4 July 63 New York, NY
Jackie McLean / Destination Out!
LP: Blue Note BST 84165 CD: Blue Note CD 92424 (RVG Edition) and included on Mosaic Select: Grachan Moncur III (MS-001)
1 Love and Hate (Moncur) 2 Esoteric (Moncur) 3 Kahlil the Prophet (McLean) 4 Riff Raff (Moncur)
Grachan Moncur III (tb); Jackie McLean (as); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Larry Ridley (b); Roy Haynes (d) 20 Sept 63 Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Grant Green / Idle Moments
LP: Blue Note BLP 4154 CD: Blue Note 7243 4 99003 2 5 (RVG Edition)
1 Idle Moments (Pearson) 2 Jean de Fleur (Green) 3 Django (Lewis) 4 Nomad (Pearson) CD Bonus Tracks: 5 Jean de Fleur [alternate] (Green) 6 Django [alternate] (Lewis)
Joe Henderson (ts); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Duke Pearson (p); Grant Green (g); Bob Cranshaw (b); Al Harewood (d) 4, 15 Nov 63 Englewood Cliffs, NJ
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Leader / Album Name Label & Cat Nos. Tracks (Composers)
Personnel / Recording Date & Location
Grachan Moncur III / Evolution
LP: Blue Note BST 84153 CD: Blue Note CDP 7 84153 2 and included on Mosaic Select: Grachan Moncur III (MS-001)
1 Air Raid (Moncur) 2 Evolution (Moncur) 3 The Coaster (Moncur) 4 Monk in Wonderland (Moncur)
Lee Morgan (tp); Grachan Moncur III (tb); Jackie McLean (as); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Bob Cranshaw (b); Tony Williams (d) 21 Nov 63 Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Bobby Hutcherson / The Kicker
CD: Blue Note 7243 5 21437 2 6 BHs first session as a leader was not released until 1999.
1 If Ever I Would Leave You (Lerner, Loewe) 2 Mirrors (Chambers) 3 For Duke P. (Hutcherson) 4 The Kicker (Henderson) 5 Step Lightly (Henderson) 6 Bedouin (Pearson)
Bobby Hutcherson (vib); Joe Henderson (ts); Duke Pearson (p); Grant Green (g
