Now! (Bobby Hutcherson album)

1970 studio album by Bobby Hutcherson

Now!

Studio album by

Bobby Hutcherson

Released| June 1970;[1]
October 2004 (CD)
Recorded| October 3, 1969 (#2–3)
November 5, 1969 (#1, 4–5)
August 13, 1977 (CD: #6–9)
Venue| Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
Studio| A&R Studios, New York City
Genre| Hard bop
Post bop
Avant-garde jazz
Length| 35:43 (LP);
48:28 (CD)
Label| Blue Note
BST 84333;
7243 8 66742 2 7
Producer| Duke Pearson (#1–5);
George Butler (CD: #6–9)
Bobby Hutcherson chronology
| Medina
(1969)  | Now!
(1970)  | Blow Up
(1969)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz| [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [4]
Tom Hull| B−[5]

Now! is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label. The album is the first of Hutcherson's to feature vocals, contributed by Gene McDaniels and a chorus. The CD reissue includes four tracks recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl, in 1977.

## Track listing

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Original tracks

1. "Slow Change" (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 7:17
2. "Hello to the Wind" (Chambers, McDaniels) - 5:59
3. "Now" (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 2:46
4. "The Creators" (Herbie Lewis) - 12:35
5. "Black Heroes" (Harold Land) - 7:06

Additional live tracks on CD (2004)

1.   2. "Slow Change" (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 5:05
3. "Now" (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 2:49
4. "Hello to the Wind" (Chambers, McDaniels) - 3:08
5. "Now" [Reprise] (Hutcherson, McDaniels) - 1:43

## Personnel

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Tracks 2–3

* Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone, marimba
* Harold Land \- tenor saxophone
* Kenny Barron \- piano
* Wally Richardson \- guitar
* Herbie Lewis \- bass
* Joe Chambers \- drums
* Candido Camero \- congas
* Gene McDaniels\- lead vocals
* Hilda Harris, Albertine M. Robinson, Christine Spencer - backing vocals

Recorded at A & R Studios, New York on October 3, 1969.

Tracks 1, 4–5

* Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
* Harold Land - tenor saxophone
* Stanley Cowell \- piano, electric piano
* Wally Richardson - guitar
* Herbie Lewis - bass
* Joe Chambers - drums
* Candido Camero - congas, bongo
* Gene McDaniels - lead vocals
* Eileen Gilbert, Christine Spencer, Maeretha Stewart - backing vocals

Recorded at A & R Studios, New York on November 5, 1969.

Tracks 6–9

* Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
* Manny Boyd - tenor sax, soprano sax
* George Cables \- piano
* James Leary - bass
* Eddie Marshall \- drums
* Bobbye Hall Porter \- percussion
* Dale Oehler \- arranger
* Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Calvin Simmons

Recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles on August 13, 1977.

## References

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1. ^ Billboard June 6, 1970
2. ^ Now! at AllMusic
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 740\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 107\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. ^ Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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The year(s) indicated apply to the recording(s),
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Studio albums|

* The Kicker (1963)
* Dialogue (1965)
* Components (1965)
* Happenings (1966)
* Stick-Up! (1966)
* Oblique (1967)
* Patterns (1968)
* Total Eclipse (1968)
* Spiral (1968)
* Medina (1969)
* Now! (1969)
* San Francisco (1970)
* Head On (1971)
* Natural Illusions (1972)
* Cirrus (1974)
* Linger Lane (1974)
* Inner Glow (1975)
* Montara (1975)
* Waiting (1976)
* The View from the Inside (1976)
* Knucklebean (1977)
* Highway One (1978)
* Conception: The Gift of Love (1979)
* Un Poco Loco (1979)
* Solo / Quartet (1982)
* Four Seasons (1983)
* Good Bait (1984)
* Color Schemes (1985)
* Cruisin' the 'Bird (1988)
* Ambos Mundos (1989)
* Mirage (1991)
* Enjoy the View (2014)

Live
albums|

* Blow Up (1969)
* Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (1973)
* Farewell Keystone (1982)
* In the Vanguard (1986)

Discography

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
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Albums

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co-leader|

* You Had Better Listen (with Jimmy Owens, 1967)
* Sunset to Dawn (1973)
* Peruvian Blue (1974)
* In Tandem (and Ted Dunbar, 1975)
* Lucifer (1975)
* Innocence (1978)
* Together (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
* Golden Lotus (1980)
* Kenny Barron at the Piano (1981)
* Imo Live (1982)
* Spiral (1982)
* Green Chimneys (1983–87)
* 1+1+1 (1984)
* Autumn in New York (1984)
* Landscape (1984)
* Scratch (1985)
* The Red Barron Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1986)
* Two as One (and Buster Williams, 1986)
* What If? (1986)
* Live at Fat Tuesdays (1988)
* Rhythm-a-Ning (and John Hicks, 1989)
* Invitation (1990)
* Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Ten (1990)
* The Only One (1990)
* Confirmation (and Barry Harris, 1991)
* Lemuria-Seascape (1991)
* The Moment (1991)
* Quickstep (1991)
* Sambao (1992)
* Other Places (1993)
* Wanton Spirit (1994)
* Swamp Sally (and Mino Cinelu, 1995)
* Things Unseen (1995)
* Live at Bradley's (1996)
* Live at Bradley's II (1996)
* Night and the City (and Charlie Haden, 1996)
* Spirit Song (1999)
* Canta Brasil (2000)
* Freefall (and Regina Carter, 2000)
* Images (2003)
* Super Standard (2004)
* The Traveler (2007)
* Minor Blues (2009)
* Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights (2012)
* The Art of Conversation (and Dave Holland, 2014)
* Book of Intuition (2015)
* Concentric Circles (2018)
* Without Deception (and Dave Holland, 2020)
* The Source (2023)
* Beyond This Place (2024)

Member of
Sphere|

* Four in One (1982)
* Flight Path (1983)
* Sphere On Tour (1985)
* Pumpkin's Delight (1986)
* Four for All (1987)
* Bird Songs (1988)

With
Bill
Barron|

* Modern Windows (1961)
* The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron (1961)
* Hot Line (1962)
* West Side Story Bossa Nova (1963)
* Jazz Caper (1978)
* Variations in Blue (1983)
* Live at Cobi's 2 (1985)
* The Next Plateau (1987)

With
Ron
Carter|

* Pastels (1976)
* Yellow & Green (1976)
* Peg Leg (1977)
* Piccolo (1977)
* A Song for You (1978)
* Pick 'Em (1978)
* New York Slick (1979)
* Patrão (1980)
* Super Strings (1981)
* So What? (1998)

With
Stan
Getz|

* Voyage (1986)
* Anniversary! (1987)
* Serenity (1987)
* Bossas & Ballads – The Lost Sessions (1989)
* People Time: The Complete Recordings (1991)

With
Dizzy
Gillespie|

* Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963)
* Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1963)
* Something Old, Something New (1963)
* I/We Had a Ball (multiple leaders, 1964)
* Jambo Caribe (1964)
* The Cool World (1964)
* Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert (multiple leaders, 1965)
* The Melody Lingers On (1966)

With
Freddie
Hubbard|

* High Blues Pressure (1967)
* A Soul Experiment (1968–69)
* The Black Angel (1969)
* Sing Me a Song of Songmy (İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970)
* Super Blue (1978)
* Outpost (1981)
* The Rose Tattoo (1983)

With
Yusef
Lateef|

* The Centaur and the Phoenix (arranger, 1960)
* The Gentle Giant (1970–71)
* Part of the Search (1971–73)
* Hush 'N' Thunder (1972)
* 10 Years Hence (1974)
* The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976)

With
James
Moody|

* Another Bag (1962)
* Comin' On Strong (1963)
* Moody and the Brass Figures (1966)
* The Blues and Other Colors (1968–69)
* Feelin' It Together (1973)

With
Buddy
Rich|

* The Last Blues Album Volume 1 (1974)
* Transition (and Lionel Hampton, 1974)
* Very Live at Buddy's Place (1974)
* Speak No Evil (released 1976)

With
others|

* Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (Karrin Allyson, 2015)
* Live at the Blue Note (Franco Ambrosetti, 1992)
* Mustang (Curtis Amy, 1967)
* Old Bottles - New Wine (Ray Anderson, 1985)
* The Best Thing for You (Chet Baker, 1977)
* You Can't Go Home Again (Chet Baker, 1977)
* Studio Trieste (Chet Baker and Hubert Laws, 1982)
* Bad Benson (George Benson, 1974)
* Code Red (Cindy Blackman, 1990)
* The Oracle (Cindy Blackman, 1995)
* Shining Hour (Larry Coryell, 1989)
* Quicksand (Ted Curson, 1974)
* Continuum (Ray Drummond, 1994)
* Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967)
* Tex Book Tenor (Booker Ervin, 1968)
* All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald, 1989)
* Awakening (Sonny Fortune, 1975)
* Two for the Blues (Frank Foster and Frank Wess, 1983)
* Frankly Speaking (Frank Foster and Frank Wess, 1984)
* Tiger in the Rain (Michael Franks, 1978)
* Man & Woman (George Freeman, 1974)
* Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (Jim Hall, 1996)
* Light and Lively (Louis Hayes, 1989)
* Una Max (Louis Hayes, 1989)
* The Gap Sealer (Albert Heath, 1972)
* Kwanza (The First) (Jimmy Heath, 1973)
* Now! (Bobby Hutcherson, 1969)
* In the Vanguard (Bobby Hutcherson, 1986)
* New Agenda (Elvin Jones, 1975)
* Time Capsule (Elvin Jones, 1977)
* The Bassist! (Sam Jones, 1979)
* We're Goin' Up (Eric Kloss, 1967)
* Jazz Nocturne (Lee Konitz, 1992)
* Number Two Express (Christian McBride, 1995)
* Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown (Helen Merrill, 1995)
* Never Never Land (Jane Monheit, 2000)
* Peace and Rhythm (Idris Muhammad, 1971)
* A Time for Love (Arturo Sandoval, 2010)
* This Bud's for You... (Bud Shank, 1984)
* Solid (Woody Shaw, 1986)
* Kamau (Charles Sullivan, 1995)
* Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972)
* A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine, 1967)
* Jazz French Horn (Tom Varner, 1985)
* Listen Here (Roseanna Vitro, 1982)
* Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington, 1967)
* Two at the Top (Frank Wess and Johnny Coles, 1983)
* New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003)

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