Happenings - 2024 European Blue Note Label 7-track LP Reissue

BOBBY HUTCHERSON Happenings (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series 2024 UK/EU limited edition 7-track stereo LP pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl at Optimal Media in Germany, mastered from the original analogue tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio. Originally released in 1967 this sublime post-bop outing presents six captivating Hutcherson originals including the spellbinding ballad Bouquet, the Latin-tinged Rojo, and the hard-charging Head Start, as well a version of Hancock's now-classic composition Maiden Voyage. Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed. Recommended)

TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
The crystalline sound of Bobby Hutcherson's vibraphone was an essential element of a broad range of Blue Note albums throughout the 1960s, spanning the stylistic spectrum from the hard bop of Grant Green's Idle Moments to the post-bop of Joe Henderson's Mode For Joe to the soul jazz of Big John Patton's Let ‘Em Roll to the avant-garde of Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch!

Following his brilliant 1965 album Components, Hutcherson returned to Van Gelder Studio in February 1966 for his fourth Blue Note session as a leader, Happenings, which would be his first to feature a quartet. This sublime post-bop outing presented six captivating Hutcherson originals including the spellbinding ballad "Bouquet," the Latin-tinged "Rojo," and the hard-charging "Head Start," as well a version of Hancock's now-classic composition "Maiden Voyage," which the pianist had recorded for his own Blue Note album of the same name the year prior.

Tracklisting.

Side 1.
1. Aquarian Moon
2. Bouquet
3. Rojo

Side 2.
1. Maiden Voyage
2. Head Start
3. When You Are Near
4. The Omen