Oblique (album)

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Oblique
Hutcherson Oblique.jpg
Studio album by
Bobby Hutcherson
Released1979
RecordedJuly 21, 1967
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz; post-bop
Length41:02
LabelBlue Note
GXF-3061
ProducerAlfred Lion
Bobby Hutcherson chronology
Stick-Up!
(1966) 		Oblique
(1979) 		Patterns
(1968)
Alternative cover
2005 RVG Edition
2005 RVG Edition

Oblique is an album by vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, featuring performances by Herbie Hancock, Albert Stinson, and Joe Chambers.[1] The album was recorded on July 21, 1967.[2] Oblique was Hutcherson's second recording in a quartet setting, after Happenings,[1] The personnel on Happenings are identical, save the replacement of Bob Cranshaw with Stinson,[1] but did not get released by Blue Note until 1979 as a limited edition in Japan, followed by a regular issue in 1980.[3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 stars[2]

AllMusic reviewer Steve Huey awarded four and a half stars to the album, saying: "All the performances are spirited enough to make the sophisticated music sound winning and accessible as well, which means that Oblique is one of the better entries in Hutcherson's Blue Note discography and one worth tracking down."[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that the quartet recording was "a likeable enough set, but [it] doesn't really add anything to the language of the first [Happenings]".[2]

Track listing[]

  1. "'Til Then" (Hutcherson) - 4:44
  2. "My Joy" (Hutcherson) - 7:10
  3. "Theme from Blow Up" (Hancock) - 8:13
  4. "Subtle Neptune" (Hutcherson) - 8:33
  5. "Oblique" (Chambers) - 7:18
  6. "Bi-Sectional" (Chambers) - 5:04

Source:[1]

Personnel[]

Source:[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f AllMusic
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 740. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Oblique at Discogs


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