Dialogue
by Bobby Hutcherson
- Type: Album
- Released: 1965
- Label: Blue Note
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:22
- Community rating: 5/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A landmark session from the Blue Note avant-garde, 'Dialogue' exemplifies the movement's 'structured freedom.' Featuring a unique and colorful ensemble, the music navigates tense, rhythmically complex themes before breaking into sections of freer, textural improvisation. The album is a key document of how the era's leading innovators were applying rigorous compositional thought to the new freedoms of the avant-garde.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, piano, complex, classic, elegant
Tracklist
- Catta (7:19)
- Idle While (6:38)
- Les Noirs Marchant (6:41)
- Dialogue (9:59)
- Ghetto Lights (6:45)
Credits
- Bobby Hutcherson - primary artist, vibraphone, marimba
- Richard Davis - bass
- Reid Miles - design [cover]
- Joe Chambers - drums, written-by
- Alfred Bennett Spellman, Jr. - liner notes
- Francis Wolff - photography by [cover photo]
- Andrew Hill - piano, written-by
- Alfred Lion - producer
- Rudy Van Gelder - recorded by [recording by], lacquer cut by
- Sam Rivers - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet