Montara

by Bobby Hutcherson

Montara cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1975
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:13
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson steers away from the hard bop of his 1960s output to deliver a lush, sun-drenched jazz-funk masterpiece on 'Montara'. Heavily infused with Latin and Afro-Cuban rhythms, the album's incredibly mellow, groove-oriented atmosphere later made it a foundational text for hip-hop sampling and the acid jazz movement.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, rhythmic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Camel Rise (5:35)
  2. Montara (4:58)
  3. (Se Acabo) La Malanga (4:17)
  4. Love Song (5:37)
  5. Little Angel (3:54)
  6. Yuyo (6:42)
  7. Oye Como Va (5:08)

Credits

  • Bobby Hutcherson - primary artist, marimba, vibraphone, arranged by, written-by
  • Jules Chaikin - contractor
  • Hal Brooks - copyist
  • Chuck Domanico - bass
  • Harvey Mason - drums
  • Larry Nash - electric piano [fender rhodes]
  • Plas Johnson - flute, soprano saxophone
  • Fred Jackson, Jr. - flute, tenor saxophone

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