Bobby Hutcherson – Montara
Bobby Hutcherson – Montara
Bobby Hutcherson – Montara
Bobby Hutcherson – Montara

Bobby Hutcherson – Montara

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Vibraphone, marimba - Bobby Hutcherson [click here to see more products featuring Bobby Hutcherson]

Bass – Chuck Domanico (A1, A4, B1), Dave Troncoso (A2-3, B3)

Drums – Harvey Mason (A1, A4, B1)

Electric Piano – Larry Nash (A1 to B3)

Flute – Plas Johnson (A1), Fred Jackson (A1), Ernie Watts (A2 to B3)

Tenor Saxophone – Fred Jackson (A1), Ernie Watts (all tracks)

Guitar – Dennis Budimir (A1)

Percussion – Bobby Matos (all tracks), Johnny Paloma (all tracks), Ralph MacDonald (A1, A4, B1), Victor Pantoja (all tracks), Rudy Calzado (A2-3, B2-3)

Trumpet – Oscar Brashear (A1-3, B3), Blue Mitchell (A2 to B3)

Piano – Eddie Cano (A2-3, B2-3)

Mallets – Willie Bobo (A4, B1)

Soprano Saxophone – Plas Johnson (A4, B1)

Arranged by Dale Oehler (A1), Bobby Hutcherson (A2-3, B2-3), Dale Oehler (A2 to B3)

Written by B. Hutcherson (A2, B2), G. Cables (A1, A4), R. Calzado (A3), E. Martinez (B1), T. Puente (B3)

 

 

1 LP, standard sleeve

Original analog Master tape : YES

Heavy Press : 180g

Record color : black

Speed : 33RPM

Size : 12”

Stereo

Studio

Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated

Label : Blue Note Tone Poet

Original Label : Blue Note

Recorded by Phil Schier at the Record Plant, Los Angeles, Ca. on Aug. 12 & 14, 1975.

Mixed by Phil Schier at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, Ca.

Executive-Producer – George Butler

Original session produced by Dale Oehler

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

Reissue produced by Joe Harley

Originally Released in 1975

Reissued in October 2025

 

 

Tracks :

Side A:

  1. Fried Pies
  2. In Memory Of
  3. Niger Mambo

Side B:

  1. Make Someone Happy
  2. Jodi's Cha Cha
  3. Sunday in New York


 

          Review :

          “With the possible exception of Grover Washington's Feels So Good, no other album captured the spirit of jazz in 1975 like Bobby Hutcherson's Montara. Recorded in his hometown of L.A., Montara is the very sound of groove jazz coming out of fusion, and Latin jazz's tough salsa rhythms coming home to roost in something more warm and effluvial that would meet the populace where it was changing and mellowing out rather than making it sit up and take notice. That said, Montara is, like the Washington record, a masterpiece of the genre even though it isn't celebrated in the same way. Featuring a stellar cast of musicians -- among them Willie Bobo, Blue Mitchell, Bobby Matos, Ernie Watts, Harvey Mason, Plas Johnson, Fred Jackson, Larry Nash, and Chuck Domanico -- Montara is a portrait of Hutcherson's complex gift of subtlety and virtuosity. Whether it's the funky Weather Report dance of "Camel Rise," with Nash's electric piano and the horns weaving around one another in a soulful samba melody, the sweet soulful groove of the title track, where Hutcherson's solo lilts to the point of actually singing, the killer Cuban salsa of "La Malanga," done in complete minor-key frenzy (all the while without losing the easy, slippery grace of soul-jazz), the shimmering echoplexed electric piano and vibes interplay on "Love Song," or the steaming, burning gasoline orgy of Hutcherson's read of Santana's "Oye Como Va," with a killer flute line by Watts winding its way through a knotty bassline and multi-part percussion, the effect is the same: blissed-out moving and grooving for a summer day. Hutcherson's chameleon-like ability to shape-shift is truly remarkable as a sideman and especially as a leader. He never overplays, his charts are tight, and he always creates a band vibe. Almost all of his solo recordings reflect the strengths of the ensemble rather than his strengths as a soloist. Montara is one of the great feel-good jazz albums of the 1970s, one of the great Latin jazz albums of the 1970s, and one of the great groove jazz records. Seek it out without hesitation.” AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek

           

          Rating:

          AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.59 / 5

           

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