Bobby Hutcherson - The Kicker - Tone Poet LP

All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Bobby Hutcherson's The Kicker Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Music Matters' Joe Harley Recorded in 1963, The Kicker was actually vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson's first session as a leader for Blue Note, but for reasons lost to time it was shelved, and instead Hutcherson's album Dialogue was released as his debut two years later. First released in 1999, and getting its first-ever vinyl release here, The Kicker is a sequel to guitarist Grant Green's masterpiece Idle Moments, which was recorded one month earlier with the exact same personnel featuring Green, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Duke Pearson, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Al Harewood. Blue Note Records has announced the continuation of the acclaimed Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series in 2020. Launched in 2019 in honor of the label's 80th Anniversary, the Tone Poet series is produced by Joe Ha