VC #10: Bobby Hutcherson "Linger Lane"

7/10/2016

Linger Lane is Bobby Hutcherson's 1975 offering on Blue Note. In search of (commercial?) success Hutcherson first plays through a couple of popular songs including 'People make the world go round' and the theme for the television series 'M*A*S*H', before switching to original compositions.

Playing however stays to laidback throughout the record as if nobody knows which direction it should really go. Stuck between smooth and free. A little bit odd is the marimba sound of Hutcherson on this recording. Most of the time it's feels like he is only playing the high range end of his instrument, producing a thin sound as if he was playing the xylophone, which is a pity. Expectations are not met on this recording, despite high carat players, what remains is a nice to have session anyway.

Recorded outdoors in Idylwild, California

A side:

  1. People make the world go round
  2. Theme from M*A*S*H
  3. Ntu

B side:

  1. Manzanita
  2. Mountain Caravan
  3. Silver Rondo
Bobby Hutcherson Linger Lane
Bobby Hutcherson