Blue Moon above Seoul

Yesterday, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalisand Cecile McLorin Salvant Music visited jazz legend Clark Terry, who turns 94 next week. They spoke with and performed for Mr. Terry. Many thanks to Jefferson Regional Medical Center.

We’re deeply saddened by the passing of Bobby Hutcherson, the greatest vibraphonist in Blue Note history.

From the first note he played on a Blue Note record on April 30, 1963 as a sideman on alto saxophonist Jackie McLean’s album “One Step Beyond” his sound became synonymous with the label’s modern postbop movement throughout the 1960s & later the jazz-funk explorations of the 1970s. Bobby recorded 24 Blue Note albums as a leader & appeared as a sideman on classics including Eric Dolphy “Out to Lunch,” Joe Henderson “Mode for Joe,” Grant Green “Idle Moments” & Lee Morgan “The Procrastinator.”

We were proud to bring Bobby home to Blue Note for the Grammy-nominated 2014 album “Enjoy the View” with Joey DeFrancesco, David Sanborn & Billy Hart.

Read the NY Times obituary.