Bobby Hutcherson – Medina (Blue Note Tone Poet)

The late-1960s and early-1970s were a wildly creative period for Bobby Hutcherson with the vibraphonist freely exploring a wide range of stylistic possibilities from post-bop and the avant-garde to fusion and Latin Jazz. The cutting-edge 1969 session Medina — which wouldn't be first released until 1980 as part of the LT Series —documented one of Hutcherson's most remarkable band lineups featuring two of his frequent collaborators — Harold Land on tenor saxophone and flute and Joe Chambers on drums — along with Stanley Cowell on piano and Reggie Johnson on bass.

The set presented a pair of original compositions each by Hutcherson, Cowell, and Chambers that explored a variety of moods from the churning rhythms of "Avis" and "Medina" to the more atmospheric realms of "Comes Spring" and "Orientale."

• 180-gram LP
• Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tape
• Plated and pressed at RTI
• Deluxe tip-on jacket

The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the "Tone Poet," on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.