Description
This mellow opening is blown sky high by (SeAcabo) La Malanga a storming piece of Latin Jazz written by Cuban percussionist Rudy Calzado for the recently departed Eddie Palmieri on his 1975 album Superimposition for Fania Records. Supported by his serious horn and percussion sections Hutcherson drops one of his heaviest ever solos. Things are brought back down by the meditative Little Angel composed by Colombian pianist Edy Martnez for Mongo Santamaria on his 1972 album Up From The Roots.
Then comes the other Hutcherson composition, Yuyo, a seriously heavy slab of Latin Jazz that could have come from the Fania Records catalogue. The album closes with a version of Tito Puentes Oye Como Va made famous by Santana but Hutcherson certainly has a claim on the best ever cover. (via Andy Thomas // Everything Jazz)
Label: Blue Note
Series: Blue Note Tone Poet Series
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180 Gram
Reissued: 2025 / Original: 1975
Genre: Jazz
Style: Fusion, Latin Jazz
File under: TAV Essential Listening
File under: Jazz // Blue Note Tone Poet Series
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