Total Eclipse (Bobby Hutcherson album)

Total Eclipse
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1969[1]
RecordedJuly 12, 1968
StudioPlaza Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz, post-bop, modal jazz
Length40:32
LabelBlue Note
BST 84291
ProducerDuke Pearson, Francis Wolff
Bobby Hutcherson chronology
Patterns
(1980)
Total Eclipse
(1969)
Spiral
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Total Eclipse is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label in 1969. It features Hutcherson's first recordings with saxophonist Harold Land, who would become a regular collaborator with Hutcherson throughout the early 1970s.[2][4] Four of the five tracks are Hutcherson compositions, the exception being Chick Corea's "Matrix".

  1. ^ Schwann Monthly Guide to Stereo Records, 1970
  2. ^ a b AllMusic Review
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 740. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Ouellette, Dan. "California Dreaming." DownBeat 80.4 (2013): 30-33. Print.