The View from the Inside

1977 studio album by Bobby Hutcherson

Studio album by

Bobby Hutcherson

Released

1977
2013 (CD in Japan)

Recorded

August 4–6, 1976

Genre

Jazz

Length

42:52

Label

Blue Note
BN LA 710;
TOCJ-50580

Producer

Dale Oehler

Bobby Hutcherson chronology

Waiting
(1976)

The View from the Inside
(1977)

Knucklebean
(1977)

The View from the Inside is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson recorded in 1976 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1] The session has been released on CD in 2007 as part of Mosaic Select: Bobby Hutcherson.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Some of the vibist's later Blue Note albums are forgettable but this LP... has some excellent hard bop music. The material is generally melodic but has some fine solos".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bobby Hutcherson except as indicated

"Later, Even" - 3:51
"Houston St. Thursday Afternoon" - 6:27
"Same, Shame" - 10:22
"Love Can Be Many Things" (James Leary III) - 4:48
"Song for Annie" (Emanuel Boyd) - 6:29
"Laugh, Laugh Again" (Leary) - 4:19
"For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Don Meyer) - 6:36

Recorded at Wally Heider Sound Studios in San Francisco, California on August 4 (track 7), August 5 (tracks 1, 3–4) and August 6 (tracks 2, 5–6), 1976.

Personnel

Bobby Hutcherson - vibes
Emanuel Boyd - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Larry Nash - piano, electric piano
James Leary III - bass
Eddie Marshall - drums

References

^ Bobby Hutcherson discography accessed December 24, 2010
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 24, 2010
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 107. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.