Patterns (album)

Patterns
Studio album by Bobby Hutcherson
Recorded March 14, 1968
Genre Post-bop
Label Blue Note
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Bobby Hutcherson chronology
Oblique
(1967)
Patterns
(1968)
Total Eclipse
(1968)

Patterns is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label. Although recorded in 1968, the album was not released until 1980. "A Time to Go" was composed by James Spaulding as a tribute to Martin Luther King, "Effi" was composed by Stanley Cowell as a dedication to his wife, and the remaining pieces were composed by Joe Chambers.

Track listing

  1. "Patterns"
  2. "A Time to Go"
  3. "Ankara"
  4. "Effi"
  5. "Irina"
  6. "Nocturnal"

Personnel

The CD reissue featured an alternate take of "Patterns", and while the correct track order is printed on the packaging, the tracks have been reordered on the CD itself.