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The impressive album “Dialogue” from 1965 was vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson's debut for Blue Note. Hutcherson had already made a name for himself as a versatile accompanist on Blue Note albums ranging from Grant Green's “Idle Moments” to Jackie McLean's “Destination Out” and Eric Dolphy's “Out To Lunch”. In fact, Blue Note boss Alfred Lion had brought Hutcherson into the studio in 1963 as the leader for a session of straightforward hard bop, but he didn't want to release it at the time (it was finally released in 1999 under the name “The Kicker”). “Dialogue” shows Hutcherson's more experimental side with a top-notch sextet consisting of Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Sam Rivers on tenor and soprano saxophone as well as bass clarinet and flute, Andrew Hill on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums. The band immediately succeeded in creating a groundbreaking album that received top ratings from both AllMusic and the Penguin Guide to Jazz.
As part of the extremely popular “Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series” Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for Blue Note US's analog reissues such as “Tone Poet” and “Classic Vinyl” – as a limited Japan only UHQCD with OBI stripe. The original recording session for “Dialogue” took place on April 3, 1965, at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
1. Catta2. Idle While3. Les Noirs Marchant4. Dialogue5. Ghetto Lights