Bobby Hutcherson was one of the finest vibraphonists of the 1960s.

His Blue Note albums remain an adventure in modal jazz and the African-American jazz perspective. Below are five videos of Hutcherson in action over the years. He died in 2016.


Here’s Hutcherson’s quintet in Antibes, France, in 1969. They’re performing Herzog from one of his finest albums, Total Eclipse.

The other players Harold Land (tenor sax), Stanley Cowell (piano), Reggie Johnson (bass) and Joe Chambers (drums).