Enjoy The View (180g Double LP)

Hutcherson returns to Blue Note for its 75th anniversary, co-leading an unusual quartet featuring saxophonist David Sanborn, Hammond organist Joey DeFrancesco and drummer Billy Hart. The methods are outwardly familiar (mid-tempo swing, bebop twisters, organ blues-grooves and ballads), but it's all remarkably loose and selfless for such an all-star encounter. Hutcherson is subdued, but his clean tone and subtle voicings are unmistakable, and his three original songs - the funky Hey Harold, the dreamy Montara and the sleekly swinging Teddy - show why he made an impact in his prime as a composer as well as an improviser. - John Fordham, The Guardian