Bobby Hutcherson's 2014 album, Enjoy the View, finds the vibraphonist joining forces with saxophonist
David Sanborn, organist/trumpeter
Joey DeFrancesco, and drummer
Billy Hart on a set of swinging, funky, and adventurous songs. This is
Hutcherson's first album of studio material since 2009's
Coltrane-inspired Wise One, and follows his 2012 live album, Somewhere in the Night, which also featured
DeFrancesco. In a similar vein to
Sanborn's more straight-ahead acoustic collaboration with keyboardist
Bob James, 2013's Quartette Humaine, Enjoy the View eschews
Hutcherson's more contemporary leanings for a visceral hard bop- and soul-jazz-influenced sound. Here we get a bevy of inspired original compositions, including the moody opening cut, "Delia," the impressionistic and driving modal soul of "Hey Harold," and the swinging, funky "Teddy." Ultimately, Enjoy the View is an album of expansive, highly engaging music that harks back to the best of
Hutcherson's '60s and '70s work. ~ Matt Collar