Steve Hobbs - Tribute to Bobby

This album by Steve Hobbs is a beautiful tribute to Bobby Hutcherson.

Steve Hobbs has long been one of the most talented, if underrated vibraphonists around Scott Yanow, Jazz Times

Hobbs is joined on the album by an all-star group consisting of Adam Kolker (saxophones), Bill O'Connell (piano), Peter Washington (bass) and John Riley (drums). The recording is centred mostly around cutting edge originals by Hobbs encompassing modern mainstream examples of post-bop, Latin, Funk, Calypso, and more, arranged and performed with the typical creative and hard edged energy you are used to hearing on his past New York Recordings. Hobbs centered the music around marimba, dedicating the recording to his mentor and late friend Bobby Hutcherson.

The groups first CD Spring Cycle, released in 2007 was nominated Jazz Recording of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association of America and made it to #3 on the Jazz Week Jazz Chart. Next in 2010 the group released the critically acclaimed Vibes Straight Up, which hit #1 on its second week of airplay on Jazz Week and remained at #1 for seven weeks!