Bobby Hutcherson
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Robert Hutcherson (January 27, 1941 – August 15, 2016) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. “Little B’s Poem”, from the 1966 Blue Note album Components, is one of his best-known compositions.[1][2][3][4] Hutcherson influenced younger vibraphonists including Steve Nelson, Joe Locke, and Stefon Harris.[
![With Lee Morgan (background right) at Joe Henderson's "Mode for Joe" session, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 27, 1966.](https://heroesofjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/07/Bobby-Hutcherson-212/1189566019.jpg)
With Lee Morgan (background right) at Joe Henderson's "Mode for Joe" session, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 27, 1966.
![CIRCA EARLY 1970's: Bobby Hutcherson poses for a Blue Note records publicity shot in the early 1970's. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)](https://heroesofjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/07/Bobby-Hutcherson-22334020/726923517.jpg)
CIRCA EARLY 1970's: Bobby Hutcherson poses for a Blue Note records publicity shot in the early 1970's. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)