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Vinyl LP repressing of this jazz classic. Components was an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note tag in 1965. The first side of the LP features compositions by Hutcherson, in a hard bop style, whilst the second side features Joe Chambers' compositions, more in the avant-garde style. Hutcherson describes InchTranquillityInch as Inchso tranquil as to almost suggest no time at all.Inch InchLittle B's PoemInch was written for Bobby's son, Barry, three years old at the time. InchWest 22nd Street ThemeInch, which closes side one, is a reference to a Manhattan section near the 10th Ave, Chelsea, where Hutcherson lived for a while. Side two features Chambers originals. InchMovementInch is Inchlike a six-part theme constantly in motion, held together by a pulse.Inch About InchAirInch, Chambers says InchOnce that's set, they all jump into free counterpoint. As in all the pieces, each voice has to remain independent but in relationship to what's going on around him.Inch InchPastoralInch signifies a comeback to a kind of primitive setting, Inchas if to say to the listener 'This is what we come back to - the familiar, the beginning'.Inch Album Tracks 1. Components (Side A) 2. Tranquility (Side A) 3. Little B's Poem (Side A) 4. West 22nd Street Theme (Side A) 1. Movement (Side B) 2. Juba Dance (Side B) 3. Air (Side B) 4. Pastoral (Side B)
