Bobby Hutcherson

On Total Eclipse, Bobby Hutcherson leads a band featuring Harold Land on reeds, Chick Corea on piano, Reggie Johnson on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums. The tunes are more expansive, the structures less immediately obvious; the interplay between vibes and saxophone often feels like a conversation unfolding on the spot. Even brighter passages seem to carry a shadow, a lingering sense of unresolved tension that Hutcherson’s solos trace without trying to dispel. Corea’s piano adds harmonic bite and rhythmic shape, while Johnson and Chambers keep the ground both solid and shifting. The album’s title suits it: familiar light disappears and another kind of seeing – and hearing – becomes possible.