5 Highlights From Bobby Hutcherson and McCoy Tyner’s First Recorded Meeting

  1. This session marks the first time vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and pianist McCoy Tyner recorded together.
  2. The interplay is less a duel and more a conversation, with both players feeling each other out and finding common ground.
  3. You can hear two giants of their instruments locking in for the first time on record.
  4. The result makes you wonder why they didn’t record together earlier.
  5. Stick-Up! captures a rare, exploratory moment between two jazz masters.