A high-water mark of Bobby Hutcherson’s 1970s Blue Note output, Montara is a feel-good album that found the vibraphonist conjuring up an intoxicating hybrid of Latin jazz and fusion grooves from the percolating rhythms of ‘La Malanga’, ‘Yuyo’, and ‘Oye Como Va’ to the alluring ‘Montara’ and ‘Love Song’.
Side A
1. Camel Rise
2. Montara
3. (Se Acabo) La Malanga
4. Love Song
Side B
1. Little Angel
2. Yuyo
3. Oye Como Va
Bobby Hutcherson (vibes, marimba);
And including …
Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Plas Johnson (flute);
Ernie Watts, Fred Jackson (tenor sax, flute);
Larry Nash (electric piano), Chuck Domanico (bass);
Willie Bobo, Bobby Matos (percussion); Harvey Mason (drums)
