Stick-Up!

Stick-Up!
Studio album by Bobby Hutcherson
Released	March 1968[1]
Recorded	July 14, 1966
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz, hard bop
Length	40:26
Label	Blue Note BST 84244
Producer	Alfred Lion
Bobby Hutcherson chronology
Happenings (1965) Stick-Up! (1968) Oblique (1966)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

Stick-Up! is an album by the jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label in 1968. The album is Hutcherson's first without drummer Joe Chambers. Billy Higgins took over on drums on the recording session. It also features Joe Henderson and is the first recorded meeting of the vibrist and pianist McCoy Tyner. Five of the six tracks are Hutcherson compositions, with the exception being Ornette Coleman's "Una Muy Bonita".

Track listing

All compositions by Bobby Hutcherson except as noted.

1. "Una Muy Bonita" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:27
2. "8/4 Beat" - 6:59
3. "Summer Nights" - 6:59
4. "Black Circle" - 6:57
5. "Verse" - 9:32
6. "Blues Mind Matter" - 3:32

Personnel

• Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone
• Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone (except track 3)
• McCoy Tyner - piano
• Herbie Lewis - bass
• Billy Higgins - drums

Charts

2022 chart performance for Stick-Up!

Chart (2022)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4]	73

References

1. "Billboard". March 23, 1968.
2. Stick-Up! at AllMusic
3. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 7th ed. (Penguin, 2004: ISBN 978-0-14-101416-6).
4. "Offiziellecharts.de – Bobby Hutcherson / Joe Henderson / McCoy Tyner / Herbie Lewis / Billy Higgins – Stick-Up!" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 11, 2022.