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".

Stick-Up!
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1968[1]
RecordedJuly 14, 1966
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz, hard bop
Length40:26
LabelBlue Note
BST 84244
ProducerAlfred Lion
Bobby Hutcherson chronology
Happenings
(1965)
Stick-Up!
(1968)
Oblique
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

Track listing

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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

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Charts

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2022 chart performance for Stick-Up!
Chart (2022) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 73

References

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  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.