Dialogue is a studio album by jazz percussionist Bobby Hutcherson, released on the Blue Note label in 1965.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded Dialogue the maximum four stars, as well as the special "crown" accolade in the first and second editions.
According to the authors: "Dialogue stands head and shoulders above [Hutcherson's other Blue Note albums].
Drawing on some of the free-harmonic and -rhythmic innovations developed on Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch (on which Hutcherson played), he began to develop a complex contrapuntal style that involved parallel melodies rather than unisons and complex rhythmic patterns which he conceived... as focal points round which the musicians operated.
"[3] AllMusic's Steve Huey gave the album five stars, writing: "Dialogue remains Hutcherson's most adventurous, 'outside' album, and while there are more extensive showcases for his playing, this high-caliber session stands as arguably his greatest musical achievement".