Freddie Hubbard Dies at 70
Submitted by Jazz Note SDP
A blast from the vast goes into the past. Okay, I got a little carried away there. But trum
pet man Freddie Hubbard was the genuine article: a straight ahead hard-bopper, and there ain’t nothin’ wrong with that. He played with the Jazz Messengers in the early sixties, and made some classic recordings as leader. I highly recommend Open Sesame, Hub-Tones, and Ready for Freddie. I’ll try to do a decent review of these sometime this week, in honor of Hubbard.
Meanwhile, here is a sample from a lesser known but very strong recording, Red Clay (1970). It features Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, Lenny White on drums, and Joe Henderson on tenor sax. I just happened to have picked it up a few days ago at Barnes and Noble in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
And here is Hubbard playing one of his compositions with the Jazz Messengers. Curtis Fuller on trombone, Wayne Shorter on tenor, Cedar Walton on piano, Jymie Merritt on bass, and of course Art Blakey on drums.
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December 30th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
tHANKS for the tribute! I am painting a picture to tribute Freddie! I will post it on my website… can you dig it?
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