Freddie Hubbard's fourth CTI recording (and the second one with Don Sebesky arrangements) certainly has a diverse repertoire. In addition to his originals "Povo" and "Sky Dive" (both of which are superior jam tunes), the trumpeter stretches out on the theme from The Godfather and Bix Beiderbecke's "In a Mist." The charts for the brass and woodwinds are colorful; there is a fine supporting cast that includes guitarist George Benson, Keith Jarrett on keyboards, and flutist Hubert Laws; and Hubbard takes several outstanding trumpet solos.
At some point in my teens, can't remember exactly when, I started searching out some of the original recordings for the samples cropping up in my favorite hip hop albums, like tribe and de la soul, it was not so much a conscious "I'm going to track this down" kind of thing, more like a general recognition of influence. There were starting points in my fathers record collection. Freddie Hubb...
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| 1 Povo |
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| 2 In a Mist |
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| 3 Naturally |
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| 4 The Godfather (Theme) |
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| 5 Sky Dive |
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| 6 Naturally [Alternate Take][#] |
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