His name was attached to Grammy wins and jazz greats like Monk, Davis, Coltrane, Coleman and Rollins. His trumpet playing influenced the likes of Wynton Marsalis, who called his trumpet playing 'exuberant.' Sadly, the jazz community is mourning the death of trumpet great Freddie Hubbard today, who passed away at Sherman Oaks Hospital at the age of 70.Born on April 7, 1938 in Indianapolis, IN ...
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Everyday I learn something new and today I learned about the death of Jazz Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. I was unware of him or his rich legacy as a trumpet player who was on the legendary status as a Miles Davis and who infuenced others such as Wynton Marsalis.Obituary by the BBC News:Jazz giant Freddie Hubbard dies Also, NPR had done story on his legacy which I felt was appropriate to share here...
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Freddie Hubbard died this morning in the Sherman Oaks district of Los Angeles. He was hospitalized there since he had a heart attack on November 26. Hubbard was 70. From the trumpeter's first recording with the Montgomery Brothers in 1958, it was evident that reports coming out of Indianapolis were true: the city had produced a remarkable trumpet player, one who might equal another twenty-year-...
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From YouTube: From Rolling Stone: Famed jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard died yesterday in Los Angeles, more than a month after suffering a heart attack. He was 70. In a career in jazz that spanned 50 years and more than 300 recordings, Hubbard collaborated with musicians like Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman, just to name a few. "He influenced all the trumpet pla...
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