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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Freddie Hubbard isn't always mentioned with the jazz greats…probably because he's lived so long and because he came just a little too late onto the scene. Being a trumpet player and 7 years behind Miles probably didn't help. Still though, he's done it all, from be bop to soul jazz to the avant garde, playing with Wes Montgomery, Quincy Jones, Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock, and Guru, for starters.
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Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard has passed away.This track is from his first session as a leader for Blue Note, featuring Tina Brooks on sax and McCoy Tyner on piano.
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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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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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Another outstanding, and smoothe title- track + a super cool line-up of groovers and tunes--gotta sample "Lost Dreams" too!...more to comeGeorge Cables helps Freddie with the arrangements, and plays some very nice electric piano and keyboards on the album -- making for a smooth, tight, and nicely spacey batch of 70s soul jazz that proves that not every move to a major label was a bad one. © 19..
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Columbia: Records released: in 1977features the leader along with:Ernie Watts, David T. Walker, Azar Lawrence, David Garfield, Ed Greene, Carlos Vega, Paulinho Da Costa, others, and string section.1. Bundle Of Joy2. Rainy Day Song3. Portrait Of Jenny4. From Now On5. Tucson Stomp6. Rahsann7. I Don't Want To Lose YouDownloadhttp://rapidshare.com/files/45412530/FreddieHubbard_BundleOfJoy.zip
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1974 -- Sweet electric Freddie! ...and mellow Freddie too. Also some heavy duty funk in the background. The funky backings are by Dale Oehler, who's conducting a larger group behind a core quintet that has some excellent reeds by Junior Cook, and some killer electric piano by George Cables! Cables really makes the set cook, and Freddie picks up a lot of tone from him on the record. 1. Camel Ri...
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This track really soars, once lift-off is completed and drinks are served. I'll be posting a bunch of F.H. recordings...i'll try to take you as far back as some really wicked blue note classical jazz essentials, and surely the best CTI arangements that i have time to rip. Freddie Hubbard(trumpet) from his Columbia period...this was released in 1980 and features Hadley Caliman, Billy Childs, L...
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Released: 1976 Label: Columbia RecordsProducer: Bob JamesOther artists include: Gary King, Steve Gadd, Dave Spinozza, Eric Gale, George Cables, Hubert Laws and Michael Brecker among several others. The title track is terrible!!check it out:http://rapidshare.com/files/37627481/FreddieHubbard_Windjammer.zip
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Over the years, I've been privileged to see many greats perform in concert. However, I've only had the honor of actually playing with one of those artists. That would be the great Freddie Hubbard who, sadly, left us earlier this week. I posted my account of that evening early on in my blog here. Here's an mp3 of one of the songs we played that night, Blues for NKWE. Besides Freddie, the feature...
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For a comprehensive Freddie Hubbard obituary, see Peter Keepnews's article in this morning's New York Times .
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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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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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For every beginning break collector, especially those coming out of the 1990s, it was inevitable that you'd end up with more than a few Freddie Hubbard records. As a trumpeter player, his work - especially for CTI - was such an essential part of the soul-jazz sound of the 1970s that would find renewed resonance two decades later. Hubbard died today, only age 70, from a heart attack . Here a...
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