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Red Clay

by: Freddie Hubbard

Release Date February 18, 2002
I know Freddy is highly regarded,but when I bought this album on vinyl some years ago I can vividly remember how disappointed I was,I'll play it again and see if I can find something in it to enjoy..williet

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Here to Stay

by: Freddie Hubbard

Release Date September 18, 2006
Wow, finally this album is on CD. I've waited years for this. My LP version was completely worn out. This album recorded in 1962 is a classic. Fantastic trumpet playing by Freddie Hubbard en also great tenor sax by Wayne Shorter. This is hard bop of the greatest quality. Essential!

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Ready for Freddie: Remastered

by: Freddie Hubbard

Release Date March 08, 2004
Hubbard's masterpiece. "Ready for Freddie" features some of the best hard bop trumpet on record, in glorious RVG re-mastered sound. Freddie is at his absolute best, buoyed along by a magnificent rhythm section in Elvin Jones, an early McCoy Tyner and Art Davis. Wayne is also on fine form, but it is Freddie that takes the honours with a sting of great solos, the peak being the 19 choruses of "Birdlike" an uptempo blues in F, full of amazing sustained brilliance. Trumpet players, listen to this and marvel! The tunes are also excellent, with Hubbard's "Arietis", "Birdlike" and "Crisis", a bouncy "Marie Antoinette" by Wayne and the ballad feature "Weaver of Dreams", an unusual choice that works well. All in all a glorious record by one of the greatest ... Read More:

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Hub-Tones: Remastered

by: Freddie Hubbard

Release Date June 07, 1999
Freddie Hubbbard is in some respects an unsung hero of jazz. He made key contributions to a remarkable number of classic jazz recordings in the early/mid 60s, including several albums with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Ornette Coleman's 'Free Jazz', Eric Dolphy's 'Out To Lunch,' Wayne Shorter's 'Speak No Evil,' and, for me, containing his best work of all, Herbie Hancock's 'Takin Off,' 'Empyrean Isles,' and 'Maiden Voyage.'
This, however is one of several albums he recorded as leader, on Blue Note, and is widely regarded as his best.
The album begins with a typical Hubbard performance on 'You're My Everything;' his sound is bright with a lovely warm tone and he plays lyrical phrases and fast flowing runs with equal skill. The title track ... Read More:

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Open Sesame: Remastered

by: Freddie Hubbard

Release Date February 04, 2002
A stunning showcase of Hubbard's talents. For someone so young this serves as an excellent taste of what he was to become. His ranging, harmonic and sometimes downright belligerant style has always entranced me. For me this is his greatest record as a leader, the younster setting out to show eveyone what he has to offer. This record is littered with those characteristic barnstorming solos and his ability of more subtle playing on,"But Beautiful." There's a bit of everything on this from the skipping, jumpy, Horace Silveresque,"Gypsy Blue," to the classy sophisticated,"One mint Julep." Tina Brook's title track really swings. Brook's career disappeared into nothing beacause of his heroin addiction, this record shows what a wasted talent he was both ... Read More:

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Backlash

by: Freddie Hubbard

Release Date September 23, 2002
A stunning showcase of Hubbard's talents. For someone so young this serves as an excellent taste of what he was to become. His ranging, harmonic and sometimes downright belligerant style has always entranced me. For me this is his greatest record as a leader, the younster setting out to show eveyone what he has to offer. This record is littered with those characteristic barnstorming solos and his ability of more subtle playing on,"But Beautiful." There's a bit of everything on this from the skipping, jumpy, Horace Silveresque,"Gypsy Blue," to the classy sophisticated,"One mint Julep." Tina Brook's title track really swings. Brook's career disappeared into nothing beacause of his heroin addiction, this record shows what a wasted talent he was both ... Read More:

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First Light

by: Freddie Hubbard

Release Date September 15, 2003
A stunning showcase of Hubbard's talents. For someone so young this serves as an excellent taste of what he was to become. His ranging, harmonic and sometimes downright belligerant style has always entranced me. For me this is his greatest record as a leader, the younster setting out to show eveyone what he has to offer. This record is littered with those characteristic barnstorming solos and his ability of more subtle playing on,"But Beautiful." There's a bit of everything on this from the skipping, jumpy, Horace Silveresque,"Gypsy Blue," to the classy sophisticated,"One mint Julep." Tina Brook's title track really swings. Brook's career disappeared into nothing beacause of his heroin addiction, this record shows what a wasted talent he was both ... Read More:

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Breaking Point: Rudy Van Gelder Remaster

by: Freddie Hubbard

Release Date June 28, 2004
Freddie Hubbard really finds his voice here, not only with his now legendary tone but with his choice of backing. The blues frameworks of his earlier albums are largely abandoned here for more experimental territory. And what a line up! This is Hubbard's regular working group of the time and the telepathy between them is very apparent. Frequent collaborator James Spaulding is on alto sax and flute, Ronnie Mathews on piano, the supreme Eddie Khan on bass, and the matchless Joe Chambers on drums. James Spaulding is one of those rare beasts; a avant-garde saxophonist with a beatutiful creamy tone, his flute work is gorgeous too. Mathews has a sparse, economic style which perfectly fits in and enhances the sound of the whole band. Same can be said for Khan. Chambers ... Read More:

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Jazz Moods - Hot

by: Freddie Hubbard

Release Date July 05, 2004
Freddie Hubbard really finds his voice here, not only with his now legendary tone but with his choice of backing. The blues frameworks of his earlier albums are largely abandoned here for more experimental territory. And what a line up! This is Hubbard's regular working group of the time and the telepathy between them is very apparent. Frequent collaborator James Spaulding is on alto sax and flute, Ronnie Mathews on piano, the supreme Eddie Khan on bass, and the matchless Joe Chambers on drums. James Spaulding is one of those rare beasts; a avant-garde saxophonist with a beatutiful creamy tone, his flute work is gorgeous too. Mathews has a sparse, economic style which perfectly fits in and enhances the sound of the whole band. Same can be said for Khan. Chambers ... Read More:

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Anthology: the Soul-Jazz and Fusion Years 1966-1982

by: Freddie Hubbard

Release Date January 27, 2003
Freddie Hubbard really finds his voice here, not only with his now legendary tone but with his choice of backing. The blues frameworks of his earlier albums are largely abandoned here for more experimental territory. And what a line up! This is Hubbard's regular working group of the time and the telepathy between them is very apparent. Frequent collaborator James Spaulding is on alto sax and flute, Ronnie Mathews on piano, the supreme Eddie Khan on bass, and the matchless Joe Chambers on drums. James Spaulding is one of those rare beasts; a avant-garde saxophonist with a beatutiful creamy tone, his flute work is gorgeous too. Mathews has a sparse, economic style which perfectly fits in and enhances the sound of the whole band. Same can be said for Khan. Chambers ... Read More: