Freddie Hubbard

Artist:  Freddie Hubbard
Birth Name:  Frederick Dewayne Hubbard
Born:  April 7, 1938.  Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Died:  December 29, 2008 (Aged 70).  Sherman Oaks, California, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Funk, Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader

Instruments:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Cornet, French Horn, Mellophone

Freddie Hubbard was an American Jazz Trumpeter.  He was known for playing in the Bebop, Hard Bop and Post-Bop Styles from the early 1960s onwards.  He was at the age of 20, he began playing with some of the best Jazz players of the era, including Philly Joe Jones, Sonny Rollins, Slide Hampton, Eric Dolphy, J.J. Johnson, and Quincy Jones.

Title:   Blue Spirits  (2004)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Funk, Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   ******

Tracks:

 1.  Soul Surge  (10:26)
 2.  Cunga Black  (5:16)
 3.  Outer Forces  (9:37)
 4.  Blue Spirits  (12:17)
 5.  Jodo  (7:09)

Bonus Tracks:  On CD Reissue:

 6.  The Melting Pot  (7:38)
 7.  True Colors  (9:56)

Personnel:

Tracks:  1, 4

Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet
James Spaulding:  Alto Saxophone on Track 1, Flute on Track 4
Joe Henderson:  Tenor Saxophone
Harold Mabern:  Piano
Larry Ridley:  Bass
Clifford Jarvis:  Drums
Big Black:  Congas
Kiane Zawadi:  Euphonium

Tracks:  2, 3, 5

Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet
Hank Mobley:  Tenor Saxophone
James Spaulding:  Alto Saxophone on Tracks:  3, 5, Flute on Track 2
McCoy Tyner:  Piano
Bob Cranshaw:  Bass
Pete LaRoca:  Drums
Kiane Zawadi:  Euphonium

Tracks:  6, 7

Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet
Joe Henderson:  Tenor Saxophone
Hosea Taylor:  Alto Saxophone on Track 6, Bassoon on Track 7
Herbie Hancock:  Piano on Track 6, Celeste on Track 7
Reggie Workman:  Bass
Elvin Jones:  Drums

Blue Spirits is the tenth studio album by Freddie Hubbard, originally released on February, 1967 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on August 10, 2004 by Blue Note Records, featuring Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley, Herbie Hancock, Elvin Jones and more!.