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:  Open Sesame (RVG Edition)  (2002)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Funk, Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:    *****

Tracks:

 1.  Open Sesame  (7:12)
 2.  Open Sesame (Alternate Take)  (7:18)
 3.  But Beautiful  (6:27)
 4.  Gypsy Blue  (6:28)
 5.  Gypsy Blue (Alternate Take)  (7:35)
 6.  All Or Nothing At All  (5:35)
 7.  One Mint Julep  (6:04)
 8.  Hub's Nub  (6:53)

Personnel:

Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet
Tina Brooks:  Tenor Saxophone
McCoy Tyner:  Piano
Sam Jones:  Bass
Clifford Jarvis:  Drums

Open Sesame is the debut album by Freddie Hubbard, originally released in 1960 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on February 4, 2002 by Blue Note Records, featuring Tina Brooks, McCoy Tyner, Sam Jones and Clifford Jarvis.  The Penguin Guide to Jazz has included Open Sesame as part of a selected "Core Collection", and has summarized the album as "A Great Blue Note Set".