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:  Ready For Freddie (Blue Note Classic Series) (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Funk, Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz

Label:   Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Arietis. (6:41)

 2.  Weaver of Dreams (6:35)

 3.  Marie Antoinette (6:38)

Side B:

 1.  Birdlike (10:15)

 2.  Crisis (11:33)

Personnel:

Freddie Hubbard:  Trumpet

Bernard McKinney:  Euphonium

Wayne Shorter:  Tenor Saxophone

McCoy Tyner: Piano

Art Davis:  Bass

Elvin Jones:  Drums

Ready For Freddie is an Album by Freddie Hubbard, originally released on April, 1962 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on October 22, 2021 by Blue Note Records, featuring Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Art Davis, Elvin Jones, and Bernard McKinney.