Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard (1938-2008) was an American jazz trumpeter from Indianapolis who moved to New York in 1958 and worked mainly in hard bop and post-bop. He led sessions for Blue Note, Atlantic and CTI, joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1961, and appeared on many central records of 1960s jazz, from Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz to Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage. Hubbard made his debut as a leader with Open Sesame for Blue Note in 1960, followed by Ready for Freddie, Breaking Point! and The Night of the Cookers.
Hub-Tones
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Blue Note, here comes the first releases of a new series of LPs, entitled Great Reid Miles Covers, that celebrates the extraordinary and famous covers created by graphic designer and photographer Reid Miles, the artist who gave an unmistakable image to the albums of the blue label and also wrote an unforgettable page in the history of graphic design of the 20th Century. For this series, the new masters were processed by Kevin Gray from the original anal…
1973: Live in Zonderschot
Incredible vinyl release of a previously unreleased live recording of a Belgian concert by the Freddie Hubbard Quintet in 1973. It was recorded by Belgian radio & television broadcasting service (BRT) and is now remastered. It is a sweet electric set recorded right in the middle of his classic years for CTI – and with a sound that's maybe even more sublime than his work for that legendary label! The group here is a hip quintet – with Junior Cook on tenor, and George Cables on some especially gr…