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Freddie Hubbard

Music Is Here (Live At Studio 104 Maison De La Radio (ORTF) Paris 1973) (2LP)

Label: Wewantsounds

Format: 2LP

Genre: Jazz

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First-ever release of cult Freddie Hubbard live performance recorded in 1973 at Maison De La Radio (ORTF) in Paris. Released in collaboration with Duane Hubbard and French Institut National De L'audiovisuel (INA), the double-LP set has been remastered for vinyl from the original tapes and comes in a gatefold sleeve including liner notes by Kevin Le Gendre.

A mesmerizing live performance by Freddie Hubbard and his quintet recorded in Paris at Maison de la Radio (ORTF) on March 25, 1973. Featuring Hubbard with George Cables on Fender Rhodes, Junior Cook on sax/flute, Kent Brinkley on bass, and Michael Carvin on drums, the group interprets four Hubbard classics in deep, spiritual mode. The tapes of the concert were transferred at INA's studios and remastered for vinyl by Colorsound Studio. 1973 was a special year for Freddie Hubbard. He had been one of jazz's brightest young stars for more than a decade and had also recorded as a sideman for such luminaries as John Coltrane, Art Blakey, and Ornette Coleman.

After a spell at Blue Note and Atlantic Records, Hubbard signed to CTI records in 1970. Launched by Creed Taylor, CTI was the up-and-coming jazz label at the time, aiming at the pop market with their trademark blend of fusion jazz and highly stylized album covers. There, Hubbard recorded five highly successful studio albums further cementing is reputation as a jazz superstar. In early 1973, after years of working with the cream of the CTI stable of musicians for his albums and concerts (including Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, George Benson, Herbie Hancock), Hubbard decided to put together a new quintet consisting of Junior Cook on sax, Kent Brinkley on bass, plus two young Turks from the thriving post-bop jazz scene: pianist George Cables -- who'd cut his teeth with Woody Shaw and Joe Henderson -- and drummer Michael Carvin who'd played with Doug Carn and Henry Franklin on their Black Jazz albums (the following year, Carvin would appear on Pharoah Sanders's Impulse album Elevation and on Cecil McBee's Mutima on Strata East).

The quintet, save Carvin, would record Hubbard's Keep Your Soul Together for CTI later that year (his last album for the label) but for the time being, the quintet was busy touring and they all left for Europe to hone their skills as a tight unit. The music they created during that tour, as showcased on this live performance recorded in Paris, is nothing but extraordinary and unlike anything Hubbard had recorded for CTI.

The musicians are heard here playing four recent Hubbard classics: "Sky Dive", "The Intrepid Fox", "Povo" and "First Light" in a very different style: the music here is deep and organic, retaining the quintessence of the four beautiful melodies and stretching them in long, spiritual work outs. The concert which was filmed by French TV in beautiful black-and-white by Marc Pavaux and legendary Willy Kurant is a vivid testimony of the musicians' togetherness, caught in full flight on this performance and taking the music to higher grounds.

Details
Cat. number: WWSLP61
Year: 2022
Notes:

Record Store Day exclusive release, part of the June 18th drops. The US Record Store Day website states that this release has a quantity of 1,500 copies. Issued in a gatefold sleeve with an obi and plain white inner sleeves. [From back cover and obi]
Recorded live at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio (ORTF), Paris, 25 March, 1973 ℗ 1973 INA © 2022 Wewantsounds Licensed courtesy of INA [From obi only] Mastering: David Hachour at Colorsound Studio, Paris [From gatefold interior] Recorded live at Studio 104, Maison de la Radio (ORTF), Paris, 25 March, 1973 for the Radio show Jazz sur Scène, produced by André Francis ℗ 1973 INA © 2022 Wewantsounds Licensed courtesy of INA
Remastering: David Hachour at Colorsound Studio, Paris Front cover photo taken from the filmed concert, directed by Marc Pavaux and photographed by Willy Kurant - Courtesy of INA and Marc Pavaux © INA 1973 [From labels] ℗ 1973 INA © 2022 Wewantsounds Runouts are stamped