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Hamiet Bluiett on Freddie Hubbard
St. Louis American editor Chris King, who also blogs at Confluence City and is one of the folks behind Poetry Scores, sent along the following text with a note saying, “This will be in the American this Thursday but you can make any use of it you wish with proper credit." Consider it used, with StLJN's ...
Listen to the Freedom Jazz Dance Freddie Hubbard Tribute
The Freedom Jazz Dance tribute show for the late, great Freddie Hubbard is uploaded at freedomjazzdance.net. Double click on the radio blog file and enjoy this two hour tribute to the trumpet genius. Freedom Jazz Dance The unstoppable sound of freedom in the groove Sundays from 5-7 PM 90.1 FM ...
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Infinity
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
With The Nature of the Beat (Patois, 2008), trombone virtuoso Wayne Wallace established himself as the musician you'd most like to have living in the downstairs apartment. If you had to have musicians downstairs, that is. The reasons Wallace and his extraordinary band mates would be welcome are essentially twofold. First, their repertoire is ...
Jazz Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard Dies
Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, who played with legends such as John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey and Herbie Hancock, died today (Dec. 29) in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Hubbard, who had suffered a heart attack on Nov. 26, was 70. Born in Indianapolis, the artist moved to New York in 1958 and quickly began playing ...
Jazz Great Freddie Hubbard Dead at 70
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy-winning jazz musician Freddie Hubbard, whose style influenced a generation of trumpet players, has died at age 70. Hubbard's manager, David Weiss, says the musician died Monday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles. He had been hospitalized since suffering a heart attack last month. Although he had been in declining health ...
Freddie Hubbard: A Jazz Icon Remembered
Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard died Dec. 29, 2008, at the age of 70. In this story from 2001, he talks about attempting a comeback after a series of personal setbacks. Freddie Hubbard is a legendary name in jazz. In the 1960s, he was a popular and critically acclaimed trumpeter and bandleader. But by the 1980s, he ...
Meet Freddie Hubbard
by Craig Jolley
From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in May 2001. New Colors (Hip Bop Records)I met David Weiss a couple of years ago. He's from North Texas State. He had a rehearsal band [New Jazz Composers Octet] in New York, and he had been writing out a lot ...
David Weiss: Writin', Arrangin' and Playin'
by R.J. DeLuke
David Weiss has been on the New York scene for a while now, writing and arranging, producing albums, organizing an outstanding octet. He's known for all that. He also plays the trumpet. Quite well, in fact. Although he's played with the likes of Jaki Byard, Frank Foster, Craig Handy, Christian McBride, Jimmy Heath and ...
Curtis Fuller: Motor City Messenger
by Russ Musto
The most recorded jazz trombonist of his lifetime, Curtis Fuller's illustrious career spans six decades and includes tenures with many of the greatest names in this music. Born Dec. 15th, 1934 in Detroit, Fuller was orphaned at an early age, but found family in the close-knit jazz community of the musically fertile Motor City. He first ...
