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Freddie Hubbard: Fastball
by C. Michael Bailey
More Live at the Left Bank from the Hard Bop Trumpeting Dream, Freddie Hubbard. Recorded April 23, 1967, this Freddie Hubbard recital offers an extended look at the trumpet wunderkind during a recording transitional period. Hubbard was just following his recording for Blue Note (with The Night of the Cookers: Live at Club La Marchal, Vols. ...
Freddie Hubbard: New Colors
by Jim Santella
Freddie Hubbard and his New Jazz Composers Octet dig into the mainstream and come up with a winner. It's a team effort. Most of the selections are arranged by trumpeter David Weiss to reflect group interaction and a robust ensemble sound. Anchored by baritone saxophone and bass, the band aims for a dramatic flair as each ...
Freddie Hubbard: Fastball
by Jim Santella
Freddie Hubbard was running at full strength when this was recorded in 1967. Label M's sixth installment of its “Live" At The Left Bank series features the trumpeter's powerful improvisation in a loose setting with complementary artists sharing the stage. Each of the five selections runs over ten minutes, allowing plenty of time for each member ...
Freddie Hubbard: New Colors
by Jim Santella
Freddie Hubbard and his New Jazz Composers Octet dig into the mainstream and come up with a winner. It's a team effort. Most of the selections are arranged by trumpeter David Weiss to reflect group interaction and a robust ensemble sound. Anchored by baritone saxophone and bass, the band aims for a dramatic flair as each ...
Freddie Hubbard: New Colors
by C. Andrew Hovan
The quintessential hard bop trumpeter, Freddie Hubbard has had his share of ups and downs since he made his precious debut on the ‘60s burgeoning jazz scene so eloquently fostered by Blue Note. The ‘70s were a time for commercial concessions that his critics seemed to condemn with undue fervor, while the ‘80s offered their own ...
Freddie Hubbard: Fastball: "Live" At The Left Bank
by AAJ Staff
In 1967, after Freddie Hubbard had skyrocketed to the jazz listening public's attention with, it seemed, one legendary recording after another and after developing a high touring profile, he performed in Baltimore. As fate would have it, Vernon Welsh diligently recorded Hubbard's live recording at the Famous Ballroom, as he did for uncounted other thrilling performances. ...
Freddie Hubbard: New Colors
by AAJ Staff
The New Jazz Composers Octet, a New York scene collective of young players/composers dedicated to the ideal of new composition in jazz, here reaffirms their commitment to “new" jazz composition with nothing less than- you guessed it: backing up a aging jazz icon in an album consisting entirely of that icon's tunes. How the irony of ...
Freddie Hubbard & Jimmy Heath: Jam Gems
by John Sharpe
Jam Gems is Label M’s latest offering from their ongoing series of previously unearthed recordings taped at Baltimore’s Famous Ballroom by The Left Bank Jazz Society. Formed in 1964, this group often booked Sunday afternoon jam sessions at various venues. However, the tapes were never released until producer Joel Dorn struck a deal to issue the ...
