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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 ...
The Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note Editions
by C. Andrew Hovan
As far as jazz goes from the hard bop era, two names are synonymous with their groundbreaking work of the period-Blue Note Records and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. Blue Note released a canon of recordings that have been revered by collectors and musicians alike over the years and Van Gelder was the man behind the ...
Freddie Hubbard: Above and Beyond
by Jack Bowers
When the conversation turns to great trumpeters from the bop era onward — Diz, Brownie, Fats, Lee Morgan, Woody Shaw, Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham, Art Farmer, Wynton Marsalis, Booker Little and so on — Freddie Hubbard’s name sometimes slips through the cracks. Too bad, as during his heyday Hubbard could match wits with any of them ...
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