FREDDIE HUBBARD "THE ARTISTRY OF FREDDIE HUBBARD AP, 2LP, 45RPM, RVG, LE,NE, NEW
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FREDDIE HUBBARD "THE ARTISTRY OF FREDDIE HUBBARD"
2010 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS THE IMPULSE! REISSUES, 2 LP, 45 RPM, 180G VINYL, PACKAGED IN EXTRA-THICK CARD-STOCK GATEFOLD JACKETS, ENGINEERED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, #98 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 1,500 NUMBERED COPIES, CATALOG NUMBER AS-27.
"BY THE TIME THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1962, THE 24 YEAR OLD FREDDIE HUBBARD HAD WORKED WITH SLIDE HAMPTON, MAX ROACH, AND J.J. JOHNSON PRIOR TO HIS ASSOCIATION WITH ART BLAKEY'S JAZZ MESSENGERS. MILES DAVIS LISTED HUBBARD AMONG THE TOP JAZZ TRUMPETERS OF THE DAY. THIS WAS FREDDIE HUBBARD'S DEBUT ON THE IMPULSE! LABEL, AND TO SHOWCASE HIS TRUMPET ARTISTRY HE ORGANIZED A GROUP OF TOP INSTRUMENTALISTS TO GIVE HIM FULL SUPPORT. THE GROUP INCLUDED JOHN GILMORE, TENOR SAXOPHONE; CURTIS FULLER, TROMBONE; ART DAVIS, BASS; TOMMY FLANAGAN, PIANO AND LOUIS HAYES, DRUMS. FREDDIE HUBBARD WROTE THREE OF THE FIVE COMPOSITIONS.'
"THIS 1962 EFFORT WAS FREDDIE HUBBARD'S FIRST RECORDING UNDER HIS OWN NAME FOR IMPULSE! FELLOW JAZZ MESSENGER CURTIS FULLER AND NEWCOMER JOHN GILMORE COLOR THE PROCEEDINGS WITH ADDED TROMBONE AND TENOR SAXOPHONE, RESPECTIVELY. THESE ROCK-SOLID POST-BOP HORN PLAYERS ARE BACKED BY THE FORMIDABLE RHYTHM SECTION OF TOMMY FLANAGAN ON PIANO, ART DAVIS ON BASS AND LOUIS HAYES ON DRUMS. HUBBARD'S SHIMMERING STYLE AND CLEAR TONE SHOW A CLEAR DEBT TO THE LATE CLIFFORD BROWN AND A NOD TO THE BOLD CURIOSITY OF JOHN COLTRANE. THESE ARE SOME HOT YOUNG PLAYERS PUSHING CLASSIC FORMAT FORWARD. THE OPENING TRACK IS DUKE ELLINGTON'S INTOXICATING "CARAVAN". THE HORNS PLAY THE THEME LOOSELY ABOVE THE DARK UNDERCURRENT OF DAVIS; AND HAYES' PLAYING. THE PIECE EXPLODES INTO A HUBBARD SOLO THAT SHOWS WHY HE WAS THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT YOUNG TRUMPETER OF THAT ERA. THE EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF HIS TONE AND RANGE ARE AMPLY DISPLAYED IN HIS LATIN-TINGED VERSION OF THE TENDER GERSHWIN STANDARD "SUMMERTIME". ON THE CLOSING TRACK, "THE 7TH DAY", HUBBARD AND HIS SEXTET RIDE A SULTRY COOL JAZZ GROOVE FOR ALL IT'S WORTH AND BUILD PATIENTLY TO SOME BOLD EXCHANGES, BOWING OUT WITH A SLOW FADE." ---ROVI STAFF, ALL MUSIC
1) CARAVAN 2) BOB'S PLACE 3) HAPPY TIMES 4) SUMMERTIME 5) THE 7TH DAY
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