FREDDIE HUBBARD THE ARTISTRY OF FREDDIE HUBBARD AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE/NE/SO NEW
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FREDDIE HUBBARD "THE ARTISTRY OF FREDDIE HUBBARD"
2010 ANAOLGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE IMPULSE! REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, DELUXE GATEFOLD COVER, LIMITED EDITION OF 1,500 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS LP IS #99, SOLD-OUT EDITION, ENGINEERED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY AT COHEARENT AUDIO, PRESSED AT RTI USA, CATALOG NUMBER AS-27.
"BY THE TIME THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1962, THE 24 YEAR OLD FREDDIE HUBBARD HAD WORKED WITH SLDE 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 SAXAPHONE; 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 FREDDDIE 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 SHOWS A CLEAR DEBT TO THE LATE CLIFFORD BROWN AND A NOD TO THE BOLD SONIC CURIOSITY OF JOHN COLTRANE. THESE ARE SOME HOT YOUNG PLAYERS PUSHING A CLASSIC FORMAT FORWARD. THE OPENING TRACK IS DUKE ELLINGTON'S INTOXICATING 'CARAVAN'. THE HORNS PLAY THE THEME LOSELY 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, BLOWING OUT WITH A SLOW FADE."--RAVI STAFF, ALL MUSIC
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