FREDDIE HUBBARD THE BODY & THE SOUL AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, NE, SO, RVG, NEW/SEALED

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                                                                                            FREDDIE HUBBARD "THE BODY & THE SOUL"
2010 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS THE IMPULSE! REISSUES, 2 LP, 45RPM, 180G VINYL, PACKAGED IN EXTRA-THICK CARD-STOCK GATEFOLD JACKETS, CATALOG NUMBER A-38, #98 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 1,500 NUMBERED COPIES, PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"FREDDIE HUBBARD'S SECOND IMPULSE! ALBUM "THE BODY & THE SOUL" FEATURES THE 25 YEAR OLD CONSOLIDATING A REPUTATION AS AN IMPORTANT NEW VOICE OF JAZZ AND ONE OF THE BEST TO EMERGE IN THE 60'S. PLAYING ALONG WITH A TENOR SAX BACKED BY STRINGS. 'SKYLARK', 'I GOT IT BAD" AND 'CHOCOLATE SHAKE' ARE ALL GIVEN BEAUTIFUL TREATMENTS WITH A 16-PIECE BAND AND IN A SEPTET WITH ERIC DOLPHY AND WAYNE SHORTER."
"FREDDIE HUBBARD WAS 25 WHEN HE ENTERED THE STUDIO WITH THIS FANTASTIC BAND IN 1963. THE BOSS OF THE JAZZ MESSENGERS, ART BLAKEY (IN WHOSE QUINTET HUBBARD FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SUCH BRILLIANT TRUMPETERS AS CLIFFORD BROWN AND LEE MORGAN), HAD GIVEN HIM A FEW DAYS OFF, AND BOB THIELE, PRODUCER WITH IMPULSE!, GOT HOLD OF THE VERY BEST SOLOISTS AND WIND INSTRUMENTALISTS HE COULD FIND FOR HIM TO RECORD WITH. IN PARTICULAR THEIR PERFORMANCE OF SUCH STANDARDS AS 'BODY AND SOUL', SKYLARK' AND 'I GOT IT BAD' REVEALS NOT ONLY A SENSITIVITY AND RESPECT FOR THE MELODY, BUT ALSO AVANTGARD PHRASING (AND STILL CONSIDERED SO EVEN TODAY!) WHICH IS LENT EMPHASIS BY THE RESTRAINED ACCOMPANIMENT OF THE STRINGS. FREDDIE HUBBARD'S COLLEAGUE WAYNE SHORTER IS NOT ONLY LEADER OF THE FORMATION BUT ALSO THE ARRANGER. PARTICULARLY PLEASING IS THAT OTHER SOLOISTS SUCH AS ERIC DOLPHY AND CEDAR WALTON ARE GIVEN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY THEIR TALENTS."
"THE RE-RELEASE OF THIS ALBUM, AN ALBUM WHICH EASILY DESERVES TO BE CALLED A 'MILESTONE IN JAZZ HISTORY', IS LOG OVERDUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE RECALLS THAT RUDY VAN GELDER, ONE OF THE VERY BEST SOUND ENGINEERS, WAS HIRED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS IMPULSE! RECORDING, THUS GUARANTEEING AN ABSOLUTELY FIRST-CLASS SOUND QUALITY FOR THE NINE TITLES ON THIS ALBUM-EVEN AFTER ALMOST 40 YEARS."
                                                                                                                  1) BODY AND SOUL                                                                                                                   2) CARNIVAL (MANHA DE CARNAVAL)                                                                                                                   3) CHOCOLATE SHAKE                                                                                                                   4) DEDICATED TO YOU                                                                                                                   5) CLATENCE'S PLACE                                                                                                                   6) ARIES                                                                                                                   7) SKYLARK                                                                                                                   8) I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN'T GOOD)                                                                                                                   9) THERMO
                                                          RECORDING: MARCH AND MAY 1963 AT ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., USA BY RUDY VAN GELDER.