Hub-Tones (Remaster) (CD)

Freddie Hubbard has always been a trumpet player of great facility, suppleness, and polish. Following his breakthrough with the Jazz Messengers in the late '50s, his burnished tone became a focal point of innumerable Blue Note albums of the '60s, both as leader and sideman. After a foray into fusion in the '70s, he returned to the hard bop of his early career.

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• Release Date: May 18, 1999
• Label: Blue Note Records (USA)
• UPC: 724349900820
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105775769
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #38370 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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• #185 in Trumpet (See Top 100 Trumpet Bestsellers)

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The Rudy Van Gelder Edition of HUB-TONES includes an essay by Bob

Blumenthal.

Personnel: Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); James Spaulding (alto saxophone, flute); Herbie Hancock (piano); Reggie Workman (bass); Clifford Jarvis (drums).

Producer: Alfred Lion.

Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 10, 1962. Originally released on Blue Note (84115). Includes liner notes by Joe Goldberg and Bob Blumenthal.

Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Rudy Van Gelder (1998, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey).

This is part of the Blue Note Rudy Van Gelder Editions series.

Freddie Hubbard's HUB-TONES, a consummate Blue Note date from the early '60s, is the trumpeter's most highly acclaimed disc. Hubbard fronts a standard quintet here, with fine support from James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock, Reggie Workman, and Clifford Jarvis. The trumpeter's style is more clearly defined than on past efforts with a signature approach that Hubbard would continue throughout the remainder of the hard bop era. Indeed, this particular session signaled Hubbard's arrival as one of the giants of the trumpet and a leader of modern jazz.

Significantly, HUB-TONES establishes Hubbard as a masterful composer as well as an interpreter of standards. The opening "You're My Everything" is one of the latter, but the remainder of the cuts are Hubbard's. The lightly swinging "Prophet Jennings" features a muted melody accompanied by Spaulding's delicate flute. The classic title track, presented here in two takes, is the disc's highlight; a raucous, machine gun-like head that opens up into a burning solo session featuring stunning work by all. The moving "Lament For Booker" follows, showcasing Hubbard's velvety ballad style with tasteful support from Spaulding and Hancock. Finally, the fiery "For Spee's Sake" wraps up this essential session.

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