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Freddie Hubbard (Frederick Dewayne Hubbard, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 7, 1938 - Sherman Oaks, California, December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Hubbard was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and associated in his youth with various musicians in Indianapolis, including Wes Montgomery and Montgomery’s brothers. Chet Baker was an early influence, although Hubbard soon aligned himself with the approach of Clifford Brown (and his forebears: Fats Navarro and Dizzy Gillespie).

Hubbard’s jazz career began in earnest after moving to New York City in 1958. While there, he worked with Sonny Rollins, Slide Hampton, J. J. Johnson, Philly Joe Jones, Oliver Nelson, and Quincy Jones, among others. He gained attention while playing with the seminal hard bop ensemble Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, appearing on such albums as Mosaic, Buhaina’s Delight, and Free For All. He left the Messengers in 1964 to lead his own groups and from that time maintained a high profile as a bandleader or featured as a special guest, but never merely a sideman.
Along with two other trumpeters also born in 1938, Lee Morgan (d. 1971) and Booker Little (d. 1961), Hubbard exerted a strong force on the direction of 1960s jazz. He recorded extensively for Blue Note Records: eight albums as a bandleader, and twenty-eight as a sideman. [1] Most of these recordings are regarded as classics. Hubbard appeared on a few early avant-garde landmarks (Ornette Coleman’s Free Jazz, Eric Dolphy’s Out to Lunch and John Coltrane’s Ascension), but Hubbard never fully embraced free jazz, though it did influence his playing.
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  • akrde wrote:
    November 2011
    I'm ready for Freddie now! :)

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  • GregOfTheOcean wrote:
    October 2011
    well souljazz, as you say, miles explored much more and for that he reached many more people. it depends on what you think "great thing in jazz" means. hubbard is fabulous, but i enjoy much more of miles' music, because he made more of it. at the end of the day, miles and trane are who many people are familiar with, so their presence in a jazz discussion can be helpful. of course i see your point though, to be sure.

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  • jamesusillxd wrote:
    September 2011
    Red Clay is amazing

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  • SoulJazzsterInc wrote:
    September 2011
    The fact that there is such a hierarchy in jazz is so beyond me. Yes, Miles and Coltrane are geniuses but the fact that you absolutely have to mention them and compare everyone to them because they are supposed to be the greatest thing in jazz annoys me a lot. Yes, Miles obviously explored much more styles than Hubbard but does that mean that is he automatically better at what he does? Is hard bop Miles better than Freddie? Milestones better than Backlash simply because it is Miles Davis? I don't think so, all of this is very subjective. Hubbard is as legitimate as Miles making this kind of music. Period.

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  • Mezzanine_ wrote:
    June 2011
    first time i heard freddie playing was in Mayden Voyage and i was like "WOW, i gotta know who's that guy!". A year latter i'm listening to Open Sesame and i'm just amazed. He should receive more credit for his contributions to jazz. (sorry for my english)

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  • I_LOVE_DONUTS wrote:
    May 2011
    at the end of the day i'd rather hear a Freddie Hubbard solo over a Miles Davis solo, but what does that really matter? [2]

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  • koolkeef wrote:
    May 2011
    at the end of the day i'd rather hear a Freddie Hubbard solo over a Miles Davis solo, but what does that really matter?

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  • jiveraptor wrote:
    April 2011
    "I think that technically he was better from Miles Davis as regards the playing of the trumpet,but musically Miles was better." If you discount all Miles' garbage pop albums and only consider his trailblazing stuff. Hubbard had way more integrity and I rank him a lot higher, myself.

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  • bonnie_jamie wrote:
    March 2011
    Ready For Freddie........ Wow.

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  • cards4life wrote:
    March 2011
    giving "Open Sesame" another listen...smooth as silk, perfectly arranged with impeccable timing...just gorgeous!

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  • povlja wrote:
    March 2011
    I found/bought his record 'Liquid Love' for £5 the other day. Mint condition. A bargain! I wanted to pay more for it.

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  • darmik89 wrote:
    February 2011
    I think that technically he was better from Miles Davis as regards the playing of the trumpet,but musically Miles was better.

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  • hippiedrow wrote:
    February 2011
    I really enjoy his album 'First Light'.

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  • ChriSThaaRippeR wrote:
    February 2011
    Волшебный саксофонист. Слушать одно удовольствие.

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  • rockxcasbah wrote:
    February 2011
    Red Clay is monumental.

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  • ratm239 wrote:
    February 2011
    people who say nuff said are douche bags. they think putting nuff said on the end of something means its important.

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  • cards4life wrote:
    February 2011
    I don't know why, but his albums "Hub Cap" and "Hub-Tones" are my favorites, but almost all of his stuff is great though.

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  • street_dawg wrote:
    February 2011
    Red Clay [2] nuff said

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  • rdx_TP wrote:
    December 2010
    Rest In Peace.

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  • Jazzbeast wrote:
    November 2010
    Freddie Hubbard is all the Trumpeter, I ever wanted to be,... for the Trumpet, was one of my first Loves-of-Music,...(Studied Conservatory-Music in Grade-School, i.e.:John Hancock Elementary School, San Francisco, CA.), Freddie Hubbard, Hugh Masakela, Miles Davis, Herb Albert, and Manard Furgeson, and later to add-on,... Lee Morgan & Clifford Brown, Sr. to the list; (Studied them later in College),...I transfered my trumpet knowledge to the keyboards & Strings, e.g.,(Piano & Guitar) after lost of Embouchure , due to facial trauma, from an accident, (Chipped-Tooth, Swollen, Busted-Lip).

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