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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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  • d1lll1nger

    FREDDIE !!!

    March 2012

  • JazzIsKing

    Ready for Freddie has to be the most underrated jazz album ever. How do more people not recognize its brilliance?

    February 2012

  • akrde

    I'm ready for Freddie now! :)

    November 2011

  • GregOfTheOcean

    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.

    October 2011

  • jamesusillxd

    Red Clay is amazing

    September 2011

  • SoulJazzsterInc

    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.

    September 2011

  • Mezzanine_

    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)

    June 2011

  • I_LOVE_DONUTS

    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]

    May 2011
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