Freddie Hubbard
Hubbard in 1976
Hubbard in 1976
Background information
Birth nameFrederick Dwayne Hubbard
Born(1938-04-07)April 7, 1938
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
DiedDecember 29, 2008(2008-12-29) (aged 70)
Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • bandleader
  • composer
Instrument(s)
Years active1958–2008
Labels

Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter.[1] He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives for modern jazz and bebop.[2]

Career beginnings

Hubbard started playing the mellophone and trumpet in his school band at Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. Trumpeter Lee Katzman, former sideman with Stan Kenton, recommended that he begin taking trumpet lessons at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music (now the Jordan College of the Arts at Butler University) with Max Woodbury, the principal trumpeter of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. In his teens, Hubbard worked locally with brothers Wes and Monk Montgomery,[3] and worked with bassist Larry Ridley and saxophonist James Spaulding. In 1958, at the age of 20, he moved to New York and began playing with some of the best jazz players of the era, including Philly Joe Jones, Sonny Rollins, Slide Hampton, Eric Dolphy, J. J. Johnson, and Quincy Jones.[3] On June 19, 1960, Hubbard made his first record as a leader, Open Sesame, at the beginning of his contract with Blue Note Records, with saxophonist Tina Brooks, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Clifford Jarvis. Six days later he returned the favor to Brooks and recorded with him on True Blue.

1960s

In December 1960, Hubbard was invited to play on Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz, after Coleman had heard him performing with Don Cherry.[4]

Then in May 1961, Hubbard played on Olé Coltrane, John Coltrane's final recording session for Atlantic Records. Coltrane also hired Hubbard, Eric Dolphy and Art Davis, who all appeared on Olé, to record Africa/Brass, Coltrane's first album with Impulse!, which was begun just after Olé. In August 1961, Hubbard recorded Ready for Freddie (Blue Note), which was also his first collaboration with saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Hubbard became Shorter's bandmate when he replaced Lee Morgan in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers later in 1961.[3] He played on more than 10 live and studio recordings with Blakey during one of the most acclaimed eras of the Jazz Messengers, including Caravan, Ugetsu, Mosaic, and Free for All. In all, during the 1960s, he recorded eight studio albums as a bandleader for Blue Note, and more than two dozen as a sideman.[5] Hubbard remained with Blakey until 1966, leaving to form the first of several small groups of his own, which featured, among others, his Blue note associate James Spaulding, pianist Kenny Barron and drummer Louis Hayes.[3] This group recorded for Atlantic.

It was during this time that he began to develop his own sound, distancing himself from the early influences of Clifford Brown and Morgan, and won the DownBeat jazz magazine "New Star" award on trumpet.[6]

Throughout the 1960s, Hubbard played as a sideman on some of the most important albums from that era, including Oliver Nelson's The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch!, Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage, and Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil.[7] Hubbard was described as "the most brilliant trumpeter of a generation of musicians who stand with one foot in 'tonal' jazz and the other in the atonal camp".[8] Though he never fully embraced the free jazz of the 1960s, he appeared on two of its landmark albums: Coleman's Free Jazz and Coltrane's Ascension, as well as on Sonny Rollins' "new thing" track, "East Broadway Run Down" (on the 1966 album of the same name), with Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison.

1970s

Hubbard with Harry Abraham

Hubbard achieved his greatest popular success in the 1970s with a series of albums for Creed Taylor and his record label CTI Records, overshadowing Stanley Turrentine, Hubert Laws, and George Benson.[9] Although his early 1970s jazz albums Red Clay, First Light, Straight Life, and Sky Dive were particularly well received and considered among his best work, the albums he recorded later in the decade were attacked by critics for their commercialism. First Light won a 1972 Grammy Award and included pianists Herbie Hancock and Richard Wyands, guitarists Eric Gale and George Benson, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Jack DeJohnette, and percussionist Airto Moreira.[10] In 1994, Hubbard, collaborating with Chicago jazz vocalist/co-writer Catherine Whitney, had lyrics set to the music of First Light.[11]

In 1977, Hubbard joined the all-star V.S.O.P. band, which also featured Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Ron Carter and Wayne Shorter. All of the band's members except Hubbard were members of the mid-1960s Miles Davis Quintet.[3] Several live recordings of this group were released as V.S.O.P, V.S.O.P. The Quintet, V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum (all 1977) and V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1979).[2]

Hubbard's trumpet playing was featured on the track "Zanzibar" from the 1978 Billy Joel album 52nd Street (the 1979 Grammy Award Winner for Best Album). The track ends with a fade during Hubbard's performance. An unfaded version was released on the 2004 Billy Joel boxed set My Lives.

Later life

Freddie Hubbard at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA 1977

In the 1980s Hubbard was again leading his own jazz group – this time with Billy Childs and Larry Klein, among others, as members – attracting favorable reviews, playing at concerts and festivals in the US and Europe, often in the company of Joe Henderson, playing a repertory of hard bop and modal jazz pieces.[3] Hubbard played at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1980 and in 1989 (with Bobby Hutcherson). He and Woody Shaw recorded two albums as co-leaders for Blue Note and played live concerts together from 1985 to 1987. In 1987, he was a co-leader with Benny Golson on the Stardust album.[3] In 1988, he teamed up once more with Blakey at an engagement in the Netherlands, from which came Feel the Wind.[3] In 1988, Hubbard played with Elton John, contributing trumpet and flugelhorn and trumpet solos on the track "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" for John's Reg Strikes Back album. In 1990, he appeared in Japan headlining an American-Japanese concert package which also featured Elvin Jones, Sonny Fortune, pianists George Duke and Benny Green, bass players Ron Carter, and Rufus Reid, with jazz vocalist Salena Jones.[3] He also performed at the Warsaw Jazz Festival, at which Live at the Warsaw Jazz Festival (Jazzmen 1992) was recorded.[2]

Following a long setback of health problems and a serious lip injury in 1992 where he ruptured his upper lip and subsequently developed an infection, Hubbard was again playing and recording occasionally, even if not at the high level that he set for himself during his earlier career.[12] His best records ranked with the finest in his field.[13]

Legacy and honors

In 2006, the National Endowment for the Arts accorded Hubbard its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters Award.[6]

On December 29, 2008, Hubbard died in Sherman Oaks, California from complications caused by a heart attack he suffered on November 26. Hubbard's body was cremated, with his ashes given to his family.[14]

Hubbard had close ties to the Jazz Foundation of America in his later years. He is quoted as saying, "When I had congestive heart failure and couldn't work, The Jazz Foundation paid my mortgage for several months and saved my home! Thank God for those people."[15] The Jazz Foundation of America's Musicians' Emergency Fund took care of him during times of illness. After his death, Hubbard's estate requested that tax-deductible donations be made in his name to the Jazz Foundation of America.[15]

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Recording date Title Label Year released Notes
1960-06 Open Sesame Blue Note1960
1960-11 Goin' Up Blue Note1961
1961-04 Hub Cap Blue Note1961
1961-08 Groovy!/Minor Mishap Fontana/Black Lion1989
1961-08 Ready for Freddie Blue Note1962
1962-07 The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard Impulse!1963
1962-10 Hub-Tones Blue Note1963
1962-12 Here to Stay Blue Note1976[2LP] The Blue Note Re-Issue Series
1963-03,
1963-05
The Body & the Soul Impulse!1964
1964-05 Breaking Point! Blue Note1964
1965-04 The Night of the Cookers Blue Note1965Live
1965-06 Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank with Jimmy Heath Label M2001Live
1965-02,
1966-03
Blue Spirits Blue Note1967
1966-10 Backlash Atlantic1967
1967-04 Fastball: Live at the Left Bank Hyena2005Live
1967-11 High Blues Pressure Atlantic1968
1968-12,
1969-01
A Soul Experiment Atlantic1969
1969-05 The Black Angel Atlantic1970
1969-12 The Hub of Hubbard MPS1970
1969-12 Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969 Blue Note2009Live
1970-01 Red Clay CTI1970
1970-07,
1970-08
Straight Life CTI1971
1970-11 Sing Me a Song of Songmy with İlhan Mimaroğlu Atlantic1971
1971-09 First Light CTI1971
1972-10 Sky Dive CTI1973
1973-03 Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One CTI1973Live
1973-03 In Concert Volume Two with Stanley Turrentine CTI1973Live
1973-10 Keep Your Soul Together CTI1974
1974-04,
1974-05
High Energy Columbia1974
1975-03 Gleam CBS/Sony1975Live
1975-03,
1975-04
Liquid Love Columbia1975
1976 Windjammer Columbia1976
1977 Bundle of Joy Columbia1977
1978-03,
1978-04
Super Blue Columbia1978
1979-02,
1979-03
The Love Connection Columbia1979
1979-12 Skagly Columbia1980
1980-07 Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival Pablo1980Live
1980-09 Mistral East World (Japan)/Liberty1981
1981-03 Outpost Enja1981
1981-05 Rollin' MPS1982Live
1981-06 Ride Like the Wind Elektra/Asylum1982
1981? Splash Fantasy1981
1981-11 Keystone Bop: Sunday Night with Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson Prestige1982Live
1981-11 Keystone Bop Vol. 2: Friday & Saturday with Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson Prestige1996Live
1981-12 Born to Be Blue Pablo1982
1982-06 Above & Beyond Metropolitan1999Live
1982-08 Back to Birdland Real Time1983
1983-06 Sweet Return Atlantic1983
1983-12 The Rose Tattoo Baystate1984
1985-11 Double Take with Woody Shaw Blue Note1985
1987-01 Life Flight Blue Note1987
1987-06 The Eternal Triangle with Woody Shaw Blue Note1987
1988-10,
1988-11
Feel the Wind with Art Blakey Timeless1989
1989? Times Are Changing Blue Note1989
1989-12 Topsy – Standard Book Alfa1990
1990-12,
1991-01
Bolivia MusicMasters1991
1991-10 At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles Starburst2000Live
1991-12 Live at Fat Tuesday's MusicMasters1992Live
1992-12 Blues for Miles Alfa1992
1994-08,
1995-01
MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon MusicMasters1995
2000-10 –
2000-12
New Colors Hip Bop2001
2007-12 On the Real Side Times Square2008

Compilation

As sideman

Sortable table with main artist alphabetically as primal order.

Main artist Title Year recorded Label Year released
Manny AlbamThe Soul of the City1966Solid State1966
Carl Allen and Manhattan ProjectsPiccadilly Square1989Timeless1993
Roberto Ávila & SaravaCome to Brazil1989Sonet1989
George BensonThe Other Side of Abbey Road1969A&M/CTI1970
Walter BentonOut of this World1960Jazzland1960
Art BlakeyMosaic1961Blue Note1962
Art BlakeyBuhaina's Delight1961Blue Note1963
Art BlakeyA Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March1961Jazz Hour1995
Art BlakeyThree Blind Mice1961–62United Artists1962
Art BlakeyCaravan1962Riverside1963
Art BlakeyUgetsu1963Riverside1963
Art BlakeyKyoto1964Riverside1966
Art BlakeyFree for All1964Blue Note1965
Art BlakeyGolden Boy1963Colpix1963
Art BlakeySoul Finger1965Limelight1965
The Big ApplesAutumn Leaves1989Pony Canyon2001
Tina BrooksTrue Blue1960Blue Note1960
Kenny BurrellGod Bless the Child1971CTI1971
George CablesCables' Vision1979Contemporary1980
Betty CarterDroppin' Things1990Verve1990
Paul ChambersGo1959Vee-Jay1959
Ornette ColemanFree Jazz: A Collective Improvisation1960Atlantic1961
John ColtraneOlé Coltrane1961Atlantic1961
John ColtraneAfrica/Brass1961Impulse!1961
John ColtraneAscension1965Impulse!1966
Richard DavisMuses for Richard Davis1969MPS1970
Eric DolphyOutward Bound1960New Jazz1960
Eric DolphyOut to Lunch!1964Blue Note1964
Kenny DrewUndercurrent1960Blue Note1961
Charles EarlandLeaving This Planet1973Prestige1974
Booker ErvinBooker 'n' Brass1967Pacific Jazz1967
Bill EvansInterplay1962Riverside1963
Joe FarrellSonic Text1979Contemporary1980
Curtis FullerBoss of the Soul-Stream Trombone1960Warwick1961
Curtis FullerSoul Trombone1961Impulse!1961
Curtis FullerCabin in the Sky1962Impulse!1962
Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry and Oscar PetersonThe Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 41980Pablo1980
Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry and Oscar PetersonThe Alternate Blues1980Pablo1980
Benny GolsonTake a Number from 1 to 101960–61Argo1961
Benny GolsonPop + Jazz = Swingjazz part also released as Just Jazz!1962Audio Fidelity1962
Benny GolsonTime Speaks1982Baystate1983
Benny GolsonStardust1987Denon1987
Dexter GordonDoin' Allright1961Blue Note1961
Dexter GordonClubhouse1965Blue Note1979
Dexter GordonGeneration1972Prestige1973
Dexter GordonThe Other Side of Round Midnight1985Blue Note1986
Slide HamptonSlide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty1959Strand1959
Slide HamptonSister Salvation1960Atlantic1960
Slide HamptonDrum Suite1962Epic1964
Herbie HancockTakin' Off1962Blue Note1962
Herbie HancockEmpyrean Isles1964Blue Note1964
Herbie HancockMaiden Voyage1965Blue Note1965
Herbie HancockBlow-Up1966MGM1967
Herbie HancockV.S.O.P.1976Columbia1977
Herbie HancockV.S.O.P. The Quintet1977Columbia1977
Herbie HancockV.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum1977CBS/Sony1977
Herbie HancockV.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky1979CBS/Sony1979
Herbie HancockRound Midnight (soundtrack)1985Columbia1986
Jimmy HeathThe Quota1961Riverside1961
Jimmy HeathTriple Threat1961Riverside1962
Joe HendersonBig Band1996Verve1997
Andrew HillPax1965Blue Note2006
Andrew HillCompulsion!!!!!1965Blue Note1967
Bobby HutchersonDialogue1965Blue Note1965
Bobby HutchersonComponents1965Blue Note1966
Bobby HutchersonKnucklebean1977Blue Note1977
Bobby HutchersonHighway One1978Columbia1978
Milt JacksonSunflower1972CTI1973
Milt JacksonGoodbyetrumpet on "S.K.J." only1972CTI1974
Billy Joel52nd Streettrumpet on "Zanzibar" only1978Columbia1978
Elton JohnReg Strikes Back1987–88Rocket/Mercury1988
J. J. JohnsonJ.J. Inc.1960Columbia1961
Quincy JonesI Dig Dancers1960Mercury1961
Quincy JonesThe Quintessence1961Impulse!1962
Quincy JonesGolden Boy1964Mercury1964
Quincy JonesI/We Had a Ball1964–65Limelight1965
Quincy JonesWalking in Space1969A&M/CTI1969
Quincy JonesGula Matari1970A&M1970
Chaka KhanEchoes of an Era1981–82Blue Note1982
John LewisEssence1960–62Atlantic1965
Mel LewisMel Lewis and Friends1976A&M/Horizon1977
Kirk LightseyTemptation1991Timeless1991
Jeff LorberWater Sign1979Arista1979
Ronnie MathewsDoin' the Thang!1963Prestige1964
Jackie McLeanBluesnik1961Elektra/Musician1962
The Modern Jazz QuartetMJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration1992–93Atlantic1994
Wes MontgomeryFingerpickin'1957–58Pacific Jazz1958
Wes MontgomeryRoad Song1968A&M1968
Hank MobleyRoll Call1960Blue Note1961
Alphonse MouzonBy All Means1980Pausa1980
Oliver NelsonThe Blues and the Abstract Truth1961Impulse!1961
Cecil PayneCerupa1993Delmark1995
Duke PearsonDedication!/Minor Mishap (Hubbard)1961Prestige/Black Lion1970/1989
Duke PearsonSweet Honey Bee1966Blue Note1967
Duke PearsonThe Right Touch1967Blue Note1968
Oscar PetersonFace to Face1982Pablo1982
Sam RiversContours1965Blue Note1967
Max RoachDrums Unlimited1965–66Atlantic1965
Sonny RollinsEast Broadway Run Down1966Impulse!1966
RufusNumbers1979?ABC1979
Poncho SanchezCambios1991Concord Picante1991
Lalo SchifrinOnce a Thief and Other Themes1965Verve1965
Don SebeskyGiant Box1973CTI1973
Wayne ShorterWayning Moments1961Vee-Jay1962
Wayne ShorterSpeak No Evil1964Blue Note1966
Wayne ShorterThe Soothsayer1965Blue Note1979
Wayne ShorterThe All Seeing Eye1965Blue Note1966
Leon ThomasA Piece of Cake1980Palcoscenico1980[16]
Stanley TurrentineSugar1970CTI1970
Stanley TurrentineMore Than a Mood1992MusicMasters1992
McCoy TynerTogether1978Milestone1979[17]
McCoy TynerQuartets 4 X 4on three tracks as part of one quartet1980Milestone1980
Cedar WaltonSoundscapes1980Columbia1980
Randy WestonUhuru Afrika1960Roulette1961
Randy WestonBlue Moses1972CTI1972
V.A.One Night with Blue Note Preserved1985Blue Note1985

Filmography

References

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  16. "A piece of cake – Leon Thomas – Muziekweb".
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