Freddie Hubbard biography

 

Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7, 1938, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) is an American jazz trumpeter.

In his youth, Freddie Hubbard associated with various musicians in Indianapolis, including Wes Montgomery and Montgomery's brothers. The popular 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).

Freddie 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. Freddie Hubbard gained attention while playing with the seminal hard bop ensemble Art Blakey and 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 since that time has 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), Freddie Hubbard exerted a strong force on the direction of 1960s jazz. Freddie Hubbard 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. Freddie 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 has influenced his playing.

After leaving Blue Note, Freddie Hubbard recorded for the Atlantic label and moved toward a more commercial style. His next label was CTI Records where he recorded his best-known works, Red Clay, First Light, and Sky Dive. By 1970, his fiery, melodic improvisation and phenomenal technique established him as perhaps the leading trumpeter of his day, but a series of commercially oriented smooth jazz albums spawned some negative criticism. After signing with Columbia Records, Freddie Hubbard's albums were almost exclusively in a commercial vein. However, in 1976, Hubbard toured and recorded with V.S.O.P., led by Herbie Hancock which presented unadulterated jazz in the style of the 1960s Miles Davis Quintet (with Hubbard taking the place of Davis).

1980s projects moved between straight-ahead and commercial styles, and Freddie Hubbard recorded for several different labels including Atlantic, Pablo, Fantasy, Elektra/Musician, and the revived Blue Note label. The slightly younger Woody Shaw was Freddie Hubbard's main jazz competitor during the 1970s and 1980s, and the two eventually recorded together on three occasions. Hubbard participated in the short-lived Griffith Park Collective, which also included Joe Henderson, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Lenny White.

Following a long setback of health problems and a serious lip injury in 1992, Freddie Hubbard is again playing and recording occasionally, but not at the high level that he set for himself during his earlier career.

Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard: Fastball documents just such an occasion. Freddie Hubbard Fastball is a must have for jazz fans, and an invaluable.


Freddie Hubbard Studio Live
FREDDIE HUBBARD STUDIO LIVE reviews from the nation's top critics and audiences. Tomatometer critic reviews for Freddie Hubbard Studio Live to receive a.


Freddie Hubbard: The Hard Bop Homepage
Hard. Peter Keepnews. Freddie Hubbard first played and recorded in . New Grove Dictionary Of Jazz. A selected discography of Freddie Hubbard albums.


Freddie Hubbard - AOL Music
Download, listen and watch Freddie Hubbard music, mp3's, song lyrics, music. Listen to Freddie Hubbard, 'Walkin' Listen for this artist on AOL Radio.


Freddie Hubbard
Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard was born in Indianapolis and his first playing and. Cookers. Hub-Tones. The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard. The Body And The Soul.


Freddie Hubbard - Moviefone
.date, Freddie Hubbard Relationships, and Freddie Hubbard Facts on Moviefone. Trumpet great Freddie Hubbard greets a visitor to his cozy split-level Hollywood.


Freddie Hubbard MP3 Downloads - Freddie Hubbard Music Downloads.
.downloads as well as all of your favorite Freddie Hubbard music videos. great jazz trumpeters of all time, Freddie Hubbard formed his sound out of the.


YouTube - Freddie Hubbard in Norway 1965
Freddie Hubbard with Kenny Drew and NHOP at the Molde Jazz Festival in 1965. whose stuff I can take with me to listen to it would be FREDDIE HUBBARD.


Freddie Hubbard Biography at JazzTrumpetSolos.com
Freddie Hubbard Biography and Discography. Freddie Hubbard Discography. Open Sesame (Blue. The Best Of Freddie Hubbard 1970-73 recordings (Columbia 1990).


CMT.com : Freddie Hubbard : Artist Main
..com presents complete Freddie Hubbard information including Radio, Discography. Receive Free Artist Updates For Freddie Hubbard. Receive Free You Heard It!.


Freddie Hubbard - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio.
Freddie Hubbard feature on ARTISTdirect. Freddie Hubbard. albums. biography. listen/watch. links. Freddie Hubbard. Anthology - The Soul-Jazz Fusion Years