Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7, 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American jazz trumpeter. Known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles, Hubbard is commonly ranked among the greatest trumpeters and jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1950s. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Indianapolis skyline Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana. ... Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area  Ranked 38th  - Total 36,418 sq mi (94,321 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 270 miles (435 km)  - % water 1. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A trumpeter may be one of several things: A trumpeter is a musician who plays the trumpet. ... Bebop is a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos and improvisation based on harmonic structure rather than melody. ... Hard bop is an extension of bebop (bop) music which incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing. ... Post-bop is a term for a form of small-combo jazz music that evolved in the early-to-mid sixties. ...

Along with two other jazz trumpeters also born in 1938, Lee Morgan (d. 1972) and Booker Little (d. 1961), Hubbard exerted a strong influence on the direction of jazz in the 1960s. He recorded extensively for Blue Note Records in the late '50s and '60s: eight albums as a bandleader, and twenty-eight as a sideman. [1] Most of these recordings are regarded as classics. Lee Morgan Lee Morgan (born July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-died February 19, 1972 in New York City) was a hard bop trumpeter. ... Booker Little, Jr (born on April 2, 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee-died October 5, 1961 in New York City, NY) was a United States jazz trumpeter and composer. ... Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. ...

Biography

Early life and career

In his youth, Hubbard associated 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 his contemporaries Miles Davis and Clifford Brown, while also drawing inpiration from earlier trumpeters, especially Fats Navarro and Dizzy Gillespie). John Leslie Wes Montgomery was an African-American jazz guitarist. ... The Chet Baker Monument in Amsterdam Chesney Henry Chet Baker Jr. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an influential and highly rated American jazz trumpeter. ... Theodore (Fats) Navarro (24 September 1923 – 6 July 1950) was an American jazz trumpet player. ... John Birks Dizzy Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. ...

Rise to prominence

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, Bill Evans, Philly Joe Jones (from 1958-1959, notably for engagements at Birdland), Oliver Nelson, and Quincy Jones, among others. He gained attention while playing with the seminal hard bop ensemble Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (replacing Lee Morgan), 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 and a featured sideman. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Theodore Walter Sonny Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Hampton at Jerusalem Jazz Festival. ... J. J. Johnson, in about the mid-1960s J. J. Johnson (born James Louis Johnson) in Indianapolis, Indiana, (January 22, 1924 - elements of both classical and jazz music. ... William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and one of the most famous of the 20th century; he remains one of the major influences on post-1950s jazz piano. ... Joseph Rudolph (Philly Joe) Jones (July 15, 1923 – August 30, 1985) was an American jazz drummer. ... Oliver Nelson (1932–1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinettist, and composer. ... Quincy Delightt Jones Jr. ... Hard bop is an extension of bebop (bop) music which incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Jazz Messengers were a jazz ensemble founded by Art Blakey and Horace Silver in 1955. ... Lee Morgan Lee Morgan (born July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-died February 19, 1972 in New York City) was a hard bop trumpeter. ...

In addition to Hubbard can be heard as a sideman on 1960s recordings of performers such as Ornette Coleman (Free Jazz), John Coltrane (Ascension), Andrew Hill and Oliver Nelson (The Blues and the Abstract Truth). He appeared on classic modal jazz albums such as Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter and Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock. 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). While Hubbard never fully embraced free jazz (his playing on Coleman's Free Jazz and Coltrane's Ascension were criticized as overly conventional), avant garde jazz has influenced his playing -- witness Hubbard's playing on Sonny Rollins' East Broadway Run Down. Ornette Coleman (born March 19, 1930) is an American saxophonist and composer. ... John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Ascension is a jazz album by John Coltrane. ... Andrew Hill (June 30, 1931[1] – April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer. ... Oliver Nelson (1932–1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinettist, and composer. ... Modal jazz is jazz played using musical modes rather than chord progressions. ... Speak No Evil is an album by Wayne Shorter, recorded on 24 December 1964 and released on Blue Note in 1965. ... Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. ... The maiden voyage of a ship or aircraft is the first cruise or flight in revenue service, typically following a series of shakedown cruises or test-flights. ... Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Hancock is one of jazz musics most important and influential pianists and composers. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Out to Lunch was Eric Dolphys only recording for Blue Note Records as a leader. ... Ascension is a jazz album by John Coltrane. ...

CTI years and recent career

After leaving Blue Note, 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 gave rise to some negative criticism, and his emotional instability on the bandstand became a problem. (A famous 1967 recording of Hubbard playing with Max Roach in Europe features the trumpeter shouting at the audience, cursing, weeping, and leaving the stage). CTI Records (Creed Taylor International or Creed Taylor Incorporated) was a jazz record label fonded in 1967 by Creed Taylor. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

After signing with Columbia Records, 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 jazz in the style of the 1960s Miles Davis Quintet (with Hubbard taking the place of Davis). Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Hancock is one of jazz musics most important and influential pianists and composers. ...

1980s projects moved between straight-ahead and commercial styles, and Hubbard recorded for several different labels including Sweet Return by Joan Cartwright on Atlantic, Pablo, Fantasy, Elektra/Musician, and the revived Blue Note label. The slightly younger Woody Shaw was 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. Joan Renee Cartwright (born December 7, 1947, in Kew Gardens, New York) is a Jazz and Blues singer, composer, author and educator. ... Woody Herman Shaw II (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American trumpeter and flugelhorn player. ... Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Armando Anthony Chick Corea (born June 12, 1941) is a multiple Grammy Award winning American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer. ... Stanley Clarke (born 30 June 1951) is an American musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and bass guitar as well as his numerous film and television scores. ... Lenny White (born 1949) is a great American jazz-rock drummer, who is most famous for participating as one of the multiple drummers on Miles Daviss Bitches Brew sessions, and making himself well known as a member of Chick Coreas Return To Forever band. ...

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 is again playing and recording occasionally, but not at the high level that he set for himself during his earlier career. In an interview with Downbeat Magazine in 1995, he stated that he is working on regaining the strength he lost in his lip and would like to teach while his lip heals.

Selected discography

• Goin' Up (1960)
• Open Sesame (1960)
• Ready for Freddie (1961)
• Hub-Tones (1962)
• Here to Stay (1962)
• The Body and Soul (1963)
• Breaking Point (1964)
• Blue Spirits (1966)
• Backlash (1966)
• Red Clay (1970)
• Straight Life (1970)
• First Light (1971)
• Sky Dive (1972)
• Windjammer (1976)
• Bundle of Joy (1977)
• Super Blue (1978)
• The Love Connection (1979)
• Keystone Bop/A Little Night Music/Classics (1981)
• Ride Like The Wind (1982)
• Sweet Return (1985)
• Double Take (with Woody Shaw) (1985)
• The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw) (1987)

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External links

• Bio at Jazztrumpetsolos.com
• Freddie Hubbard's Website
• Bio and Selected Recordings at Grove Music Online
• Interview with Downbeat Magazine