Somehow I thought that he must be older than that, but jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard died today at the age of 70. I have to admit to not really knowing much of his music beyond a handful of Blue Note albums from the 1960s that he was a sideman on. These include Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch, Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil, and Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage. Classics, all of them, and Hubbard plays beautifully on just about every track, sometimes outshining his more-famous bandmates. His solo on the title track to Maiden Voyage is particularly brilliant. His work is definitely worth a second listen. Or a first.
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