Blue Spirits

by Freddie Hubbard

Overview

This CD, Freddie Hubbard's last Blue Note release of the 1960s (with the exception of the blowing session The Night of the Cookers), adds two numbers to the original LP program and features the great trumpeter in three challenging settings ranging from a sextet to an octet. Hubbard uses such sidemen as altoist James Spaulding, tenors Joe Henderson and Hank Mobley, the euphonium of Kiane Zawadi, pianists Harold Mabern, McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock, bassists Larry Ridley, Bob Cranshaw and Reggie Workman, drummers Clifford Jarvis, Pete La Roca and Elvin Jones, the congas of Big Black and on one song bassoonist Hosea Taylor. The set is comprised of seven diverse Hubbard originals and, even though none of the songs caught on to become standards, the music is quite challenging and fairly memorable. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	03/08/2024
Label:	Universal
UPC:	4988031620861
Rank:	60861

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Freddie Hubbard   Primary Artist,Horn,Trumpet
Pete La Roca   Guest Artist,Drums
James Spaulding   Guest Artist,Flute,Saxophone
Reggie Workman   Guest Artist
Elvin Jones   Guest Artist
McCoy Tyner   Guest Artist,Piano
Herbie Hancock   Guest Artist
Joe Henderson   Guest Artist,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Hank Mobley   Guest Artist,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Bernard Kinney   Euphonium
Harold Mabern   Piano
Kiane Zawadi   Horn,Euphonium
Big Black   Congas
Bob Cranshaw   Bass
Larry Ridley   Bass
Clifford Jarvis   Drums

Technical Credits

Donald "Duck" Dunn   Composer
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Booker T. Jones   Composer
Freddie Hubbard   Composer