Freddie Hubbard, Sideman

[kh1958]

At the Tower Liquidation sale, I picked up a Joe Farrell OJC--Sonic Text, recorded for Contemporary in 1979.

This is certainly a very good recording--With Freddie Hubbard, George Cables, Tony Dumas and Peter Erskine.

Freddie sounds so good here, it made me wonder, what other outstanding sideman recordings did he make in the 1970s and 1980s that (like this one) I might have missed?

[CJ Shearn]

the VSOP stuff, he appears on McCoy's "Together", uh................... can't think of more at the moment

Edited January 8, 2007 by CJ Shearn

[sal]

At the Tower Liquidation sale, I picked up a Joe Farrell OJC--Sonic Text, recorded for Contemporary in 1979.

This is certainly a very good recording--With Freddie Hubbard, George Cables, Tony Dumas and Peter Erskine.

I agree.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

um i actually have a q re: freds dec. 1979, 1980 released lp: SKAGILY- is this one worth pickin up for $3.99 big ones? i want it cause local bebop legend hadley calimans on it, but is it any good? is it more funk, more disco, or a little of both? keep in mind i usually like funk and disco

[kh1958]

I bought High Energy when issued (I liked it then and still do), but I skipped the next few Freddie Hubbard recordings (Liquid Love and Skagly). I don't think I've ever heard Skagly, except maybe on the radio at the time.

[kh1958]

Another fine album, with some nice Freddie Hubbard as sideman, was Henry Butler's Fivin' Around, on impulse, circa 1986.

[kh1958]

Answering my own question, but:

Kirk Lightsey--Temptation (Timeless)--this is one the best Freddie Hubbard recordings.

Benny Golson and Freddie Hubbard--the Jazz Masters--Just got this one, which is available for $8 from dustygroove--it's a nice Sonny Lester produced date from 1987, with Ron Carter, Mulgrew Miller and Marvin Smitty Smith.

[JSngry]

Skagly is definitely worth that price. It's funky but in more of a jammish way.

[Guest donald petersen]

liquid love is awesome! skagly is decent. i agree with jsngz.

since i was just talking about the hutcherson mosaic, knucklebean would also be a response to this thread.

[Kyo]

Some others that haven't been mentioned yet:

Stanley Turrentine - Sugar

Dexter Gordon - Generation

Charles Earland - Leaving This Planet

McCoy Tyner - 4x4

[Hot Ptah]

George Cables--Cables Vision

[kh1958]

Answering my own question, but:

Kirk Lightsey--Temptation (Timeless)--this is one the best Freddie Hubbard recordings.

Benny Golson and Freddie Hubbard--the Jazz Masters--Just got this one, which is available for $8 from dustygroove--it's a nice Sonny Lester produced date from 1987, with Ron Carter, Mulgrew Miller and Marvin Smitty Smith.

With regard to the Golson/Hubbard, the enthusiastic dustygroove review is actually accurate. This sounds like a group that played some dates together, not a pickup band meeting for the recording session:

An obscure date from trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and tenorist Benny Golson -- but some really great work from both players! The format here is relaxed and very open -- long tunes that allow both players to really stretch out on their solos with tremendous grace and imagination. And despite the low price and simple packaging of the set, the quality of both the music and recording is easily on a par with the best 80s work by Hubbard and Golson -- and is a masterful meeting of both artists! The group's a quintet, with more additional great talent -- including Mulgrew Miller on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Marvin Smitty Smith on drums -- hitting the kit with a great sense of energy that really drives the session. Titles include a great acoustic reworking of Hubbard's classic "Povo", presented in a way that's still surprisingly funky -- plus "Double Bass", "Sad To Say", "Far Away", "Gypsy Jingle Jangle", and "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing".

Edited February 15, 2007 by kh1958

[Peter Friedman]

Here are some things from the 70's and 80's with Freddie Hubbard as a sideman that I like.

Mel Lewis and Friends - A & M (1976)

The Trumpet Summit Meets Oscar Peterson Big 4 - Pablo (1980)

The Alternate Blues - Pablo (1980)

Count Basie - Kansas City 7 - Pablo (1980)

Oscar Peterson/Freddie Hubbard - Face To Face - Pablo

[AmirBagachelles]

Herbie's Empyrean Isles was my favorite, along with Stolen Moments as his "moment". I think this was a popular thread on the old BNBB. Freddie seems to have given it up best of all for the other guys; and I really like Ready for Freddie as his best date.

oops 70s, 80s... Dunno the work, though I do enjoy Sonic Text.

Edited February 16, 2007 by AmirBagachelles