Freddie Hubbard "Blue Spirits"

[riverrat]

I've been listening to this one lately and enjoying it. I have the TOCJ.

I seem to recall that the long OOP U.S. version had an extra track. Is it worth searching for a copy of this disc for that one track? What's it like?

[wolff]

Can't answer your questions.

I really like this album, too.

If I did not know "Soul Serge" was a Freddie and company tune, I'd think it was Lee Morgan. "Blue Spirits" also sounds like something from Morgan's "Search For New Land"...or vice versa??

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Blue Note CD 46545 from 1987 has 7 tracks: Soul Surge, Cunga Black, Outer Forces, Blue Spirits, Jodo, The Melting Pot, and True Colors.

Mike

[riverrat]

Thanks for the replies. I guess my question would have been better placed in the "Discography" forum.

It looks like there are actually 2 extra tracks on the US version- "Melting Pot" and "True Colors". My TOCJ has only the first 5 listed by Mike, so it is probably worth it to keep looking for the OOP US version.

[Late]

You may want to wait for the JRVG of this album, which will include the two bonus tracks. I believe it's coming out early next year. The track entitled "The Melting Pot" is a wonderful sextet "modal groover" (for lack of a better description), with a hip vamp by Herbie Hancock and Reggie Workman in unison. Joe Henderson's solo on this one is a knock-out. I actually started a thread on this some time ago in the Discography forum, where M. Fitz confirmed that Hosea Taylor was on alto for this recording.

[Late]

Here's the aforementioned thread.

[riverrat]

Thank you Late. I will indeed wait for the JRVG.

I used to do a search before posting questions of this nature on the old BNBB but failed to do so this time. I guess this is worth doing now.

It's a testament to this site that posters have developed enough of an archive in the various discussions to make searches productive here too.