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Freddie Hubbard: Keep Your Soul Together

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In January 1974, “CTI” label released “Keep Your Soul Together”, the fifth Freddie Hubbard album. In October 1973, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
  • George Cables – electric piano
  • Aurell Ray – guitar
  • Kent Brinkley – bass
  • Ron Carter – electric bass
  • Ralph Penland – drums
  • Juno Lewis – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Freddie Hubbard.

  1. Brigitte
  2. Keep Your Soul Together
  3. Spirits of Trane
  4. Destiny’s Children

Booker Ervin: Booker’n’Brass

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In January 1968, “Pacific Jazz” label released “Booker ‘n’ Brass”, the 18th Booker Ervin album. It was recorded in September 1967, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Martin Banks, Johnny Coles, Ray Copeland, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Garnett Brown, Bennie Green, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Benny Powell – bass trombone
  • Kenny Barron – piano
  • Reggie Johnson – bass
  • Lenny McBrowne – drums
  • Teddy Edwards – arrangements, conductor
  • Ray Hall – engineer
  • Woody Woodward – art direction
  • Gabor Halmos – design
  • Raymond Ross – cover photography
  • Fred Seligo – liner photography

Track listing:

  1. East Dallas Special – Booker Ervin
  2. Salt Lake City – Johnny Lange, Leon René
  3. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? – Louis Alter, Edgar DeLange
  4. L.A. After Dark (Master Take 6) – Teddy Edwards
  5. Kansas City – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  6. Baltimore Oriole – Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster
  7. Harlem Nocturne – Earle Hagen, Dick Rogers
  8. I Left My Heart in San Francisco – George Cory, Douglass Cross
  9. St. Louis Blues – W. C. Handy

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Mosaic

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In January 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Mosaic”, the 18th Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs. New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Mosaic – Cedar Walton
  2. Down Under – Freddie Hubbard
  3. Children of the Night – Wayne Shorter
  4. Arabia – Curtis Fuller
  5. Crisis – Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubbard: Hub-Tones

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In November 1963, “Blue Note” label released “Hub-Tones”, the seventh Freddie Hubbard album. It was recorded in October 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks Freddie Hubbard, where noted.

  1. You’re My Everything – Mort Dixon, Harry Warren, Joe Young
  2. Prophet Jennings
  3. Hub-Tones
  4. Lament for Booker
  5. For Spee’s Sake

Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers: Kyoto

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In October 1966, “Riverside” label released “Kyoto”, the 23rd Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in February 1964, in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Wellington Blakey – vocals
  • Sam Alexander – design
  • Lee Tanner – photography
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. The High Priest – Curtis Fuller
  2. Never Never Land – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
  3. Wellington’s Blues – Art Blakey
  4. Nihon Bash – Sadao Watanabe
  5. Kyoto – Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubard: Hub Cap

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In October 1961, “Blue Note” label released “Hub Cap”, is the third Freddie Hubbard album. It was recorded in April 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
  • Julian Priester – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Larry Ridley – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Freddie Hubbard, except where noted.

  1. Hub Cap
  2. Cry Me Not – Randy Weston
  3. Luana
  4. Osie Mae
  5. Plexus – Cedar Walton
  6. Earmon Jr.

Sonny Stitt And Art Blakey With The Jazz Messengers: In Walked Sonny

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In September 1975, “Sonet Records” label released “In Walked Sonny”, album by Sonny Stitt and Art Blakey with The Jazz Messengers. It was recorded in May 1975, in New York City, and was produced by Sam Charters.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • David Schnitter – tenor saxophone
  • Bill Hardman – trumpet
  • Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
  • Yoshio “Chin” Suzuki – bass
  • Elvin Campbell – engineer 
  • Terence Brace – design
  • Kenji Takigami – photography
  • Sam Charters – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Blues March – Benny Golson
  2. It Might as Well Be Spring – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  3. Birdlike – Freddie Hubbard
  4. I Can’t Get Started – George Gershwin, Vernon Duke
  5. Ronnie’s a Dynamite Lady – Walter Davis, Jr.
  6. In Walked Sonny – Sonny Stitt

Bobby Hutcherson: Dialogue

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In September 1965, “Blue Note” label released “Dialogue”, the second Bobby Hutcherson studio album. It was recorded in April 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone, marimba
  • Andrew Hill – piano
  • Richard Davis – double bass
  • Joe Chambers – drums
  • Sam Rivers – soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Alfred Bennet Spellman Jr, – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Catta – Andrew Hill
  2. Idle While – Joe Chambers
  3. Les Noirs Marchant – Andrew Hill
  4. Dialogue – Joe Chambers
  5. Ghetto Lights – Andrew Hill

Hank Mobley: The Turnaround!

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In July 1965, “Blue Note” label released “The Turnaround!”, the 25th Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in March 1963 and February 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Butch Warren – bass
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Del Shields – liner notes

All tracks by Hank Mobley, except where noted.

  1. The Turnaround
  2. East of the Village
  3. The Good Life – Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon
  4. Straight Ahead
  5. My Sin
  6. Pat ‘n’ Chat

John Coltrane: Stardust

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In July 1963, “Prestige” label released “Stardust”, the tenth John Coltrane album. It was recorded in July 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Wilbur Harden – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Arthur Taylor – drums

Track listing:

  1. Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
  2. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  3. Love Thy Neighbor – Mack Gordon, Harry Revel
  4. Then I’ll Be Tired of You – Yip Harburg, Arthur Schwartz