Freddie Hubbard

[Tom 1960]

Well I saw this on Amazon with a scheduled release date of September 12. Offer me up your thoughts. Thanks. Amazon

*Sorry, it might have been more appropriate to have placed this in the Reissues section. My apologies.

Edited September 4, 2006 by Tom 1960

[Late]

One of Hubbard's best on Blue Note, I'd say. What takes this session up a step — in addition to the fine soloing which could be expected just by looking at the line-up — is the choice of compositions. Not one, but two, Cal Massey tunes here. Both Hubbard and Shorter really dig into the changes with interest. It's also a nice change of pace to have Philly Joe on this session, as opposed to, say, Elvin Jones or Tony Williams. Philly's in great form here, his playing as crisp as ever.

The old McMaster edition doesn't sound terrible, but is fairly boxed in. I hope the new RVG doesn't get too compressed. Regardless, the music is fine.