Ready for Freddie

Ready for Freddie
Studio album by Freddie Hubbard
Released Mid April 1962[1]
Recorded August 21, 1961
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz, hard bop
Length 42:33 original LP
Label Blue Note
BST 84085
Producer Alfred Lion
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Hub Cap
(1961)Hub Cap1961		 Ready for Freddie
(1962)		 The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard
(1962)The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard1962
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Ready for Freddie is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and was released on the Blue Note label in 1962 as BLP 4085 and BST 84085. In 2003, it was remastered and published on CD support. The two alternate takes didn't appear on the original LP. It features performances by Hubbard, Bernard McKinney, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Art Davis and Elvin Jones.

Reception

The album was identified by Scott Yanow in his Allmusic essay "Hard Bop" as one of the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Arietis" - 6:41
  2. "Weaver of Dreams" (Elliott, Young) - 6:35
  3. "Marie Antoinette" (Shorter) - 6:38
  4. "Birdlike" - 10:15
  5. "Crisis" - 11:33
  6. "Arietis" [alternate take] - 5:51
  7. "Marie Antoinette" [alternate take] (Shorter) - 6:15
All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Billboard Apr 28, 1962
  2. ↑ Allmusic Review
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Yanow, S. Hard Bop accessed December 7, 2009
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