Backlash

by Freddie Hubbard

Backlash cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1967
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:05
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A masterful session that bridges advanced hard bop language with accessible, deeply rhythmic soul-jazz elements. The vibrant trumpet work is supported by an angular, sophisticated rhythm section that pushes the boundaries of conventional modal structures.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, rhythmic, acoustic, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Backlash (4:14)
  2. The Return of the Prodigal Son (5:42)
  3. Little Sunflower (7:55)
  4. On the Que-Tee (5:47)
  5. Up Jumped Spring (6:41)
  6. Echoes of Blue (9:45)

Credits

  • Freddie Hubbard - primary artist, flugelhorn, trumpet, written-by
  • James Spaulding - alto saxophone, flute
  • Bob Cunningham - bass, written-by
  • Ray Appleton - drums
  • Ray Barretto - percussion
  • Albert Dailey - piano
  • Donald Pickett - written-by
  • Harold Ousley - written-by

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