First Light

by Freddie Hubbard

Type: Album
Released: 12 October 1971
Label: CTI
Country: United States
Length: 59:02
Community rating: 4.19/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Orchestrated by Don Sebesky and produced by Creed Taylor, this Grammy-winning album exemplifies the lush, cinematic crossover sound that defined the CTI label. The trumpeter's fiery, hard-bop sensibilities are elegantly framed by sweeping string sections and a remarkably tight, funk-inflected rhythm section. It was a massive commercial success that perfectly balanced serious improvisation with smooth, accessible jazz-pop aesthetics.

Genres

Jazz Fusion

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

Credits

Aurora - primary artist
Freddie Hubbard - primary artist, trumpet, flugelhorn, written-by
Don Sebesky - arranged by, written-by
Ron Carter - bass
Jane Taylor - bassoon
Charles McCracken - cello
George Ricci - cello
Bob Ciano - design [album]
Jack DeJohnette - drums
Rudy Van Gelder - engineer, mastered by
Hubert Laws - flute
Wally Kane - flute, bassoon
George Marge - flute, clarinet
Romeo Penque - flute, oboe, english horn, clarinet
Jim Buffington - french horn
Ray Alonge - french horn
George Benson - guitar
Margaret Ross - harp
Airto Moreira - percussion
Pete Turner - photography by [cover]
Dean Brown - photography by [liner]
Richard Wyands - piano
Creed Taylor - producer
Phil Kraus - vibraphone
Alfred Brown - viola
Emanuel Vardi - viola
David Nadien - violin
Emanuel Green - violin
Gene Orloff - violin
Harold Kohon - violin
Irving Spice - violin
Joe Malin - violin
Matthew Raimondi - violin
Paul Gershman - violin
Tosha Samaroff - violin
Paul & Linda McCartney - written-by
Henry Mancini - written-by
Johnny Mercer - written-by
Norman Martin - written-by
Betty Comden And Adolph Green - written-by
Leonard Bernstein - written-by