Ready for Freddie

by Freddie Hubbard

Ready for Freddie cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 30:08
  • Community rating: 4.55/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A collaboration between the leading young voices of a new generation, this album showcases the spreading influence of modal concepts within hard bop. The session features long stretches where the soloists improvise with immense freedom over a pedal point rather than a set of chord changes.

Genres

Descriptors: classic, soulful, bluesy, ensemble, dynamic

Tracklist

  1. Arietis (6:41)
  2. Weaver of Dreams (6:35)
  3. Marie Antoinette (6:38)
  4. Birdlike (10:14)

Credits

  • Freddie Hubbard - primary artist, trumpet, written-by
  • Art Davis - bass
  • Elvin Jones - drums
  • Bernard McKinney - euphonium
  • Rudy Van Gelder - lacquer cut by, recorded by [recording by]
  • Nat Hentoff - liner notes
  • Francis Wolff - photography by [cover photo], photography
  • McCoy Tyner - piano
  • Alfred Lion - producer
  • Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone, written-by
  • Jack Elliott - written-by
  • Victor Young - written-by

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