Freddie Hubbard - The Complete Blue Note & Impulse '60s Studio Sessions (7 CD, 2022) [FLAC]

Ten Classic Studio Albums on Seven CDs: This limited edition collection traces Hubbard’s rise to prominence by collecting the entire ten studio albums recorded during his first six years as a leader. All of the music gives evidence of a brilliant player with an ever-more-personal voice, a budding composer who would go on to pen several jazz classics. Now at last Freddie gets his own seven-CD box set, with a special twist. Thanks to a special arrangement with the labels, we were able to package “The Complete Freddie Hubbard Blue Note & Impulse ‘60s Studio Sessions” in one box, representing every studio date he led from 1960 to 1966. 

McCoy Tyner & Freddie Hubbard Quartet - Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1986 (2022 Hi-Res FLAC)

 Live At Fabrik presents pianist McCoy Tyner's trio with bassist Avery Sharpe and drummer Louis Hayes and guest artist Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and flugelhorn. In actuality, Hubbard's power-packed presence transforms the unit into a co-led quartet, as the cover art acknowledges. The 2 x CD album is, in effect, the chronicle of a summit meeting between two giants of post-bop jazz—one of them, Hubbard, on the rebound from a fall from grace occasioned by his embrace of fusion in the 1970s, the other, Tyner, a bandleader who had never let his standards drop.

• Freddie Hubbard: trumpet
• McCoy Tyner: piano
• Avery Sharpe: bass
• Louis Hayes: drums.

 

Brian Bromberg - A New Day (1986, 24-96 FLAC)

 Recorded October 1985 through June 1986 at Mad Hatter Recording Studios, Los Angeles

• Brian Bromberg - fretless & fretted electric & piccolo basses, keyboards, emulator II,drum machine
• Ernie Watts - tenor sax
• Alex Acuna - drums, percussion
• Freddie Hubbard - flugelhorn
• Joe Farrell - flute, tenor and soprano saxes
• Kei Akagi - keyboards, piano
• Guy Moon - keyboards
• Arthur Statman - keyboards
• Greg Armstrong - alto sax
• Carl Cherry - drums

Side 1
A1 - Summertime 4:37
A2 - Sunrise 6:24
A3 - Take A Walk In The Park With Me 7:05
A4 - Shana 5:30

Side 2
B1 - Mushy Tushy 6:00
B2 - It's A New Day 6:12
B3 - My Funny Valentine 6:04
B4 - Oriental Ho-Down 6:24 

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4161-4175]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###

BN.4161- George Braith‎- 1963- Soul Stream
BN.4162- Stanley Turrentine- 1964- Hustlin' {RVG Remaster}
BN.4164- Jimmy Smith- 1963- Prayer Meetin' {RVG Remaster}
BN.4165- Jackie McLean- 1963- Destination... Out {RVG Remaster}
BN.4166- Joe Henderson- 1964- In 'n Out {RVG Remaster}
BN.4167- Andrew Hill- 1964- Point of Departure {RVG Remaster}
BN.4168- Freddie Roach- 1964- Brown Sugar
BN.4169- Lee Morgan- 1964- Search For The New Land {RVG Remaster}
BN.4170- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1964- Free For All {RVG Remaster}
BN.4171- George Braith- 1964- Extension
BN.4172- Freddie Hubbard- 1964- Breaking Point {RVG Remaster}
BN.4173- Wayne Shorter- 1964- Night Dreamer {RVG Remaster}
BN.4174- Big John Patton- 1964- The Way I Feel
BN.4175- Herbie Hancock- 1964- Empyrean Isles {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4126-4140]

 

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###

BN.4126- Herbie Hancock- 1963- My Point Of View {RVG Remaster}
BN.4127- Kenny Dorham- 1963- Una Mas {RVG Remaster}
BN.4129- Stanley Turrentine- 1963- Never Let Me Go {RVG Remaster}
BN.4130- John Patton- 1963- Along Came John
BN.4131- Horace Silver- 1963- Silver's Serenade {RVG Remaster}
BN.4132- Grant Green- 1962- Feelin' The Spirit {RVG Remaster}
BN.4133- Dexter Gordon- 1962- A Swingin' Affair {RVG Remaster}
BN.4134- Horace Parlan- 1963- Happy Frame of Mind
BN.4135- Freddie Hubbard- 1962- Here To Stay {RVG Remaster}
BN.4136- Solomon Ilori- 1963- African High Life
BN.4137- Jackie McLean- 1963- One Step Beyond {RVG Remaster}
BN.4139- Grant Green- 1963- Am I Blue {RVG Remaster}
BN.4140- Joe Henderson- 1963- Page One {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4111-4125]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###

BN.4111- Grant Green- 1962- The Latin Bit {RVG Remaster}
BN.4112- Dexter Gordon- 1962- GO! {RVG Remaster}
BN.4113- Freddie Roach- 1962- Down To Earth {RVG Remaster}
BN.4114- Ike Quebec- 1962- Boss Nova. Soul Samba {RVG Remaster}
BN.4115- Freddie Hubbard- 1962- Hub-Tones {RVG Remaster}
BN.4116- Jackie McLean- 1962- Jackie McLean Quintet (not released)
BN.4117- Jimmy Smith- 1960- Back at the Chicken Shack {RVG Remaster}
BN.4118- Donald Byrd- 1961- Free Form {RVG Remaster}
BN.4119- Charlie Rouse- 1962- Bossa Nova Bacchanal
BN.4121- Don Wilkerson- 1962- Elder Don
BN.4122- Stanley Turrentine - 1962-  Jubilee Shout!!!
BN.4123- Kenny Burrell- 1963- Midnight Blue {RVG Remaster}
BN.4124- Donald Byrd- 1963- A New Perspective {RVG Remaster}
BN.4125- Lou Donaldson- 1963- Good Gracious!

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4071-4085]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###


BN.4071- Grant Green- 1961- Green Street {RVG Remaster}
BN.4073- Freddie Hubbard- 1961- Hub Cap {RVG Remaster}
BN.4074- Horace Parlan- 1961- On The Spur Of The Moment {RVG Remaster}
BN.4075- Donald Byrd- 1961- The Cat Walk {RVG Remaster}
BN.4076- Horace Silver- 1961- Doin' The Thing- At the Village Gate {RVG Remaster}
BN.4077- Dexter Gordon- 1961- Doin' Allright {RVG Remaster}
BN.4078- Jimmy Smith- 1960- Midnight Special {RVG Remaster}
BN.4079- Lou Donaldson- 1961- Gravy Train {RVG Remaster}
BN.4080- Hank Mobley- 1961- Workout {RVG Remaster}
BN.4081- Stanley Turrentine- 1961- Dearly Beloved {RVG Remaster}
BN.4082- Horace Parlan- 1961- Up & Down {RVG Remaster}
BN.4083- Dexter Gordon- 1961- Dexter Calling... {RVG Remaster}
BN.4084- Baby Face Willette- 1961- Stop and Listen {RVG Remaster}
BN.4085- Freddie Hubbard- 1961- Ready For Freddie {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4061-4070]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###



BN.4061- Donald Byrd- 1960- At the Half Note Cafe vol.2 {RVG Remaster}
BN.4062- Horace Parlan- 1960- Headin' South {RVG Remaster}
BN.4063- Kenny Dorham- 1961- Whistle Stop {RVG Remaster}
BN.4064- Grant Green- 1961- Grant's First Stand {RVG Remaster}
BN.4065- Stanley Turrentine- 1961- Comin' Your Way
BN.4066- Lou Donaldson- 1961- Here 'Tis {RVG Remaster}
BN.4067- Jackie McLean- 1961- Bluesnik {RVG Remaster}
BN.4068- Baby Face Willette- 1961- Face To Face {RVG Remaster}
BN.4069- Stanley Turrentine- 1961- Up at Minton's Vol.1
BN.4070- Stanley Turrentine- 1961- Up at Minton's Vol.2

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4051-4060]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###



BN.4051- Jackie McLean- 1959- Jackie's Bag {RVG Remaster}
BN.4052- Tina Brooks- 1960- Back to the Tracks
BN.4053- Lou Donaldson- 1958- Light-Foot
BN.4054- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1960- Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World vol.1
BN.4055- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- 1960- Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World vol.2
BN.4056- Freddie Hubbard- 1960- Goin' Up
BN.4057- Stanley Turrentine With The Three Sounds- 1960- Blue Hour. The Complete Sessions
BN.4058- Hank Mobley- 1960- Roll Call {RVG Remaster}
BN.4059- Kenny Drew- 1960- Undercurrent {RVG Remaster}
BN.4060- Donald Byrd- 1960- At the Half Note Cafe vol.1 {RVG Remaster}

Blue Note Works 4000-4100 series [4031-4040]

 

...The Modern Jazz Series continued into the 1970s with the LPs listed below. Many were issued in both monaural versions (BLP series) and stereo versions (BST 84000 series).  Most of the 4000 series have been reissued by Toshiba-EMI in Japan ("Blue Note Works 4000" series); the catalog numbers are TOCJ-4###


 

BN.4031- Hank Mobley- 1960- Soul Station {RVG Remaster}
BN.4032- Sonny Red- 1960- Out Of The Blue
BN.4033- Dizzy Reece- 1960- Soundin' Off {RVG Remaster}
BN.4034- Lee Morgan- 1960- Lee-Way {RVG Remaster}
BN.4035- Duke Pearson- 1959- Tender Feelin's {RVG Remaster}
BN.4036- Lou Donaldson- 1960- Sunny Side Up
BN.4037- Horace Parlan- 1960- Us Three
BN.4038- Jackie McLean- 1960- Capuchin Swing {RVG Remaster}
BN.4039- Stanley Turrentine- 1960- Look Out! {RVG Remaster}
BN.4040- Freddie Hubbard- 1960- Open Sesame {RVG Remaster}

Freddie Hubbard - The Night Of The Cookers: Live At Club La Marchal, Volume 1 & 2 (2004/FLAC)

 

The Night of the Cookers is a live album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard recorded at Club La Marchal in April 1965 and released on the Blue Note label, originally as two volumes on LP. It features performances by Hubbard, Lee Morgan, James Spaulding, Harold Mabern, Jr., Larry Ridley, Pete LaRoca and Big Black. It has been called "one of the most compelling documents of a live band in full flight".

Wes Montgomery - The Montgomeryland Sessions (2CD, 2013/FLAC)

 

This release contains the complete classic albums “The Montgomery Brothers & Five Others” (1958), “Montgomeryland” (1959) and “Wes, Buddy & Monk” (1958). Also included are all the songs featuring solos by Wes Montgomery from the LPs “Kismet” (1958) and A Good Git Together (1959) and, as a final bonus, a rare 1955 Montgomery Brothers version of “Love for Sale” appearing here on CD for the first time ever - taken from a long out of print compilation LP called appropriately, “Almost Forgotten”. 

Freddie Hubbard - Anthology: The Soul-Jazz And Fusion Years 66-82 (2 CD, 2002/FLAC)

 This collection on the U.K.'s Soul Brother imprint is a very compelling look at a big slice of Freddie Hubbard's long career as a leader, and one that gets ignored for the most part. Hubbard recorded over 20 records between Backlash, his Atlantic debut in 1966, and Ride Like the Wind for Elektra in 1982, with lengthy stops at Columbia and CTI (as well some straight hard bop and post-bop outings for labels Fantasy and Pablo). In many cases, some of these original recordings were not only disregarded by more traditional jazzheads, they were regarded with outright hostility. It didn't matter to Hubbard, however, because at the time, these were among his best-selling albums and connected with the public deeply.

This 18-cut set leaves out the straighter jazz albums and his dates as a sideman – there were dozens – in favor of Hubbard's long sojourn into soul-jazz, fusion, and jazz-funk. The early soul-jazz sides on Atlantic are represented by a pair of cuts from Backlash and one each from High Blues Pressure and A Soul Experiment, before moving into his years with Creed Taylor. These years contain classics such as the title jams from Red Clay and First Light, but they go deeper and get stranger – as well as more cosmic – with the inclusion of tracks like "Povo," a wild reading of "People Make the World Go Around," and "Spirits of Trane" from Polar AC and Keep Your Soul Together. Disc two also includes far funkier jams such as "Baraka Sasa" and "Kuntu" from High Energy and Liquid Love, respectively. There are certainly albums left out from this period, even those that followed the grooved-out dictums of the tracks included, but it hardly matters since what is presented here is the best of the best, even following Hubbard's trail all the way down to albums like Splash and Born to Be Blue. In other words, this is a great introduction to the music of Hubbard after his initial Blue Note period and before he returned to his hard bop roots in the middle of the 1980s. 

V.S.O.P. - The Quintet (1977/FLAC)

The Quintet is an album by V.S.O.P. It was compiled from two concert performances: one at the Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, on July 16, 1977; the other at the San Diego Civic Theatre on July 18, 1977. The musicians were Herbie Hancock on keyboards, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and flugelhorn, Tony Williams on drums, Ron Carter on bass, and Wayne Shorter on tenor and soprano saxophones. The recording was originally released in October 1977 as a 2-disc LP by Columbia Records. 

 

• Freddie Hubbard – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Herbie Hancock – piano, keyboards
• Ron Carter – double bass
• Tony Williams – drums