Freddie Hubbard - Blue Spirits (1965/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Freddie Hubbard leads two ensembles of stellar musicians, an octet and septet, on this 1965 session of all-original material. Included in the lineup are unconventional jazz instruments such as congas and euphonium, even flute, resulting in a varied hard bop set that displays soul-jazz and Latin influences.

Freddie Hubbard's last Blue Note release of the 1960s (with the exception of the blowing session The Night of the Cookers), adds two numbers to the original LP program and features the great trumpeter in three challenging settings ranging from a sextet to an octet. Hubbard uses such sidemen as altoist James Spaulding, tenors Joe Henderson and Hank Mobley, the euphonium of Kiane Zawadi, pianists Harold Mabern, McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock, bassists Larry Ridley, Bob Cranshaw and Reggie Workman, drummers Clifford Jarvis, Pete La Roca and Elvin Jones, the congas of Big Black and on one song bassoonist Hosea Taylor. The set is comprised of seven diverse Hubbard originals and, even though none of the songs caught on to become standards, the music is quite challenging and fairly memorable.

Tracklist:

01 - Soul Surge
02 - Blue Spirits
03 - Outer Forces
04 - Cunga Black
05 - Jodo

Produced by Alfred Lion. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder.
Recorded on February 19 & 26, 1965 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Musicians:
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone on "1 & 4"
Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone on "2, 3 & 5"
James Spaulding - alto saxophone on "1, 3 & 5", flute on "2 & 4"
Harold Mabern - piano on "1 & 4"
McCoy Tyner - piano on "2, 3 & 5"
Larry Ridley - bass on "1 & 4"
Bob Cranshaw - bass on "2, 3 & 5"
Clifford Jarvis - drums on "1 & 4"
Pete LaRoca - drums on "2, 3 & 5"
Big Black - congas on "1 & 4"
Kiane Zawadi - euphonium


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