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The Night Of The Cookers
''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".Maxwell Chandler"Remembering Freddie Hubbard and The Night of the Cookers (Blue Note, 1965)" Jazz Police, December 30, 2008. Track listing # " Pensativa" (Clare Fischer) - 23:30 # "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) - 19:27 # "Jodo" - 22:15 # "Breaking Point" - 21:43 :''All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated'' :*Recorded on April 9 & 10, 1965 at Club La Marchal, Brooklyn, NY Personnel *Freddie Hubbard - trumpet *Lee Morgan - trumpet *James Spaulding - alto saxophone, flute * Harold Mabern, Jr. - piano *Larry Ridley Larry Ridley (born September 3, 1937) is an Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives for modern jazz and bebop. Career beginnings Hubbard started playing the mellophone and trumpet in his school band at Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. Trumpeter Lee Katzman, former sideman with Stan Kenton, recommended that he begin studying at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music (now the Jordan College of the Arts at Butler University) with Max Woodbury, the principal trumpeter of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. In his teens, Hubbard worked locally with brothers Wes and Monk Montgomery, and worked with bassist Larry Ridley and saxophonist James Spaulding. In 1958, at the age of 20, he moved to New York and began playing with some of the best jazz players of the era, including Philly Joe Jones, Sonny Rollin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
