''Sky Dive'' is the twentieth album by jazz trumpeter

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 fo ...

, recorded in 1972. It was his fourth album released on

Creed Taylor Creed Bane Taylor V (May 13, 1929 – August 22, 2022) was an American record producer, best known for his work with CTI Records, which he founded in 1967. His career also included periods at Bethlehem Records, ABC-Paramount Records (including ...

's CTI label and features performances by Hubbard,

Keith Jarrett Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945) is an American jazz and classical music pianist and composer. Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey and later moved on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has also been a ...

, George Benson,

Ron Carter Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...

, Billy Cobham,

Airto Moreira Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of the ...

and

Ray Barretto Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Lati ...

Track listing

# "Povo" (Hubbard) - 14:46 # "In a Mist" (

Bix Biederbecke Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer. Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical app ...

) - 7:05 # "Naturally" ( Nat Adderley) - 5:56 Bonus track on CD # "The Godfather (Theme)" ( Nino Rota) - 7:23 # "Sky Dive" (Hubbard) - 7:37 # "Naturally" lternate Take- 5:03 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

*Freddie Hubbard - trumpet * Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm - trumpet, flugelhorn * Wayne Andre, Garnett Brown - trombone *Paul Faulise - bass trombone * Tony Price - tuba * Hubert Laws - flute, alto flute, bass flute *Phil Bodner - flute, alto flute, bass clarinet, piccolo *George Marge - alto clarinet, bass clarinet *Wally Kane - bass clarinet, piccolo *Romeo Penque - flute, alto flute, clarinet, oboe, English horn *

- piano, electric piano * George Benson - guitar *

- bass * Billy Cobham - drums *

- percussion * Don Sebesky - arranger, conductor

References

{{Authority control Freddie Hubbard albums 1973 albums Albums conducted by Don Sebesky Albums arranged by Don Sebesky Albums produced by Creed Taylor Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio CTI Records albums