''The Eternal Triangle'' is an album by

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

ers Freddie Hubbard and

Woody Shaw Woody Herman Shaw Jr. (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and educator. Shaw is widely known as one of the most important and influential jazz trumpet ...

recorded in June 1987 and released on the

Blue Note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note that—for expressive purposes—is sung or played at a slightly different pitch from standard. Typically the alteration is between a quartertone and a semitone, but this varies depending on the musical c ...

label. It features performances by Hubbard, Shaw, Ray Drummond, Carl Allen,

Mulgrew Miller Mulgrew Miller (August 13, 1955 – May 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects of their styles remained i ...

and

Kenny Garrett Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis's band. His primary instruments are alto and ...

. The album followed the first Hubbard/Shaw collaboration '' Double Take'' (1985) and the two volumes were combined for the double CD release ''The Complete Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw Sessions'' (1995).

Track listing

# "Down Under" (Hubbard) - 7:35 # "The Eternal Triangle" ( Sonny Stitt) - 7:49 # "The Moontrane" (Shaw) - 6:30 # "Calling Miss Khadija" (

Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' (1 ...

) - 6:40 # "Nostrand and Fulton" (Hubbard) - 6:12 # "Tomorrow's Destiny" (Shaw) - 7:06 # "São Paulo" ( Kenny Dorham) - 8:13 # "Reets and I" (

Benny Harris "Little" Benny Harris (April 23, 1919 in New York City – May 11, 1975 in San Francisco) was an American bebop trumpeter and composer. A self-taught musician, in the mid-1930s Benny Harris was already playing with Thelonious Monk. In later y ...

) - 6:40

Personnel

*Freddie Hubbard -

, flugelhorn *

- trumpet *

- alto saxophone, flute *

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Ray Drummond - bass * Carl Allen - drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eternal Triangle, The 1987 albums Freddie Hubbard albums Woody Shaw albums Blue Note Records albums Albums produced by Michael Cuscuna

Track listing

Personnel

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