''The Night of the Cookers'' is a live 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 ...

er Freddie Hubbard recorded at Club La Marchal in April 1965 and released on the

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label, originally as two volumes on LP. It features performances by Hubbard,

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 ...

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, Harold Mabern, Jr.,

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, 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 Douglas Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012) was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from Michigan State University (from which, five decades later, he would receive an honorary doctorat ...

) - 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 *

- trumpet *

- alto saxophone, flute * Harold Mabern, Jr. - piano *

- bass * Pete LaRoca - drums * Danny "Big Black" Rey - congas

References

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