FREDDIE HUBBARD "HUB CAP" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, LE, NE, SO, RVG, NEW/SEALED
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FREDDIE HUBBARD "HUB CAP"
2010 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER AP-84073, #558 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDING BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPES, PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO,. CA.
"AS WAS CUSTOMARY WITH BLUE NOTE RELEASES DURING THE 1950S AND '60S, THE NAMES OF THE MUSICIANS PERFORMING ON "HUB CAP" ARE LISTED ON THE ALBUMS FRONT COVER. THE NAME FREDDIE HUBBARD, THE LEADER, IS-NOT SURPRISINGLY-MOST PROMINENT. HOWEVER, THE FACTOR THAT ELEVATES "HUB CAP" A NOTCH ABOVE SIM ILARLY STYLED LP'S RELEASED AT THE TIME IS THE FIFTH NAME LISTED UNDER HUBBARD'S; DRUMMER "PHILLY" JOE JONES. WITHIN A MINUTE OF THE OPENING TITLE SONG, JONES HAS MADE HIS PRESENCE KNOWN. AFTER AND EIGHT-BAR INTRODUCTION, HIS DRUMMING REMAINS ATTENTIVE DURING THE TUNE'S STOP-AND-GO THEME. HIS HANDLING OF THE THREE FOUR-BAR SCORED SECTIONS DURING HUBBARD'S FIRST SOLO CHORUS IS VIRTUOSTIC. ELSEWHERE ON "HUB CAP", JONE'S MAGNIFICENT VERSATILITY COMES THROUGH OVER AND OVER AGAIN: THE CYMBAL CRASHES ON RANDY WESTON'S BALLAD "CRY ME NOT" ADD CONSIDERABLE DRAMA; HIS HIGH-HAT WORK DURING THE OPENING MOMENTS OF "LUANA" AND THE SHUFFLE BEAT ON "OSIE MAE" ESTABLISH IRRESISTIBLE TOE-TAPPING GROOVES; AND HIS PULSATING RHYTHMS ON "PLEXUS" PUSH HUBBARD TO GREAT HEIGHTS DURING HIS MEMORABLE TWO-CHORUS IMPROVISATION."
"1961'S "HUB CAP" WAS THE THIRD ALBUM HUBBARD RECORDED FOR BLUE NOTE RECORDS AND WAS THE FIRST TO FEATURE PREDOMINANTLY ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS. OF HUBBARD'S FOUR SONGS, "LUANA" IS ESPECIALLY WELL THOUGHT-OUT, FASHIONED WITH AN EXTENDED INTRODUCTION AND A FETCHING MELODY. HUBBARD'S PLAYING ON "HUB CAP" IS ON PAR WITH HIS WORK DURING THE EARLY-'60S: THE IDEAS RAPIDLY OOZE OUT OF HIS HORN ONE AFTER ANOTHER, HIS TONE REMAINS BRIGHT AND BRASSY, AND HE DEMONSTRATES A FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC POSSIBILITIES OF THE TRUMPET.
1) HUB CAP 2) CRY ME NOT 3) LUANA 4) OSIE MAE 5) PLEXUS 6) EARMON JR.
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