With more than 50 solo albums to his credit and countless recording appearances
as a sideman, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard – born in Indianapolis, Indiana on April
7, 1938 - was one of the most prolific jazz artists of modern times. He began
his recording career in 1960 playing with Ornette Coleman, one of the leading
exponents of the free jazz movement. From these early beginnings, Freddie
Hubbard would record at least one, often two and sometimes three albums per year
throughout the 1960s and 70s and into the '80s. During this period his skills as
a trumpet player were in constant...