Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubbard ranks with Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown as jazz's most technically gifted trumpeter. This previously unreleased live set from 1969 captures Hubbard in concert with Ron Carter (bass), Roland Hanna (piano) and Louis Hayes (drums). The band alternates wild abandon with spacious beauty, defining the post-bop era in the process. The purity of Hubbard's tone is as awe-inspiring as his bop runs; "Body & Soul" and "The Things We Did Last Summer" are a must for romantics of all stripes, while serious jazzers and post-rockers will faint at the galaxy-spanning "Space Track."