goodbye freddie hubbard

frederick dewayne hubbard (7 april 1938 – 29 december 2008)

the video is from 1962 with art blakey and the jazz messengers. the rest of the band is wayne shorter, curtis fuller, cedar walton, and reggie workman.

born in indianapolis, he moved to new york in 1958, where he met coltrane at a jam session.

“i met trane at a jam session at count basie’s in harlem in 1958” he said in an interview in 1995. “he said, ‘why don’t you come over and let’s try and practice a little bit together.’ i almost went crazy. i mean, here is a 20-year-old kid practicing with john coltrane. he helped me out a lot, and we worked several jobs together.”

in 1961 he joined art blakey’s jazz messengers, but left in 1964 to lead his own group...

...
earlier this year, trumpeter wynton marsalis said: “he influenced all the trumpet players that came after him … we all listened to him.”

(http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/dec/30/freddie-hubbard-jazz-trumpeter-dies)