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Ready for Freddie

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Released
  
Mid April 1962

Artist
  
Freddie Hubbard

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genres
  
Jazz, Hard bop

Length
  
42:33 original LP

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
August 21, 1961Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Ready for Freddie(1962)
  
The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard(1962)

Similar
  
Freddie Hubbard albums, Jazz albums

Ready for Freddie is the fourth album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and was released on the Blue Note label in 1962 as BLP 4085 and BST 84085. In 2003, it was remastered and published on CD support. The two alternate takes didn't appear on the original LP. It features performances by Hubbard, Bernard McKinney, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Art Davis and Elvin Jones. The album was identified by Scott Yanow in his Allmusic essay "Hard Bop" as one of the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Arietis" - 6:41
  2. "Weaver of Dreams" (Elliott, Young) - 6:35
  3. "Marie Antoinette" (Shorter) - 6:38
  4. "Birdlike" - 10:15
  5. "Crisis" - 11:33
  6. "Arietis" [alternate take] - 5:51
  7. "Marie Antoinette" [alternate take] (Shorter) - 6:15
All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated

Personnel

  • Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
  • Bernard McKinney - euphonium
  • Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner - piano
  • Art Davis - double bass
  • Elvin Jones - drums

    • Songs

    1Arietis6:42
    2Weaver of Dreams6:36
    3Marie Antoinette6:39

    References

    Ready for Freddie Wikipedia
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