{"product_id":"freddie-hubbard-ready-for-freddie-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series-lp","title":"Ready For Freddie (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) LP","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Indianapolis-born trumpeter Freddie Hubbard introduced his prodigious talent on Blue Note Records with a run of remarkable albums recorded thru the early 1960s. At first, rooted firmly in hard bop, Hubbard began to broaden his approach on his masterwork \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReady for Freddie\u003c\/em\u003e, recorded in August 1961. “The way in which I’m most interested in going is Coltrane-like,” Hubbard told liner note writer Nat Hentoff. Hubbard had recorded with Coltrane earlier in the year on the saxophonist’s Atlantic album \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOlé Coltrane\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfrica\/Brass\u003c\/em\u003e for Impulse. Hubbard further explained, “I mean different ways of playing the changes so that you get a wider play of colors.” To paint with those colors Hubbard assembled a band that included three musicians from Coltrane’s orbit: bassist Art Davis, pianist McCoy Tyner, and drummer Elvin Jones. The date also marked the first collaboration between Hubbard and Wayne Shorter, a startlingly original saxophonist and Hubbard’s soon-to-be bandmate in The Jazz Messengers when the trumpeter replaced Lee Morgan in Art Blakey’s flagship band later that year on seminal Blue Note albums including \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMosaic \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBuhaina’s Delight\u003c\/em\u003e. Rounding out the unique sextet on \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReady for Freddie\u003c\/em\u003e is Bernard McKinney on euphonium, a mellow-toned brass instrument that enhanced the ensemble’s tonal palette. The album opens with Hubbard’s sprightly tune “Arietis,” a nod to his astrological sign Aries, before down-shifting into the sublime ballad “Weaver of Dreams,” a stunning performance by Hubbard where both his brilliant tone and awe-inspiring technical command of his horn are on full display. Following Shorter’s jaunty tune “Marie Antoinette,” the band pays homage to Charlie Parker with Hubbard’s fleet-footed tune “Birdlike.” The album comes to a close with the expansive and explosive “Crisis,” a Hubbard original that sought to capture some of the simmering tensions of the early-1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Freddie Hubbard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64097701167473,"sku":"00602435967912","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1010\/4753\/3937\/files\/Ready_For_Freddie_Blue_Note_Classic_Vinyl_Series_LP.png?v=1782259786","url":"https:\/\/thesoundofvinyl.us\/products\/freddie-hubbard-ready-for-freddie-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series-lp","provider":"The Sound Of Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}