FREDDIE HUBBARD - READY FOR FREDDIE (180G 45RPM 2LP)

Freddie Hubbard Ready For Freddie on 180g 45RPM 2LP

Remastered by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman from the Original Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note Master Tapes

The Definitive 45RPM Blue Note Reissue Series!

The jazz world was more than ready for Freddie Hubbard when the trumpeter burst upon the national scene in 1960. Clifford Brown, an early influence on Hubbard, had died tragically four years earlier. While Lee Morgan was making his mark, Hubbard's arrival gave jazz a new explosive and colorful virtuoso. His trumpet solos made him a giant within a short time.

Ready For Freddie (1961) finds Hubbard completely emerging from the pack and taking his place among the elite. The trumpeter introduces two of his finest compositions, the uptempo blues “Birdlike” and the dramatic “Crisis” and plays beautifully on his ballad feature “Weaver Of Dreams.” He also more than shows sidemen Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones that he was in their league, despite being only 23. Ready For Freddie is one of the quintessential albums for which Freddie Hubbard is best remembered.

Freddie Hubbard Ready For Freddie Track Listing:

1. Arietis
2. Weaver Of Dreams
3. Marie Antoinette
4. Birdlike
5. Crisis
6. Arietis
7. Marie Antoinette