The arc of Freddie Hubbard’s music career was shaped profoundly by his move, during the 1970s, away from straight jazz to a more “commercial” funk/fusion style.
Jazz critics trashed him. And by the mid-’80s, Hubbard himself was expressing regrets.
Ben Sidran includes a frank conversation with Hubbard (from 1985) on his wonderful “Talking Jazz” CD set.
Click here to hear a 3-minute excerpt on my Vox blog.
R.I.P., Freddie.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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Mr. Hubbard was mellow in this piece. He was way more pissed off when I saw him. Long live bebop.
That was a deep excerpt. I have to chew on it.
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