Comments on: Freddie Hubbard, 1938-2008

By: Michelle Burke

Michelle Burke — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:54:05 +0000

oops. I mean missmichelle71@comcast.net

By: Michelle Burke

Michelle Burke — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:53:08 +0000

Bill, I have been trying to reach you. Please get in touch.

Michelle
Northampton, MA
missmichelle71@comcat.net

Thank you.

By: Bill Hasson

Bill Hasson — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:42:08 +0000

I glad I was able to give Hubtones an award in the Spring at the "Break the Glass Ceiling Jazz Festival" in Chesapeake, Va, Thank you Stephanie Middleton for the honor of honoring this great giant.

By: sunsown Dale Bartlett

sunsown Dale Bartlett — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:36:15 +0000

Freddie was one of the warmest trumpeter and people, that I have ever heard or met...Reed Clay was a point of revelation for me and many others of my generation. a true inovator and a deep man....FreddiBoy...you will be missed dearly....for the love of it, your unique song will be with me forever..

By: Cisneros

Cisneros — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:29:47 +0000

This man was at the vanguard of modern jazz.
Ascension, Free Jazz, the Andrew Hill dates...
It blows my mind to think of the artistic ground he covered.

The 1971 record Sing Me A Song of Songmy featured his quintet, reciters, chorus, strings, organ and "synthesized and processed sounds". Where do you go from there??

He did it all and continues to inspire new generations of horn players. It's cool to hear young & old refer to him by only his first name, as they would for Miles. "Have you heard this Freddie record?", "You gotta check out this Freddie solo". ...Freddie was a bad dude.

Godspeed Mr. Hubbard.

By: Wally Crawford

Wally Crawford — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:09:28 +0000

On Christmas Day, Eartha, now Freddie...Both of you, R.I.P.

By: Jason Cherkis

Jason Cherkis — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:43:59 +0000

Very sad. It's like some of the last true greats are dying. Last year or the year before it was Andrew Hill. Now Freddie Hubbard.

I know what I'm putting on my turntable tonight.