He was a great musician and composer and a beautiful person. I enjoyed being in his presence immensely and I am pained by his absence from the living. When I make the transition he is one of the people I definitely want to see again. . ..
Hubb...my man! Thank you for the "Red Clay" that led this wide-eyed, high school trombone player to the jazz promise land in 1970. It ultimately opened the door to a whole new world of musical expression, that began with an old Teisco bass. For nearly fifty years I played along with you every time a new CTI offering hit the record shop with you as a leader or a sideman. You were truly one of the greatest to ever blow into a microphone patched into a recording engineer's boards. Rest in Peace my brother.👑🎸🎺🎵🎶
Busta Bass red clay was my first ever jazz album. I went out and rented a trumpet the next day. I heard him go into red clay on that first commercial break and I cried when it got cut off. I had tickets to see him in Sacramento but he had to call the show due to illness. I never got to see him live.
@@popcornsamurai Saw him and Stanley Turrentine in concert at the Ford Auditorium in Detroit, back in '73. Lineup included Herbie, Ron Carter , Eric Gale, and Jack DeJohnette. For me, that was truly the pinnacle of the Golden Age of Jazz, as Smooth and Fusion Jazz dawned with many of the offerings from Grover, Sanborn, Weather Report, Chic, et.al. It seems we've come full circle, as many of the younger cats from this generation are immersing themselves in Miles' early stuff, the Blue Note catalogue, and the big band standards. Ahhhh, the memories of a lifetime!🎸🎺🎷🎹
Absolutly amazing we have lost a giant in this world of Jazz music . But he left us his legacy that will live on forever. R.I.P good brother Freddie you are truly missed my brother.
My favorite trumpet player! He is probably the best composer/arranger I've had the pleasure to lusywn to. His early works on Blue Note certainly stand out.
Other than Paul Schaffer, Letterman never introduced anyone else in the first minute of the show...except Freddie Hubbard this time. What a musical marvel he was.
Wow the master Hubbard with a stellar lineup of... Drums 🥁 Steve Jordan Bass 🎸 will Lee Guitar 🎸 Steve Khan Keys 🎹 Paul shaffer A who’s who of legendary and proficient studio session musicians. 🎹🎸🎸🥁🎺
Unfortunately I highly doubt any commercial break music was saved, because the NBC folks probably didn't realize that a performance by one of the greatest trumpet players of all time was worth keeping. But it is cool that they even had him on the show in the first place.
First time I've seen this. As great as Freddie was ( arguably the greatest IMHO, which is purely my personal taste not tryin' to pick a fight with anybody?? ) I gotta say Paul Schaffer ( a displaced Canuck? ) and the boys in the band, did a real great job of backing him up.. D'yathink??
actually, this was a classic telegraphing a mixture of 'relief over getting through a tremendous solo' with 'disappointment' .. .. .. re: right at the end ... after the sustained screecher he was planning on a line ..it didn't happen...no buzz .. lip moisture probably. (I am already feeling bad about sounding so know it all. And if I could play one of FH's notes I'd be thrilled. But) the clear takeaway: he knows he had a jewel that didn't get shared, darn it.
@@joemccarthy8293 first met Freddie at Calicco Horns in Hollywood, CA mid 90's Chris had asked to come by and check out a horn he found that his grandpa had made, (a flumpet), Rahmlee was there picking up his horn also. I am trying out the horn, it's raw brass (now wish I had bought it, Chris told me to) not yet finished, so I am going through some Freddie tunes like Up Jump Spring, Red Clay, Straight Life when Chris smiles at me and says "look behind you", I do and there's Freddie standing at the door, been listening to me all the while. Hung out with him several times in Hollywood and he'd come by my spot 'cause there be no fuss. So wrong there was no relief there, quite the opposite! he sent them a gift.....look at the band members they are smiling so large from the energy they got from him..cat on the drums is HYPED and no, that "D3" was not a screecher for him ever. "you could probably put a trumpet on his headstone and get that note now" And for the record, First Light is one of the greatest and most arranged Jazz songs of All Time (Herbie Hancock, Eric Gale, George Benson, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira, and an orchestra) so no you don't sound like a know it all...just inexperienced
Grateful but funny too, to see Freddie featured and David probably never ever heard of the guy! Producers: feature him playing only, don't let him udder one word to Dave! Reveals the entirety of pop tv world and real jazz.
Johnny from Cobra Kai on bass. Nice backing by Paul and the boys -- they had some big shoes to fill. George Benson, Ron Carter, and Jack DeJohnette played on the original CTI recording.
