Freddie Hubbard: The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard (180g) [IMPULSE!]

Why you'll love it

A 180g pressing in a gatefold jacket of Hubbard's 1962 Impulse! debut. He leads a sextet with Curtis Fuller, John Gilmore of Sun Ra's Arkestra, Tommy Flanagan, Art Davis and Louis Hayes, opening with a ten-minute run at Duke Ellington's "Caravan".

This edition

• 180g vinyl
• Gatefold jacket
• Five tracks, as on the original Impulse! LP

About the album

By the summer of 1962 Freddie Hubbard was 24, already a Jazz Messenger, and the brightest young trumpeter in New York. Impulse! gave him a session of his own and he filled it with heavy company: trombonist Curtis Fuller, tenor man John Gilmore on a rare day out from Sun Ra, Tommy Flanagan at the piano, Art Davis on bass and Louis Hayes on drums.

"Caravan" opens things with the horns locked together and Hubbard soaring over the top, then come three of his own tunes (the loping "Bob's Place", the bright "Happy Times", the long "The 7th Day") and a smouldering "Summertime". It's hard bop with a lot of air in it, and Gilmore's sideways solos keep things interesting. The title doesn't undersell it, which in jazz is quite rare.

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Out July 24, 2026 on Impulse! (cat# 8821353), a reissue of the 1963 album.