Name: Ready For Freddie
Brand: Freddie Hubbard

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

3596791

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r20676037]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

180 Gram Vinyl. All Analog Remaster.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-10-22

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0602435967912

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Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Freddie Hubbard

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Impulse!

Freddie Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Born on April 7, 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, he became known for his contributions to the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles of jazz from the early 1960s onwards. With his unmistakable and influential tone, Hubbard played a significant role in shaping modern jazz.
Throughout his career, Freddie Hubbard's talent as a trumpeter propelled him to great heights within the jazz community. His passion for music led him to become one of the most respected figures in the genre. 
Tragically, Freddie Hubbard passed away on December 29, 2008 at the age of 70 in Los Angeles, California. Despite his untimely death, his legacy lives on through his groundbreaking contributions to jazz and his lasting impact on future generations of musicians.

US label.
Label Code: LC 0236 / LC LC 00236.
For unofficial releases/counterfeit/bootlegs, please [l132473].
[b]1960[/b] The Impulse! label was started as a jazz subsidiary of [l=Am-Par Record Corp.] under the direction of [a=Creed Taylor] and soon after the label's creation, [a=Bob Thiele].
In the 60s the Canadian versions of the label were manufactured by [l=Sparton Of Canada Ltd.] and wear the [l=Sparton Impulse! Records] label.
[b]1962[/b] The company names changed to [l=ABC-Paramount Records, Inc.] - The [l=Sparton Impulse! Records] remains to mention [l=Am-Par Record Corp.] after the company name changed.
[b]1967[/b] A new change to [l=ABC Records, Inc.] In this period sometimes a second [l=ABC Records] brand appears on the label.
[b]1974[/b] Versions on the concentric label design from the 70s commonly display the [l=ABC Impulse!] label brand.
It operated until 1979, though new recordings had stopped by 1977; it survived on with reissues.
[b]1979[/b] ABC was bought by [l=MCA Records] and Impulse! shut down along with all of the other ABC-affiliated labels.

Impulse is known as [i]The House That Trane Built[/i] because of [a=John Coltrane]'s 1961-67 association with the label.

MCA revived the label mainly as a reissue imprint with a few new releases in the 1980s. It was reactivated as part of MCA-owned [l1071] with new artist signings including [a=Diana Krall] in the 1990s. Following a series of major label buy-outs and mergers, Impulse! is now part of the [l=The Verve Music Group] unit of the larger multi-national [l=Universal Music Group].

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Recorded in 1961, Ready for Freddie was trumpeter Freddie Hubbard’s fourth album for Blue Note Records. Featuring a unique sextet line-up with Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Bernard McKinney on euphonium, McCoy Tyner on piano, Art Davis on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums, the album stands as one of the finest of Hubbard’s career

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

Ready For Freddie

Music GB

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