Tag: trumpet

RETRO JAZZ REVIEW SERIES: FREDDIE HUBBARD’S MUSIC HERE TO STAY


posted by Justin Scoville – composer/musician/educator On December 27, 1962, Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) headed into the studio with Jazz Messenger bandmates Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Cedar Walton (piano), and Reggie Workman (bass) to cut “Here to Stay,” a classic Blue Note album which also featured veteran Philly Joe Jones (drums). Overshadowed by “Hubtones” (1962) and…

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HIPSTER RETRO-JAZZ SERIES:HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARMELL JONES


posted by Robert J. Carmack         #@blues2jazzguy                                           Carmell Jones    July 19, 1936  – November 7, 1996 Trumpeter/Composer  and one of my favorites of Horace Silver’s Trumpet players. As a very young…

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JAZZ TRUMPETER LEE MORGAN: HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE LEE


posted by   Robert J. Carmack      #@blues2jazzguy Lee Morgan  Musician,Composer and Bandleader b. July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. February 19, 1972 in New York City, New York Jazz trumpeter, mainly associated with hard bop, known for his work with Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, and Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, as…

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