Freddie Hubbard - Berlin 1985 & Nürnberg 1986

This is a double feature of Freddie Hubbard's - two more shows to come after that, and then I'm done with my little homage to Freddie. As I'm typing, "Hub-Tones" is on, and it strikes me how lyrical Hubbard often played on his early albums (I've played "Open Sesame", "Goin' Up" and the great "Hub-Cap" before this morning).

Anyway, the first show here is a bit longer than one disc, and the second hasn't got great sound (it's very hissy), so I figured those interested in both might as well just put the 1986 onto the second disc of the 1985 show... in these times of crisis, a saved CDR is... well, as saved CDR!

The first of the shows from 1985's JazzFest Berlin features Hubbard along with Kenny Garrett (to play with Miles Davis soon after), and a rhythm section of Donald Brown, Ira Coleman and Carl Allen. The highlights are provided two fellow trumpet players sitting in: Woody Shaw and Dizzy Gillespie! Quite some trumpet fireworks!

The second show, from Nuremberg's Ost-West Jazz Festival, features Hubbard along Joe Henderson and the McCoy Tyner trio (with Avery Sharpe and Louis Hayes). As I said, that recording is hissy and inconsistent, but you'll have to check it out yourself.

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FREDDIE HUBBARD QUINTET w/Dizzy Gillespie and Woody Shaw
Jazzfest Berlin
Berlin (Germany)
November 2, 1985

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
Kenny Garrett - alto saxophone, flute
Donald Brown - piano
Ira Coleman - bass
Carl Allen - drums

guests:
Woody Shaw - trumpet, flugelhorn (#5-7)
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet (#6-7)

CD1/75:02
1. Skydive (15:44)
2. Misty (9:38)
3. One Of a Kind (14:49)
4. Intros (1:19)
5. Just a Ballad For Woody (10:01)
6. I'll Remember April (12:02)
7. Bernie's Tune (11:25)

CD2/10:49
8. Thermo [fades in] (10:47)

TT: 85:51

Sound: A
Source: FM broadcast
Lineage: FM >? >CDR >CDR >EAC (secure) >SoundForge 6.0 >CD Wave >FLAC Frontend (level 8, SBE OK)

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Freddie Hubbard & Joe Henderson with McCoy Tyner Trio
Ost-West Jazz Festival, Nürnberg (DE)
July 1986

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Joe Henderson - tenor sax
McCoy Tyner - piano
Avery Sharpe - bass
Louis Hayes - drums

1. Birdlike (1:05) [inc, ending only]
2. Ask Me Now (Monk) 8:43
3. Caravan (Tizol) 15:58
4. unknown (Tyner) 15:17 [inc, fm voiceover at end]

TT: 41:05

Sound: A-/B+ (hiss, inconsistent, pretty annoying, otherwise would be A/A-)
Lineage: FM broadcast > Cassette > Philips CDR765 > Adobe Audition 2.0 > dBpowerAMP Music Converter 11.5
Taped & Transferred by peterw