Hubbard, Freddie - Blue Spirits (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) Clear & Black Splatter Vinyl)

Hubbard, Freddie - Blue Spirits (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) Clear & Black Splatter Vinyl)The prodigious trumpeter Freddie Hubbard debuted on Blue Note in 1960 and produced an astounding run of recordings over the first half of the decade that culminated with Blue Spirits, which was the last of his 1960s studio albums for the label. This bluesy and spirited album presented five evocative Hubbard originals, each of which was given a richly textured arrangement for an ensemble that included a dynamic four horn lineup. Drawn from two

which the band watched one night at the studio complex when recording

"Cold 40's"

which marries Belle and Sebastian’s melodiousness to a pounding Motown backbeat

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"Fred Davis was a legend

Originally released on cassette in 2013

"Pink Cadillac" written by Calvin when he was 16 (in reserve for just the right session)

in the vein of John Lee Hooker and Fred McDowell

Although the album was untitled

When we reconvened

For more than twenty years

John worked with Cate Le Bon to produce twelve tracks that balance both sides of his musical personality