Product Description

Trumpet player & Jazz icon Freddie Hubbard is immortalized in this timeless DVD entitled Freddie Hubbard: One of a Kind. Recently deceased, he will always be remembered as a powerful, hard playing purveyor of Bebop and Hard-Bop. Hubbard is also famous for performing on some of the most influential albums of the post Bop era. As Seen on TV, this special Ad Lib Series DVD, Freddie Hubbard: One of a Kind, captures one of the 20th Century s greatest Jazzmen, impressing everyone who heard him blow his horn. Freddie Hubbard, known throughout his career as a passionate yet bold and ferocious trumpeter, constantly adapted his playing style with a seemingly effortless poise, creating an individual style with powerful grace!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #52842 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-01-20
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Best of, Color, Dolby, DVD, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

Review
a barnstorming trumpet player...triumphantly volatile! --John Pareles, New York Times

Review
He wasn't only the hardest working trumpeter in show business, he was also the best, with a gleaming quicksilver sound that combined the brass of Louis Armstrong with the bebop power of Clifford Brown and the melodic grace of Miles Davis! --San Francisco Chronicle

About the Actor
Hubbard played the mellophone and trumpet working under local legends Wes and Monk Montgomery, before moving to New York and becoming immersed with some of the city s finest Jazz musicians, including Philly Joe Jones, Sonny Rollins, Slide Hampton, Eric Dolphy, J. J. Johnson, and Quincy Jones. His recording Ready For Freddie solidified him as one of the most innovative and underrated Jazz trumpet players alive, and it s follow-up, the critically acclaimed album First Light, not only won him his first Grammy Award, cementing not only his jazz status but also his mainstream appeal.

Customer Reviews

Bonus features include biographies, and an ad lib highlights reel
Originally filmed in 1980, the Ad Lib series presents concert television programs of the best jazz, pop, and blues music artists of the modern day. It also holds the distinction of being the first music television series recorded in stereo. A new DVD presents two episodes of this historic series with digitally mastered audio and video, and makes an excellent addition to DVD libraries that celebrate great performers. "Freddie Hubbard: One of a Kind" showcases renowned trumpet player Freddie Hubbard, playing songs such as "One of a Kind", "First Light", "There Is No Greater Love", and more. Bonus features include biographies, and an ad lib highlights reel. Highly recommended especially for jazz enthusiasts.

freddie hubbard one of a kind
-video quality: average
-sound quality: average
-personnel: freddie hubbard (t), billy childs (p), stephen houghton (d), buck clark (percussion), larry klein (b)
-uk 40 is bird like, a blues freddie wrote when he first went to nyc (the name is quite puzzling);
-uk 41 is unknown but is familiar; perhaps there were copyright problem
- group is not like the bird like with ron carter, mccoy tyner, elvin jones: one of freddie's greatest solos
it interesting to note how freddie has the unorthodox dizzy cheeks (puffed out) that he didn't have when younger
-this music is always better in person, but recordings are the only source left