Freddie Hubbard - Blue Spirits (1965/2015)
 FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 44:47 minutes | 1,66 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

 Blue Spirits was jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's final Blue Note studio album release. The album features jazz artists: McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley, James Spaulding and more. All original works by Hubbard, the tracks form a dark and spiritually driven album.


 Freddie Hubbard's last Blue Note release of the 1960s (with the exception of the blowing session The Night of the Cookers), adds two numbers to the original LP program and features the great trumpeter in three challenging settings ranging from a sextet to an octet. Hubbard uses such sidemen as altoist James Spaulding, tenors Joe Henderson and Hank Mobley, the euphonium of Kiane Zawadi, pianists Harold Mabern, McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock, bassists Larry Ridley, Bob Cranshaw and Reggie Workman, drummers Clifford Jarvis, Pete La Roca and Elvin Jones, the congas of Big Black and on one song bassoonist Hosea Taylor. The set is comprised of seven diverse Hubbard originals and, even though none of the songs caught on to become standards, the music is quite challenging and fairly memorable.  


Tracklist:

 01 - Soul Surge
 02 - Blue Spirits
 03 - Outer Forces
 04 - Cunga Black
 05 - Jodo

 Produced Alfred Lion.
 Recorded February 19 & 26, 1965 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Musicians:
 Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
 James Spaulding - alto saxophone, flute
 Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
 Harold Mabern, McCoy Tyner - piano
 Larry Ridley, Bob Cranshaw - bass
 Clifford Jarvis, Pete LaRoca - drums
 Big Black - congas
 Kiane Zawadi - euphonium