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-:''[[Gibraltar]] by Freddie Hubbard'' +'''Benny Golson''' (born January 25, 1929) is an American [[bebop]]/[[hard bop]] [[jazz]] tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of [[Lionel Hampton]] and [[Dizzy Gillespie]], more as a writer than a performer, before launching his solo career. Golson is known for co-founding and co-leading [[The Jazztet]] with trumpeter [[Art Farmer]] in 1959. From the late 1960s through the 1970s Golson was in demand as an arranger for film and television and thus was less active as a performer, but he and Farmer reformed the Jazztet in 1982.
-'''Frederick Dewayne Hubbard''' (born [[April 7]], [[1938]] in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], died [[December 29]], [[2008]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[jazz]] [[trumpeter]]. He was known primarily for playing in the [[bebop]], [[hard bop]] and [[post bop]] styles from the early [[60s]] up until today. Hubbard achieved his greatest popular success in the 1970s with a series of albums for [[smooth jazz]] record label [[CTI Records]]. Although his early 1970s jazz albums ''[[Red Clay]]'', ''[[First Light (Freddie Hubbard)|First Light]]'', ''[[Straight Life]]'', and ''[[Sky Dive]]'' were particularly well received and considered among his best work, the albums he recorded later in the decade were bashed by critics for their [[commercialism]]. Though Hubbard never fully embraced the [[free jazz]] of the '60s, he appeared on several landmark albums in the genre: [[Ornette Coleman]]'s ''[[Free Jazz]]'', [[Eric Dolphy]]'s ''[[Out to Lunch (album)|Out to Lunch]]'', and [[John Coltrane]]'s ''[[Ascension (album)|Ascension]]''.+
-==Biography==+In addition to "[[I Remember Clifford (song)|I Remember Clifford]]", many of Golson's compositions have become [[jazz standards]] including "[[Blues March]]", "[[Whisper Not (song)|Whisper Not]]", and "Killer Joe".
-Hubbard started playing the [[mellophone]] and [[trumpet]] in his school band, studying at the Jordan Conservatory with the principal trumpeter of the [[Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra]]. In his teens Hubbard worked locally with brothers [[Wes Montgomery|Wes]] and [[Monk Montgomery]] and worked with bassist [[Larry Ridley]] and saxophonist [[James Spaulding]]. In 1958, at the age of 20, he moved to [[New York]] , and began playing with some of the best jazz players of the day, including [[Philly Joe Jones]], [[Sonny Rollins]], [[Slide Hampton]], [[Eric Dolphy]] , [[J. J. Johnson]], and [[Quincy Jones]]. In June 1960 Hubbard made his first record as a leader, ''Open Sesame'', with saxophonist [[Tina Brooks]], pianist [[McCoy Tyner]], bassist [[Sam Jones]], and drummer [[Clifford Jarvis]]. Hubbard recorded his second album, ''Goin' Up'', with saxophonist [[Hank Mobley]] and a rhythm section consisting of Tyner, bassist [[Paul Chambers]], and drummer [[Philly Joe Jones]]. His third album, ''Hub Cap'', featured trombonist [[Julian Priester]] and saxophonist [[Jimmy Heath]]. Then in May 1961, Hubbard played on ''Ole Coltrane'', John Coltrane's final recording session with Atlantic Records. Together with Eric Dolphy, Hubbard was the only "session" musician who appeared on both ''Ole'' and ''Africa Brass'', Coltrane's first album with ABC/Impulse! Later, in August 1961, Hubbard made one of his most famous records, ''Ready for Freddie'', which was also his first collaboration with saxophonist [[Wayne Shorter]]. Hubbard would join Shorter later in 1961 when he replaced [[Lee Morgan]] in [[Art Blakey]]'s Jazz Messengers. He appears on several Blakey recordings, including ''[[Caravan (Art Blakey album)|Caravan]]'', ''Ugetsu'', ''[[Mosaic (Art Blakey album)|Mosaic]]'', and ''[[Free For All (album)|Free For All]]''. Hubbard remained with Blakey until 1966, leaving to form the first of several small groups of his own, which featured, among others, pianist [[Kenny Barron]] and drummer [[Louis Hayes]]. +
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-It was during this time that he began to develop his own sound, distancing himself from the early influences of [[Clifford Brown]] and Morgan, and won the [[Down Beat|Downbeat jazz magazine]] "New Star" award on trumpet.+
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-Throughout the 1960s Hubbard played as a sideman on some of the most important albums from that era, including, [[Oliver Nelson]]'s ''[[The Blues and the Abstract Truth]]'', [[Herbie Hancock]]'s ''[[Maiden Voyage]]'', and [[Wayne Shorter]]'s ''[[Speak No Evil]]''. He recorded extensively for [[Blue Note Records]] in the late 1950s and 1960s: eight albums as a bandleader, and twenty-eight as a sideman. Though Hubbard never fully embraced the [[free jazz]] of the '60s, he appeared on several landmark albums in the genre: [[Ornette Coleman]]'s ''[[Free Jazz]]'', [[Eric Dolphy]]'s ''[[Out to Lunch (album)|Out to Lunch]]'', and [[John Coltrane]]'s ''[[Ascension (album)|Ascension]]''.+
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-Hubbard achieved his greatest popular success in the 1970s with a series of albums for [[Creed Taylor]] and his record label [[CTI Records]]. Although his early 1970s jazz albums ''[[Red Clay]]'', ''[[First Light (Freddie Hubbard)|First Light]]'', ''[[Straight Life]]'', and ''[[Sky Dive]]'' were particularly well received and considered among his best work, the albums he recorded later in the decade were bashed by critics for their commercialism. ''First Light'' won a 1972 [[Grammy Award]] and included pianists [[Herbie Hancock]] and [[Richard Wyands]], guitarists [[Eric Gale]] and [[George Benson]], bassist [[Ron Carter]], drummer [[Jack DeJohnette]], and percussionist [[Airto Moreira]]. In 1994, Freddie, collaborating with Chicago jazz vocalist/co-writer [[Catherine Whitney]], had lyrics set to the music of ''First Light''.+
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-During 1970-1974 Hubbard was the biggest star of the [[CTI Records|CTI]] label, overshadowing [[Stanley Turrentine]], [[Hubert Laws]], and [[George Benson]]. [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]'s ''[[VSOP: The Quintet]]'', album was recorded from two live performances, one at the [[Hearst Greek Theatre]], [[University of California, Berkeley]], on July 16, 1977, the other at the San Diego Civic Theatre, July 18, 1977. Musicians joining the trumpeter for this landmark performance were the members of the mid-sixties line-up of the Miles Davis Quintet (except the leader): [[Herbie Hancock]] on keyboards, [[Tony Williams]] on drums, [[Ron Carter]] on bass, and [[Wayne Shorter]] on tenor and soprano saxophones. +
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-In the 1980s Hubbard was again leading his own jazz group, attracting very favorable notices for his playing at concerts and festivals in the USA and Europe, often in the company of [[Joe Henderson]], playing a repertory of hard-bop and modal-jazz pieces. Hubbard played at the legendary [[Monterey Jazz Festival]] in 1980 and in 1989 (with [[Bobby Hutcherson]]). He played with [[Woody Shaw]], recording with him in 1985, and two years later recorded ''Stardust'' with [[Benny Golson]]. In 1988 he teamed up once more with Blakey at an engagement in [[Holland]], from which came ''Feel the Wind''. In 1990 he appeared in Japan headlining an American-Japanese concert package which also featured [[Elvin Jones]], [[Sonny Fortune]], pianists [[George Duke]] and [[Benny Green (pianist)|Benny Green]], bass players [[Ron Carter]], and [[Rufus Reid]], with jazz and popular music singer [[Salena Jones]]. He also performed at the Warsaw Jazz Festival at which ''Live at the Warsaw Jazz Festival'' (Jazzmen 1992) was recorded. +
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-Following a long setback of health problems and a serious lip injury in 1992 where he ruptured his upper lip and subsequently developed an infection, Hubbard was again playing and recording occasionally, even if not at the high level that he set for himself during his earlier career. His best records ranked with the finest in his field.+
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-In 2006, The [[National Endowment for the Arts]] honored Hubbard with its highest honor in jazz, the [[NEA Jazz Masters]] Award.+
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-On December 29, 2008, Hubbard's hometown newspaper, the [[Indianapolis Star]] reported that Hubbard had passed away due to complications from a heart attack suffered on [[November 26]] of the same year.+
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-==Discography==+
-===As leader===+
-<!-- REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL -->+
-{| class="wikitable"+
-!Year+
-!Title+
-!Notes+
-!Label+
-!Billboard+
-|-+
-|1992+
-|''Live at Fat Tuesday''+
-|Jazz+
-|Music Masters+
-|# -+
-|-+
-|1991+
-|''Bolivia''+
-|Jazz+
-|Music Masters+
-|# -+
-|-+
-|1989+
-|''Times Are Changin'''+
-|Jazz+
-|Blue Note+
-|# -+
-|-+
-|1983+
-|''Sweet Return''+
-|[[Joan Cartwright]]+
-|Atlantic Records+
-|#27+
-|-+
-|1982+
-|''Ride Like the Wind''+
-|Jazz+
-|Elektra/Asylum Records+
-|# -+
-|-+
-|1981+
-|''Outpost''+
-|[[Kenny Barron]], [[Al Foster]], [[Buster Williams]]+
-|[[Enja Records]]+
-|# - +
-|-+
-|1980+
-|''Skagly''+
-|Jazz+
-|Columbia+
-|# -+
-|-+
-|1979+
-|''The Love Connection''+
-|Jazz+
-|Columbia+
-|# -+
-|-+
-|1978+
-|''[[Super Blue]]''+
-|Jazz+
-|Columbia+
-|#131+
-|-+
-|1977+
-|''Bundle of Joy''+
-|Jazz+
-|Columbia+
-|#149+
-|-+
-|1976+
-|''Windjammer''+
-|Jazz+
-|CTI+
-|#85+
-|-+
-|1975+
-|''Polar AC''+
-|Jazz+
-|CTI+
-|#167 +
-|-+
-|1975+
-|''[[Liquid Love]]''+
-|Jazz+
-|Columbia+
-|#149+
-|-+
-|1974+
-|''Keep Your Soul Together''+
-|Jazz+
-|Columbia+
-|#186+
-|-+
-|1974+
-|''High Energy''+
-|Jazz+
-|Columbia+
-|#153+
-|-+
-|1974+
-|''Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert''+
-|[[Herbie Hancock]], [[Ron Carter]], [[Jack DeJohnette]]+
-|CTI+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1973+
-|''Sky Dive''+
-|Jazz+
-|CTI+
-|#165+
-|-+
-|1971+
-|''First Light''+
-|Jazz+
-|CTI+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1971+
-|''Sing Me a Song of Songmy''+
-|Experimental+
-|Atlantic+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1970+
-|''[[Straight Life (Freddie Hubbard album)|Straight Life]]''+
-|Hard bop, Fusion+
-|CTI+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1970+
-|''[[Red Clay (Freddie Hubbard album)|Red Clay]]''+
-|Hard bop, Fusion+
-|CTI+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1970+
-|''The Black Angel''+
-|Hard bop+
-|Atlantic+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1969+
-|''The Hub of Hubbard''+
-|Jazz+
-|[[MPS Records]]+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1969+
-|''A Soul Experiment''+
-|Soul Jazz+
-|Atlanic+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1968+
-|''High Blues Pressure''+
-|Hard bop+
-|Atlantic+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1966+
-|''Backlash''+
-|Hard bop, Avant-garde+
-|Atlantic+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1965+
-|''Blue Spirits''+
-|Post-bop, Hard bop+
-|Blue Note+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1964+
-|''Breaking Point''+
-|Post-bop, Hard bop+
-|Blue Note+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1963+
-|''The Body & the Soul''+
-|Post-bop, Hard bop+
-|Impulse!+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1962+
-|''[[Hub-Tones]]''+
-|Post-bop, Hard bop+
-|Blue Note+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1962+
-|''The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard''+
-|Post-bop, Hard bop+
-|Impulse!+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1961+
-|''Ready for Freddie''+
-|Hard bop+
-|Blue Note+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1961+
-|''Minor Mishap''+
-|Hard bop+
-|Black Lion+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1961+
-|''Here to Stay''+
-|Hard bop+
-|Blue Note+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1961+
-|''Hub Cap''+
-|Hard bop+
-|Blue Note+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1960+
-|''Ballads''+
-|Bop+
-|Blue Note+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1960+
-|''Goin' Up''+
-|Hard bop+
-|Blue Note+
-| -+
-|-+
-|1960+
-|''Open Sesame''+
-|Hard bop+
-|Blue Note+
-| -+
-|}+
-===As sideman===+
-'''With [[Herbie Hancock]]'''+
-*''[[VSOP (album)|VSOP]]'' (1977)+
-*''[[VSOP: The Quintet]]'' (1977)+
-*''[[Takin' Off]]'' (1962)+
-*''[[Empyrean Isles]]'' (1964)+
-*''[[Maiden Voyage]]'' (1965)+
- +
-'''With [[Art Blakey]]'''+
-*''[[Mosaic (Art Blakey album)]]'' (1961)+
-*''[[Buhaina's Delight]]'' (1961)+
-*''[[A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March]]'' (1961)+
-*''[[Three Blind Mice (album)]]'' (1962)+
-*''[[Caravan (Art Blakey album)]]'' (1962)+
-*''Ugetsu'' (1963)+
-*''[[Free For All (album)]]'' (1964)+
-*''Kyoto'' (1964)+
- +
-'''With [[Eric Dolphy]]'''+
-* ''[[Outward Bound (album)|Outward Bound]]'' (1960)+
-* ''[[Out to Lunch!]]'' (1964)+
- +
-'''With [[John Coltrane]]'''+
-*''[[Africa/Brass]]'' (1961)+
-* ''[[Ascension (album)|Ascension]]'' (1965)+
- +
-'''With Others'''+
-* [[Ornette Coleman]] -''[[Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation]]'' (1960)+
-* [[Tina Brooks]] -''True Blue'' (1960)+
-* [[Dexter Gordon]] -''Doin Alright'' (1961)+
-* [[Oliver Nelson]] -''[[The Blues and the Abstract Truth]]'' (1961)+
-* [[Wayne Shorter]] -''[[Speak No Evil]]'' (1964)+
-* [[Bobby Hutcherson]]- ''[[Dialogue (Bobby Hutcherson album)|Dialogue]]'' (1965)+
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Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launching his solo career. Golson is known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer in 1959. From the late 1960s through the 1970s Golson was in demand as an arranger for film and television and thus was less active as a performer, but he and Farmer reformed the Jazztet in 1982.

In addition to "I Remember Clifford", many of Golson's compositions have become jazz standards including "Blues March", "Whisper Not", and "Killer Joe".


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