Life Flight Freddie Hubbard

• 1 Battlescar Galorica 08:11
• 2 A Saint's Homecoming Song 11:17
• 3 The Melting Pot 09:12
• 4 Life Flight 13:08
• Total Runtime 41:48

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This album captures the great trumpeter Freddie Hubbard at the age of 48 just before he began to decline. Hubbard is heard in excellent shape on two selections apiece with two separate bands.

One group, a sextet with tenor-saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and guitarist George Benson, recalls the trumpeter's glory days on CTI although the material ('Battlescar Galorica' and 'A Saint's Homecoming Song') was of recent vintage. The other band, a quintet with tenor-saxophonist Ralph Moore, looks back toward his earlier Blue Note and Atlantic days; they perform two Hubbard originals ('The Melting Pot' and 'Life Flight').

Overall this set (from an era when the veteran trumpeter was being overshadowed by Wynton Marsalis) gives listeners one of the last opportunities to hear Freddie Hubbard in peak form.“ (Scott Yanow)

Freddie Hubbard, trumpet
Ralph Moore, tenor saxophone (on tracks 2, 3, 4)
Stanley Turrentine, tenor saxophone (on tracks 1, 2)
Larry Willis, electric piano, synthesizer (on tracks 1, 2)
George Benson, guitar (on tracks 1, 2)
Larry Willis, piano (on tracks 3 4)
Rufus Reid, bass (on tracks 3, 4)
Wayne Braithwaite, bass (on tracks 1, 2)
Carl Allen, drums (on tracks 3, 4)
Idris Muhammad, drums, tambourine (on tracks 1, 2)

Recorded on January 23 & 24, 1987 at M&I Studios, New York City
Produced by Michael Cuscuna

Digitally remastered

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