Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives for modern jazz and bebop...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTrumpet Player
Date of Birth7 April 1938
CityIndianapolis, IN
CountryUnited States of America
sweet unique doe
A very few musicians passed across all decades. In terms of trumpet playing, Louis Armstrong does it of course but Sweets [Edison] is right up there too. He is unique, in every sense of the term.
kids pace young
I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself.
brother piano house
Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it.
music giving dizzy
Dizzy used to tell me I'm playing too hard. He'd say to not give everything. Miles told me that too.
art writing guy
We all kind of grew up together with Art Blakey because we all were young and he gave us a chance to write. We had to write something that was good and to sit up with a great guy like Art Blakey and watch him.
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Don't make the mistakes I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keeps your chops cool and don't overblow. If you are going to play hard, be sure to warm up. I'd get carried away trying to stay right with the momentum [of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers]. I used to try and play like Coltrane and solo for 30 or 40 choruses. It all caught up with me.
music remember-you remembers-you
Jazz isn't like pop, where you sell millions of records with a hit. Your spirit and soul aren't important in pop music. But jazz is like classical music. If people like you, they'll remember you and you'll last forever.
drinking healing thinking
I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.
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I met up with Art Blakey in 1963, I think. It was right after Lee Morgan left and I played with him for about two and a half years.
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I quite drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.