Freddie Hubbard: Cunga Black - from Blue Spirits (1965)
Personnel: Freddie Hubbard: trumpet; James Spaulding: alto saxophone; Joe Henderson: tenor saxophone; Harold Mabern, Jr.: piano; Larry Ridley: bass; Clifford Jarvis: drums; Big Black: conga; Kiane Zawadi: euphonium
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Happy birthday Freddie.
I love Ordinary Finds.
Kiane Ziwadi, on euphonium, with Freddie Hubbard during Hubbard’s Ready For Freddie session, Englewood Cliffs NJ August 21 1961 (photo by Francis Wolff)
Hank Mobley - A Touch of the Blues (1966)
Mobley puts together an octet for the ages.
This record wasn’t released when it was recorded in 1966, due to a lack of commercial appeal, but it’s important to give this unissued Blue Note recording the time it deserves.
This LP is a Hank Mobley tour de force, highlighting his triple-threat skills in composing, arranging and inspired playing throughout. For as free and beautitful as this record sounds, Mobley wrote all these cuts in jail.
McCoy Tyner also rises to the occasion on this humdinger.
Freddie Hubbard - Cunga Black (1965)
I woke up with this song resolutely stuck in my head. I haven’t listened to this LP in months, so I attribute the sudden appearance to the specific mysteries of a remarkably catchy, whistle-able melody. It seems serendipity often dictates how a song makes its way here.
