Back to Birdland

Back to Birdland
Studio album by Freddie Hubbard
Released	1983
Recorded	19 and 20 January 1981
Studio	Soundmasters, Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:10
Label	Real Time Records
Producer	Ralph Jungheim
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Above & Beyond (1982) Back to Birdland (1983) Sweet Return (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Back to Birdland is an album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard, recorded in August 1982. and released on the Real Time label. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow, calls the album "Hubbard's first worthwhile studio recording (with the exception of Super Blue ), since the mid-'70s". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated

1. "Shaw 'Nuff" (Ray Brown, Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) – 5:19
2. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 6:05
3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 5:39
4. "For B.P." – 6:58
5. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:18
6. "Byrdlike" – 5:42

Personnel

• Freddie Hubbard: trumpet
• George Cables: piano
• Richie Cole: alto saxophone
• Ashley Alexander: trombone
• Med Flory: alto saxophone (track 6)
• Andy Simpkins: bass
• John Dentz: drums

References

1. AllMusic Review
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
3. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed 19 June 2009.