Hub-Tones

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Hub-Tones
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1963 [1]
RecordedOctober 10, 1962
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States
Genre Jazz
Length38:51
Label Blue Note
BST 84115
Producer Alfred Lion
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Hub-Tones is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard recorded on October 10, 1962, and released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4115 and BST 84115. It contains performances by Hubbard, James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock, Reggie Workman and Clifford Jarvis. The cover artwork was designed by Reid Miles with photography by Francis Wolff.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated

  1. "You're My Everything" (Mort Dixon, Harry Warren, and Joe Young) – 6:33
  2. "Prophet Jennings" – 5:31
  3. "Hub-Tones" – 8:24
  4. "Lament for Booker" – 9:39
  5. "For Spee's Sake" – 8:35
Compact Disc bonus tracks
  1. "You're My Everything" (Alternate Take) – 6:30
  2. "Hub-Tones" (Alternate Take) – 8:00
  3. "For Spee's Sake" (Alternate Take) – 7:54

Personnel

See also

The concept of the album's cover art was used several times by Blue Note, and has been paid homage by other artists since then, including:

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References

  1. Billboard Dec 7, 1963
  2. Yanow, Scott. Hub-Tones at AllMusic
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 732. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  6. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin encyclopedia of jazz. Virgin. p. 423. ISBN   9781852277543 . Retrieved 15 December 2019.