MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon

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Released1995
RecordedAugust 19–20, 1994 and January 1995
Studio Power Station, New York City, NY
Genre Jazz
Length54:59
Label MusicMasters
Producer Big Apple Productions, Inc.
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Blues for Miles
(1992)
MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon
(1995)
New Colors
(2001)
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MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard recorded in August 1994 and January 1995 and released on the MusicMasters label. It features performances by Hubbard, Javon Jackson, Vincent Herring, Gary Smulyan, Stephen Scott (jazz pianist), Peter Washington and Carl Allen. The album combines Hubbard's tributes to jazz legends with compositions by John Coltrane, Charles Lloyd, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis as well as Cannonball Adderley. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated.

  1. "One of a Kind" – 7:09
  2. "Naima" (John Coltrane) – 7:12
  3. "Spirit of Trane" – 6:20
  4. "The Song My Lady Sings" (Charles Lloyd) – 7:59
  5. "Off Minor" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:38
  6. "All Blues" (Miles Davis) – 7:38
  7. "D Minor Mint" – 6:35
  8. "One for Cannon" – 6:28

Personnel

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