Open Sesame (Freddie Hubbard album)

Open Sesame
Studio album by Freddie Hubbard
Released	1960 (1960)
Recorded	June 19, 1960
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S.
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:36 53:27 (CD reissue)
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Open Sesame (1960) Goin' Up (1960)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Penguin Guide to Jazz
DownBeat	[2]

Open Sesame is the debut album by then 22 years old jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, recorded on June 19, 1960 by Rudy Van Gelder at his studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and released on the Blue Note label in 1960 in mono as BLP 4040 and in stereo as BST 84040. It features performances by Hubbard, Tina Brooks, McCoy Tyner, Sam Jones and Clifford Jarvis. In 1988, Capitol Records issued it on compact disc with Michael Cuscuna as reissue producer and in 2001, they released a version remastered by Rudy Van Gelder.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz has included Open Sesame as part of a selected "Core Collection," and has summarized the album as "a great Blue Note set." ^[3] AllMusic gave it a four and a half star rating.

DownBeat reviewer John A. Tynan gave the album three and a half stars. ^[2] He wrote, "There’s a youthful virility and aggressiveness in this initial album of young (22) trumpeter Hubbard and cohorts that speaks well for the future of small-group jazz". ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Open Sesame" (Tina Brooks) - 7:11
2. "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:26
3. "Gypsy Blue" (Brooks) - 6:28
4. "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) - 5:36
5. "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) - 6:04
6. "Hub's Nub" (Hubbard) - 6:51
7. "Open Sesame" [alternate take] (Brooks) - 7:16 Bonus track on CD
8. "Gypsy Blue" [alternate take] (Brooks) - 7:35 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

• Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
• Tina Brooks - tenor saxophone
• McCoy Tyner - piano
• Sam Jones - bass
• Clifford Jarvis - drums

References

1. Open Sesame at AllMusic
2. Tynan, John A. (January 19, 1961). "Open Sesame". DownBeat . 28 (2): 31.
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 731–732. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.