Straight Life (Freddie Hubbard album)

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Straight Life
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Studio album by
Freddie Hubbard
ReleasedJanuary 1971 [1]
RecordedNovember 16, 1970
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Post-bop, soul jazz, jazz fusion, jazz-funk
Length36:24
Label CTI
CTI 6007
Producer Creed Taylor
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Red Clay
(1970)		Straight Life
(1971)		 Sing Me a Song of Songmy
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Straight Life is a soul/funk influenced jazz album recorded in 1970 by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. It was recorded on 16 November 1970 and released between the albums Red Clay (1970) and Sing Me a Song of Songmy (1971). This is also Hubbard's eighteenth overall album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Straight Life" (Freddie Hubbard) - 17:30
  2. "Mr. Clean" (Weldon Irvine) - 13:37
  3. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 5:17

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Billboard Jan 23, 1971
  2. ↑ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Straight Life - Freddie Hubbard | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard and Brian Moreton. "Review: Straight Life". Penguin Guide to Jazz : 732. September 2008.


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