Super Blue
1978 studio album by Freddie Hubbard
Super Blue | ||||
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Studio album by Freddie Hubbard | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | March 30, 31, April 1 & 4, 1978 | |||
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Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Dale Oehler | |||
Freddie Hubbard chronology | ||||
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Super Blue is a 1978 album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard. It was released on the Columbia label and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Charts. The album features performances by Hubbard, Hubert Laws, Joe Henderson and Kenny Barron with George Benson guesting on one track. In 2007 the album was rereleased on the Mosaic Contemporary label with three alternate takes.
Critical reception
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Bay State Banner wrote that "Freddie now has returned to basic jazz playing none of the easy top 40 material that characterized most of his Columbia career... There are no inane funk cliches or three minute tunes."[2]
Track listing
- "Super Blue" (Benard Ighner) - 7:50
- "To Her Ladyship" (Bill Frazier) - 6:01
- "Take It To The Ozone" - 7:01
- "The Gospel Truth" - 4:59
- "The Surest Things Can Change" (Gino Vannelli) - 6:20
- "Theme For Kareem" - 6:07
- "Super Blue" [alternate take] (Ira Ingher) - 10:36 Bonus track on 2007 CD reissue
- "Take It To The Ozone" [alternate take] - 6:56 Bonus track on 2007 CD reissue
- "Theme For Kareem" [alternate take] - 6:44 Bonus track on 2007 CD reissue
- All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated
- Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York, on March 30, 31 & April 1, 4, 1978, by Don Puluse, mixed at A&M Studios, Hollywood
Personnel
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet and flugelhorn
- Hubert Laws - flutes
- Joe Henderson - tenor sax
- Ron Carter - bass
- Jack DeJohnette - drums
- Kenny Barron - keyboards
- George Benson - guitar (track 2)
- Dale Oehler - keyboards (track 1)
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
as
leader
or
co-leader
- Open Sesame (1960)
- Goin' Up (1960)
- Hub Cap (1961)
- Minor Mishap/Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson, 1961)
- Ready for Freddie (1961)
- The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
- Hub-Tones (1962)
- Here to Stay (1962)
- The Body & the Soul (1963)
- Breaking Point! (1964)
- Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965)
- The Night of the Cookers (1965)
- Blue Spirits (1965–66)
- Backlash (1966)
- High Blues Pressure (1967)
- A Soul Experiment (1968–69)
- The Black Angel (1969)
- The Hub of Hubbard (1970)
- Red Clay (1970)
- Straight Life (1970)
- Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970)
- First Light (1971)
- Polar AC (1971–73)
- Sky Dive (1972)
- Keep Your Soul Together (1973)
- Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
- In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974)
- High Energy (1974)
- Gleam (1975)
- Liquid Love (1975)
- Windjammer (1976)
- Bundle of Joy (1977)
- Super Blue (1978)
- The Love Connection (1979)
- Skagly (1979)
- Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980)
- The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980)
- The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980)
- Born to Be Blue (1981)
- Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981)
- Outpost (1981)
- Rollin' (1981)
- Splash (1981)
- Above & Beyond (1982)
- Back to Birdland (1982)
- Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982)
- Ride Like the Wind (1982)
- The Rose Tattoo (1983)
- Sweet Return (1983)
- Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985)
- Life Flight (1987)
- The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987)
- Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988)
- Times Are Changing (1989)
- Topsy – Standard Book (1989)
- Bolivia (1990–91)
- At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991)
- Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991)
- Blues for Miles (1992)
- MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95)
- New Colors (2000)
- On the Real Side (2007)
Blakey/The
Jazz
Messengers
- Mosaic (1961)
- Buhaina's Delight (1961)
- Blues March (1961)
- Three Blind Mice (1961)
- Caravan (1962)
- Ugetsu (1963)
- Kyoto (1964)
- Free for All (1964)
- Golden Boy (1965)
- Soul Finger (1965)
Dexter
Gordon
- Doin' Allright (1961)
- Clubhouse (1965)
- Generation (1973)
- The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)
Herbie
Hancock
- Takin' Off (1962)
- Empyrean Isles (1964)
- Maiden Voyage (1965)
- Blow-Up (soundtrack album, 1966)
- V.S.O.P. (1977)
- V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977)
- V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum (1977)
- V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1977)
- Round Midnight (soundtrack album, 1985)
Bobby
Hutcherson
- Dialogue (1965)
- Components (1965)
- Knucklebean (1977)
- Highway One (1978)
Quincy
Jones
- I Dig Dancers (1960)
- The Quintessence (1962)
- Golden Boy (1964)
- I/We Had a Ball (1964–65)
- Walking in Space (1969)
- Gula Matari (1970)
Wayne
Shorter
- Wayning Moments (1961)
- Speak No Evil (1964)
- The Soothsayer (1965)
- The All Seeing Eye (1965)
others
- The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
- The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson, 1969)
- Out of This World (Walter Benton, 1960)
- True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960)
- God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell, 1971)
- Cables' Vision (George Cables, 1979)
- Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990)
- Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman, 1960)
- Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1961)
- Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961)
- Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965)
- Muses for Richard Davis (1969)
- Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1960)
- Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964)
- Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960)
- Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland, 1973)
- Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967)
- Interplay (Bill Evans, 1962)
- Sonic Text (Joe Farrell, 1979)
- Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
- Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
- Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
- Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson, 1961)
- Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962)
- Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959)
- Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton, 1960)
- Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
- The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961)
- Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
- Big Band (Joe Henderson, 1996)
- Pax (Andrew Hill, 1965)
- Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965)
- Sunflower (Milt Jackson, 1972)
- Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973)
- 52nd Street (Billy Joel, 1978)
- Reg Strikes Back (Elton John, 1988)
- J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
- Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan, 1982)
- Essence (John Lewis, 1960–62)
- Water Sign (Jeff Lorber, 1979)
- Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews, 1963)
- Bluesnik (Jackie McLean, 1961)
- MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994)
- Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery, 1958)
- Roll Call (Hank Mobley, 1960)
- The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1961)
- Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson, 1966)
- The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
- Contours (Sam Rivers, 1965)
- Drums Unlimited (Max Roach, 1965)
- East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
- Numbers (Rufus, 1978)
- Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
- Giant Box (Don Sebesky, 1973)
- Sugar (Stanley Turrentine, 1970)
- Together (McCoy Tyner, 1978)
- Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980)
- Soundscapes (Cedar Walton, 1980)
- Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
- Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)