THE COMPLETE FREDDIE HUBBARD BLUE NOTE & IMPULSE ‘60s STUDIO SESSIONS
Mosaic MD7-274 (7 CDs)

Disc One:
1. Open Sesame (A) 7:08
(Tina Brooks)
2. But Beautiful (A) 6:24
(J. Burke-J. Van Heusen)
3. Gypsy Blue (A) 6:22
(Tina Brooks)
4. All Or Nothing At All (A) 5:33
(J. Lawrence-A. Altman)
5. One Mint Julep (A) 6:00
(Rudolph Toombs)
6. Hub’s Nub (A) 6:52
(Freddie Hubbard)
7. Open Sesame (alt tk) (A) 7:14
(Tina Brooks)
8. Gypsy Blue (alt tk) (A) 7:32
(Tina Brooks)
9. Asiatic Raes (B) 6:43
(Kenny Dorham)
10. The Changing Scene (B) 5:46
(Hank Mobley)
11. Karioka (B) 6:12
(Kenny Dorham)

Disc Two:
1. A Peck A Sec (B) 5:46
(Hank Mobley)
2. I Wished I Knew (B) 7:44
(Billy Smith)
3. Blues For Brenda (B) 6:59
(Freddie Hubbard)
4. Hub Cap (C) 5:14
(Freddie Hubbard)
5. Cry Me Not (C) 4:46
(Randy Weston)
6. Luana (C) 10:03
(Freddie Hubbard)
7. Osie Mae (C) 6:49
(Freddie Hubbard)
8. Plexus (C) 8:59
(Cedar Walton)
9. Earmon Jr. (C) 6:15
(Freddie Hubbard)
10. Plexus (alt tk) (C) 9:06
(Cedar Walton)

Disc Three:
1. Arietis (D) 6:39
(Freddie Hubbard)
2. Weaver Of Dreams (D) 6:34
(V. Young-J. Elliott)
3. Marie Antoinette (D) 6:38
(Wayne Shorter)
4. Birdlike (D) 10:15
(Freddie Hubbard)
5. Crisis (D) 11:40
(Freddie Hubbard)
6. Arietis (alt tk) (D) 5:49
(Freddie Hubbard
7. Marie Anoinette (alt tk) (D) 6:13
(Wayne Shorter)
8. Caravan (E) 7:25
(Tizol-Ellington-Mills)
9. Bob’s Place (E) 10:01
(Freddie Hubbard)
10. Happy Times (E) 4:26
(Freddie Hubbard)

Disc Four:
1. Summertime (E) 10:03
(Gershwin-Gershwin-Heywood)
2. The 7th Day (E) 10:29
(Freddie Hubbard)
3. Philly Mignon (G) 5:27
(Freddie Hubbard)
4. Father And Son (G) 6:34
(Cal Massey)
5. Body And Soul (G) 6:26
(Green-Sour-Heyman-Eyton)
6. Nostrand And Fulton (G) 7:07
(Freddie Hubbard)
7. Full Moon And Empty Arms (G) 5:25
(B. Kaye-T. Mossman)
8. Assunta (G) 7:04
(Cal Massey)

Disc Five:
1. You’re My Everything (F) 6:33
(Dixon-Warren-Young)
2. Prophet Jennings (F) 5:27
(Freddie Hubbard)
3. Hub-tones (F) 8:20
(Freddie Hubbard)
4. Lament For Booker (F) 9:38
(Freddie Hubbard)
5. For Spee’s Sake (F) 8:34
(Freddie Hubbard)
6. You’re My Everything (alt tk) (F) 6:26
(Dixon-Warren-Young)
7. Hub-tones (alt tk) (F) 7:57
(Freddie Hubbard)
8. For Spee’s Sake (alt tk) (F) 7:49
(Freddie Hubbard)
9. Body And Soul (J) 4:36
(Green-Sour-Heyman-Eyton)
10. Dedicated To You (J) 3:21
(Cahn-Chaplin-Zaret)
11. Clarence’s Place (J) 3:26
(Freddie Hubbard)

Disc Six:
1. Chocolate Shake (H) 3:54
(D. Ellington-P.F. Webster)
2. I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) (H) 3:38
(D. Ellington-P.F. Webster)
3. Skylark (H) 4:29
(H. Carmichael-J. Mercer)
4. Aries (I) 3:03
(Freddie Hubbard)
5. Carnival (Manha De Carnaval) (I) 5:17
(Bonfa-Peretti-Creatore-Weiss)
6. Thermo (I) 4:12
(Freddie Hubbard)
7. Breaking Point (K) 10:15
(Freddie Hubbard)
8. Far Away (K) 10:54
(Freddie Hubbard)
9. Blue Frenzy (K) 6:20
(Freddie Hubbard)
10. D Minor Mint (K) 6:22
(Freddie Hubbard)
11. Mirrors (K) 6:05
(Joe Chambers)
12. Blue Frenzy (45 tk) (K) 3:15
(Freddie Hubbard)
13. Mirrors (45 tk) (K) 3:21
(Joe Chambers)

Disc Seven:
1. Soul Surge (L) 10:13
(Freddie Hubbard)
2. Cunga Black (L) 5:12
(Freddie Hubbard)
3. Blue Spirits (M) 12:11
(Freddie Hubbard)
4. Outer Forces (M) 9:32
(Freddie Hubbard)
5. Jodo (M) 7:05
(Freddie Hubbard)
6. The Melting Pot (N) 7:33
(Freddie Hubbard)
7. True Colors (N) 9:52
(Freddie Hubbard)

 

DISCOGRAPHY
This discography only includes the first release of each performance.

(A) OPEN SESAME
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Tina Brooks, tenor sax; McCoy Tyner, piano; Sam Jones, bass; Clifford Jarvis, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 19, 1960
Tk. 3 Hub’s Nub BST 84040
Tk. 5 Gypsy Blue (alt tk) CD 7-84040-2
Tk. 6 Gypsy Blue BST 84040
Tk. 8 Open Sesame (alt tk) CD 7-84040-2
Tk. 9 Open Sesame BST 84040
Tk. 11 One Mint Julep –
Tk. 17 But Beautiful –
Tk. 22 All Or Nothing At All –

(B) GOIN” UP
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; McCoy Tyner, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 6, 1960
Tk. 2 Blues For Brenda BST 84056
Tk. 9 Karioka –
Tk. 17 Asiatic Raes (aka Lotus Blossum) –
Tk. 19 A Peck A Sec (aka The Latest) –
Tk. 21 The Changing Scene –
Tk. 24 I Wished I Knew –

(C) HUB CAP
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Julian Priester, trombone; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Cedar Walton, piano; Larry Ridley, bass; Philly Joe Jones. drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 9, 1961
Tk. 3 Earmon Jr. BST 84073
Tk. 6 Hub Cap –
Tk. 11 Cry Me Not –
Tk. 14 Plexus (alt tk) CD 7-84073-2
Tk. 15 Plexus BST 84073
Tk. 18 Luana –
Tk. 21 Osie Mae –

(D) READY FOR FREDDIE
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Kiane Zawadi (Bernard McKinney), euphonium; Wayne Shorter, tenor sax; McCoy Tyner, piano; Art Davis, bass; Elvin Jones, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 21, 1961
Tk. 5 Arietis BST 84085
Tk. 6 Arietis (alt tk) CD 8-32094-2
Tk. 7 Marie Antoinette BST 84085
Tk. 10 Marie Antoinette (alt tk) CD 8-32094-2
Tk. 12 Crisis BST 84085
Tk. 13 Weaver Of Dreams –
Tk. 16 Birdlike –

(E) THE ARTISTRY OF FREDDIE HUBBARD
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Curtis Fuller, trombone; John Gilmore, tenor sax; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Art Davis, bass; Louis Hayes, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 2, 1962
10994 Caravan AS-27
10995 Happy Times –
10996 Summertime –
10997 Bob’s Place –
10998 The 7th Day –

(F) HUB-TONES
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; James Spaulding, alto sax, flute; Herbie Hancock, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Clifford Jarvis, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 10, 1962
Tk. 3 You’re My Everything BST-84115
Tk. 4 You’re My Everything (alt tk) CD 7-84115-2
Tk. 5 Lament For Booker BST-84115
Tk. 7 For Spee’s Sake –
Tk. 8 For Spee’s Sake (alt tk) CD 7-84115-2
Tk. 14 Prophet Jennings BST 84115
Tk. 19 Hub-tones (alt tk) CD 7-84115-2
Tk. 20 Hub-tones BST 84115

(G) HERE TO STAY
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor sax; Cedar Walton, piano; Reggie Workman, bass, Philly Joe Jones, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 27, 1962
Tk. 4 Full Moon And Empty Arms BN-LA 496-2
Tk. 9 Assunta –
Tk. 18 Father And Son –
Tk. 20 Nostrand And Fulton –
Tk. 23 Body And Soul –
Tk. 25 Philly Mignon –

Note: This album was given the catalog number BST 84135 and a cover in 1963, but was not released at the time.

(H) THE BODY AND THE SOUL (strings session)
Freddie Hubbard, Ed Armour, Richard Williams, trumpets; Melba Liston, Curtis Fuller, trombones; Bob Northern, Julius Watkins, French horns; Eric Dolphy, alto sax, flute; Jerome Richardson, baritone sax; Cedar Walton, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums; Harry Cykman, Morris Stonzek, Arnold Eidus, Sol Shapiro, Charles McCracken, Harry Katzman, Harry Lookofsky, Gene Orloff, Julius Held, Raoul Poliakin, strings. Arranged and conducted by Wayne Shorter
Capitol Studios, NYC, March 8, 1963
11412 Skylark AS-38
11413 I Got It Bad –
11414 Chocolate Shake –
11415 Body And Soul unissued or rejected – tape no longer exists

(I) THE BODY AND THE SOUL (big band session)
Freddie Hubbard, Al DeRisi, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, trumpets; Melba Liston, Curtis Fuller, trombones; Eric Dolphy, alto sax, flute; Seldon Powell, Jerome Richardson, tenor saxes; Charles Davis,, baritone sax; Bob Northern, French horn; , tuba; Cedar Walton, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums. Arranged and conducted by Wayne Shorter
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 11, 1963
11416 Carnival (Manha De Carnaval) AS-38
11417 Thermo –
11418 Aries –
11419 Far Away Blues unissued or rejected – tape no longer exists

(J) THE BODY AND THE SOUL (small group)
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Curtis Fuller, trombone; Eric Dolphy, alto sax, flute; Wayne Shorter, tenor sax; Cedar Walton, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Louis Hayes, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 2, 1963
11480 Body And Soul AS-38
11481 Dedicated To You –
11482 Clarence’s Place –

(K) BREAKING POINT
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; James Spaulding, alto sax, flute; Ronnie Mathews, piano; Eddie Khan, bass; Joe Chambers, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 7, 1964
1345 Tk. 3 D Minor Mint BST 84172
1346 Tk. 10 Far Away –
1347 Tk. 11 Breaking Point –
1348 Tk. 14 Blue Frenzy –
1348 Tk. 15 Blue Frenzy (45 tk) 45-1908
1349 Tk. 23 Mirrors BST 84172
1349 Tk. 24 Mirrors (45 tk) 45-1908

(L) BLUE SPIRITS (first session)
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Kiane Zawadi (Bernard McKinney), euphonium; James Spaulding, alto sax, flute; Joe Henderson, tenor sax; Harold Mabern, piano; Larry Ridley, bass; Clifford Jarvis, drums, Big Black, conga.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs NJ, February 19, 1965
1524 Outer Forces rejected
1525 Tk. 24 Soul Surge BST 84196
1526 Tk. 26 Cunga Black –

(M) BLUE SPIRITS (second session)
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Kiane Zawadi (Bernard McKinney), euphonium; James Spaulding, alto sax, flute; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; McCoy Tyner, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Pete LaRoca, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs NJ, February 26, 1965
1527 Tk. 3 Jodo BST 84196
1528 Tk. 11 Blue Spirits –
1529 Tk. 15 Outer Forces –

(N) Final studio session
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Joe Henderson, tenor sax; Hosea Taylor, alto sax -1, bassoon -2, Herbie Hancock, piano -1, celeste -2, Reggie Workman, bass, Elvin Jones, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 5, 1966
1706 Tk. 6 The Melting Pot -1 CD 7-46545-2
1707 Tk. 10 True Colors -2 –
For B. P. -1 incomplete, rejected

Album index:
LP:
Open Sesame Blue Note BST 84040 (rel. September 1960)
Goin’ Up Blue Note BST 84056 (rel. April 1961)
Hub Cap Blue Note BST 84073 (rel. c. September 1961)
Ready For Freddie Blue Note BST 84085 (rel. April 1962)
The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard Impulse AS 27 (rel. February 1963)
Hub-Tones Blue Note BST 84115 (rel. October 1963)
Here To Stay Blue Note BNLA 496-2 (rel. 1976)
The Body And The Soul Impulse AS-38 (rel. September 1964)
Breaking Point Blue Note BST 84172 (rel. August 1964)
Blue Spirits Blue Note BST 84196 (rel. January 1967)

CD:
Open Sesame Blue Note CD 7-84040-2 (rel. 1988)
Hub Cap Blue Note CD 7-84073-2 (rel. 1988)
Ready For Freddie Blue Note CD 8-32094-2 (rel. 1995)
Hub-Tones Blue Note CD 7-84115-2 (rel. 1988)
Blue Spirits Blue Note CD 7-46545-2 (rel. 1987)

Produced for release by Michael Cuscuna
Original sessions produced by Bob Thiele (E, H, I, J) and Alfred Lion (all others)
Recording engineers: Frank Abbey (H) and Rudy Van Gelder (all others)
Mastered from hi-res files of the original analog masters by Malcolm Addey, Malcolm Addey Studio, NYC
All photographs by Francis Wolff

24-bit technology was utilized at all stages of the production of this Mosaic release.

PRODUCER’S NOTE:
Sessions G through J appear slightly out of chronological sequence in order to keep each session intact within a given disc as much as possible.