MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER Yes, 956
LIMITED Yes, to 2000
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE freddiehubbardmusic.com
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
Jack DeJohnette - drums
Ron Carter - bass
Richard Wyands - piano
George Benson - guitar
Airto Moreira - percussion
Herbie Hancock - fender rhodes
Phil Kraus - vibraphone
Hubert Laws - flute
Wally Kane - flute, bassoon
George Marge - flute, clarinet
Romeo Penque - flute, english horn, oboe, clarinet
Jane Taylor - bassoon
Ray Alonge - french horn
James Buffington - french horn
Margaret Ross - harp
David Nadien - violin
Paul Gershman - violin
Emanuel Green - violin
Harold Kohon - violin
Joe Malin - violin
Gene Orloff - violin
Matthew Raimondi - violin
Tosha Samaroff - violin
Irving Spice - violin
Alfred Brown - viola
Emanuel Vardi - viola
Charles McCracken - cello
George Ricci - cello
first light - 11:05
uncle albert / admiral halsey - 8:17
moment to moment - 5:43
yesterday's dreams - 3:55
lonely town - 7:00
fantasy in d - 6:55
In the pantheon of jazz trumpeters, Freddie Hubbard stands as one of the boldest and most inventive artists of the bop, hard-bop and post-bop eras
Although influenced by titans like Miles Davis and Clifford Brown, Hubbard ultimately forged his own unique sound – a careful balance of bravado and subtlety that fueled more than fifty solo recordings and countless collaborations with some of the most prominent jazz artists of his era
After a series of strong releases on Blue Note and a stint with the Jazz Messengers in the '60s, Hubbard enjoyed his greatest popular success in the 1970s with a series of crossover albums on Atlantic and CTI Records
His early ‘70s jazz albums for CTI – "Red Clay" (1970), "Straight Life" (1970) and "First Light" (1971) – were particularly well received with the latter taking home a Grammy for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance
"First Light" finds the trumpeter joined by guitarists Eric Gale and George Benson, pianists Herbie Hancock and Richard Wyands, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Jack DeJohnette and percussionist Airto Moreira amidst elegant string arrangements by Don Sebesky, a first for Hubbard thus the title
From the sizzling title track to a melodic take on Paul and Linda McCartney’s "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" to a lovely rendition of the Mancini/Mercer standard "Moment To Moment", "First Light" is first-rate
This new edition from ORG Music has been mastered from the original analog tapes by Bernie Grundman and has been pressed on numbered limited 180g audiophile-grade vinyl of 2,000 copies at Pallas Group in Germany
RECORDING September 14 – 16 1971
ENGINEERING Rudy van Gelder
LABEL CTI
RE MASTERING Bernie Grundman
RE RELEASED May 2014
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas
MADE IN USA / Germany
STYLE Jazz / Post Bop / Fusion
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
