Red Clay

Red Clay is a soul/funk-influenced hard bop album recorded in 1970 by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. It was his first album released on Creed Taylor's CTI label and marked a shift away from Hubbard's long time recording affair with Blue Note Records and another shift toward the soul-jazz fusion sounds that would dominate his recordings in the later part of the decade. It was the album that established Taylor's vision for the music that was to appear on his labels in the coming decade.

Track listing

1. "Red Clay" - 12:11
2. "Delphia" - 7:23
3. "Suite Sioux" - 8:38
4. "The Intrepid Fox" - 10:45
5. "Cold Turkey" (Lennon) - 10:27
6. "Red Clay" [live] - 18:44 Bonus track on the 2002 & 2010 CD release

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, January 27, 28 & 29, 1970 except track 6 recorded live at the Southgate Palace on July 19, 1971

Personnel

• Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
• Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone, flute
• Herbie Hancock - electric piano, organ
• Ron Carter - bass, electric bass
• Lenny White - drums

Track 6 Personnel

• Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
• Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
• Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organ/electric piano
• George Benson - guitar
• Ron Carter - bass
• Billy Cobham - drums
• Airto Moreira - percussion

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