Ready for Freddie

Ready for Freddie
Studio album by Freddie Hubbard
Released	1961
Recorded	August 21, 1961 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz, hard bop
Length	42:33 original LP
Label	Blue Note BST 84085
Producer	Alfred Lion
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Hub Cap (1961) Ready for Freddie (1961) The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)

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Ready for Freddie is the fourth album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and was released on the Blue Note label in 1961 as BLP 4085 and BST 84085. In 2003, it was remastered and published on CD support. The two alternate takes didn't appear on the original LP. It features performances by Hubbard, Bernard McKinney, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Art Davis and Elvin Jones. The album was identified by Scott Yanow in his Allmusic essay "Hard Bop" as one of the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Arietis" - 6:41
2. "Weaver of Dreams" (Elliott, Young) - 6:35
3. "Marie Antoinette" (Shorter) - 6:38
4. "Birdlike" - 10:15
5. "Crisis" - 11:33
6. "Arietis" [alternate take] - 5:51
7. "Marie Antoinette" [alternate take] (Shorter) - 6:15

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated

Personnel

• Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
• Bernard McKinney - euphonium
• Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
• McCoy Tyner - piano
• Art Davis - double bass
• Elvin Jones - drums

References