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Jazz great Freddie Hubbard Dead At 70
2008-12-30 13:08:00 Jazz great Freddie Hubbard has died at the age of 70. Hubbard was a Grammy winning trumpet player, one of the best horn players of his era. He died at Sherman Oaks Hospital, only a month after having a heart attack. Hubbard’s career began back in 1958, and saw him join forces with greats including Ornette Coleman, John ...
Great jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard dies at 70
(AP)
2008-12-30 04:41:00 AP - Freddie Hubbard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician whose blazing virtuosity influenced a generation of trumpet players and who collaborated with such greats as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, died Monday, a month after suffering a heart attack. He was 70.
Freddie Hubbard, RIP Age 70
2008-12-30 04:25:00 Word on the wire is that Freddie Hubbard has passed on. The LA Times blog has it this way: Freddie Hubbard died today at Sherman Oaks Hospital as a result of a heart attack suffered in late November. His name might not blow up the same marquee lights as that of the late Eartha Kitt, whom we lost on Christmas Day, but anyone who cultivates even a passing interest in jazz certainly knows Hubbard’s swift, mercury-smooth trumpet sound, whether they realize it or not. Indeed. They’ve got audio, over there, too. Check it out. In my view, Hubbard should be required listening for anyone wanting to understand Jazz. BitsBlog Tags: Freddy Hubbard Related posts No related posts.
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Jazz great Freddie Hubbard dead at 70
(AP)
2008-12-29 23:49:00 AP - Freddie Hubbard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician whose style influenced a generation of trumpet players and who collaborated with such greats as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, died Monday, a month after suffering a heart attack. He was 70. |
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