The Bebop Shop : A Swingin' Affair: Blue Notes & Hard Bop Classics : Freddie Hubbard
This Blue Note 80 Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) Price: £25.99
The album opens with Hubbards sprightly tune Arietis, a nod to his astrological sign Aries, before down-shifting into the sublime ballad Weaver of Dreams, a stunning performance by Hubbard where both his brilliant tone and awe-inspiring technical command of his horn are on full display. Following Shorters jaunty tune Marie Antoinette, the band pays homage to Charlie Parker with Hubbards fleet-footed tune Birdlike. The album comes to a close with the expansive and explosive Crisis, a Hubbard original that sought to capture some of the simmering tensions of the early-1960s.
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) Price: £25.99
180g vinyl pressing. Price: £25.99