Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives for modern jazz and bebop...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTrumpet Player
Date of Birth7 April 1938
CityIndianapolis, IN
CountryUnited States of America
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I met up with Art Blakey in 1963, I think. It was right after Lee Morgan left and I played with him for about two and a half years.
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I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.
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Jazz isn't like pop, where you sell millions of records with a hit. Your spirit and soul aren't important in pop music. But jazz is like classical music. If people like you, they'll remember you and you'll last forever.
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Don't make the mistakes I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keeps your chops cool and don't overblow. If you are going to play hard, be sure to warm up. I'd get carried away trying to stay right with the momentum [of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers]. I used to try and play like Coltrane and solo for 30 or 40 choruses. It all caught up with me.
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Dizzy used to tell me I'm playing too hard. He'd say to not give everything. Miles told me that too.
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I used to try to play like [Miles Davis], and Miles caught me copying him one night at Birdland. He said, 'Hey man, why don't you play some of your own stuff.' So, I finally did, because I had copied all his solos.
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[Lee Morgan] was the only young cat that scared me when he played. He had so much fire and natural feeling. I had more technique, but he had that feeling. People seemed to like him more than they like me at the beginning.
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They always want to sell me as a hard bopper.
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When I got started in New York, if you were different from Miles & Dizzy it was very difficult.
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When you are trying to do something when you are getting started and you are trying to make records for the first time, you want it to be the best.
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That was the biggest thrill, going over to these guy's houses and having them want me to practice with them and they would show me a lot of stuff, which was really advanced stuff to me at my age.