Search - Freddie Hubbard :: Sweet Return

Hubbard at the peak of his powers

Sep | Vegas | 08/11/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ditto to everything Kurt said. I, too, had been anxiously waiting for this date to be reissued on disc. This is an absolutely stellar all-star band, and they're so tight that one gets the impression they'd been playing together forever. The communication between Hubbard & Joanne Brackeen (a truly great jazz pianist), in particular, is remarkable. Everyone on the date is a stud, and all (Lew Tabackin on tenor & flute; Eddie Gomez on bass; Roy Haynes on drums) are given opportunities to strut their stuff.



If I had to limit the Hubbard material in my collection to only one recording, this would be it."

Absolutely

Just a Customer | California | 10/08/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Yes, this is the quality stuff. Swinging, tasty, tight. Interplay between this "all-star" pickup band is remarkable. Hubbard and Tabackin blowing over each other is a delight, and Tabackin's tone -- which sometimes sounds like a duck-call on other recordings -- is reined in and tasteful throughout. I keep coming back to this album over the years. One of Hubbard's best of the 80's period, alongside the fabulous Griffith Park Collection."