Personnel: Freddie Hubbard (trumpet, flugelhorn); David Schnitter (tenor saxophone); Billy Childs (keyboards); Larry Klein (electric bass); Sinclair Lott (drums). Recorded live at the Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland in 1980. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather. Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1998, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Freddie Hubbard has been all over the jazz spectrum. On LIVE AT THE NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL, 1980, he brings it all into sharp focus. Hubbard leads a straightforward bebop lineup David Schnitter on tenor saxophone, Billy Childs on keyboards, Larry Klein on electric bass, and Sinclair Lott on drums into provocative territory. On tunes such as the Hubbard-penned "First Light" and John Coltrane's seminal "Impressions," echoes of Hubbard's Jazz Messenger and funk-fusion CTI years mingle with the complex patterns laid down by his young rhythm section. All the Hubbard trademarks are in evidence in this performance. His huge, clean sound and adventurous phrasing conspire with his brilliant range and rare sense of how to build a solo to a fever pitch. His chops are in rare form as he tears through his own classic "Red Clay." The audience enthusiasm pushes all the players to stretch and the result is a great live recording.

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Personnel: Freddie Hubbard (trumpet, flugelhorn); David Schnitter (tenor saxophone); Billy Childs (keyboards); Larry Klein (electric bass); Sinclair Lott (drums). Recorded live at the Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland in 1980. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather. Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1998, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Freddie Hubbard has been all over the jazz spectrum. On LIVE AT THE NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL, 1980, he brings it all into sharp focus. Hubbard leads a straightforward bebop lineup David Schnitter on tenor saxophone, Billy Childs on keyboards, Larry Klein on electric bass, and Sinclair Lott on drums into provocative territory. On tunes such as the Hubbard-penned "First Light" and John Coltrane's seminal "Impressions," echoes of Hubbard's Jazz Messenger and funk-fusion CTI years mingle with the complex patterns laid down by his young rhythm section. All the Hubbard trademarks are in evidence in this performance. His huge, clean sound and adventurous phrasing conspire with his brilliant range and rare sense of how to build a solo to a fever pitch. His chops are in rare form as he tears through his own classic "Red Clay." The audience enthusiasm pushes all the players to stretch and the result is a great live recording.