Ready For Freddie - Classic Vinyl Series Blue Note LP 1: SIDE B

LP 1: SIDE B

The Parable of the Poet

Joined by Grant Green on guitar

The album as a whole is satisfying blend of funk and darker textured moments supported by a solid band including Patrice Rushen

McLean’s innovative hard bop sound began to take on a harder edge and a more adventurous spirit

Ready For Freddie - Classic Vinyl Series Blue Note LP 1: SIDE BThe Indianapolis born trumpeter Freddie Hubbard introduced his prodigious talent on Blue Note Records with a run of remarkable albums recorded thru the early 1960s. At first rooted firmly in hard bop, Hubbard began to broaden his approach on his masterwork Ready for Freddie, recorded in August 1961. The way in which Im most interested in going is Coltrane like, Hubbard told liner note writer Nat Hentoff. Hubbard had recorded with Coltrane earlier in