Freddie Hubbard - Blue Spirits (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)

Freddie Hubbard - Blue Spirits (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)The prodigious trumpeter Freddie Hubbard debuted on Blue Note in 1960 and produced an astounding run of recordings over the first half of the decade that culminated with Blue Spirits, which was the last of his 1960s studio albums for the label. This bluesy and spirited album presented five evocative Hubbard originals, each of which was given a richly textured arrangement for an ensemble that included a dynamic four horn lineup. Drawn from two

one of the most influential

With Inner Songs

• Ultra-high fidelity remaster by Jack Control (Jack Butcher) at Enormous Door in Austin

In addition to these new tracks

Blending R&B with doo-wop

Pressed for superb sound and packaged in its original artwork

Kill Frenzy

While not studio-quality audio

and effects that mimicked the sounds of machines and animals

Red Green Blue brings together the band's three unique creative voices like never before with a third of the album written and produced by each brother (Taylor's Red

this project came together and it's their personal 'desert island disc' (and it's a great addition to the Kepi catalog)

Ann Saunderson is also central to Surreal's hypnotic Happiness