Freddie Hubbard - First Light (Pure Pleasure)
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Freddie Hubbard, trumpet, fluglehorn [click here to see more vinyl featuring Freddie Hubbard]
George Benson, guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring George Benson]
Ron Carter, bass [click here to see more vinyl featuring Ron Carter]
Jack DeJohnette, drums [click here to see more vinyl featuring Jack DeJohnette]
Herbie Hancock, Fender Rhodes piano [click here to see more vinyl featuring Herbie Hancock]
Hubert Laws, flute
Richard Wyands, piano
Jane Taylor, bassoon
Charles McCracken, cello
George Ricci, cello
Wally Kane, flute, bassoon
George Marge, flute, clarinet
Romeo Penque, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet
James Buffington, French horn
Ray Alonge, French horn
Margaret Ross, harp
Airto Moreira, percussion [click here to see more vinyl featuring Airto Moreira]
Phil Kraus, vibraphone
Alfred Brown, viola
Emanuel Vardi, viola
David Nadien, violin
Emanuel Green, violin
Gene Orloff, violin
Harold Kohon, violin
Irving Spice, violin
Joe Malin, violin
Matthew Raimondi, violin
Paul Gershman, violin
Tosha Samaroff, violin
Written by Freddie Hubbard (A1), Paul & Linda McCartney (A2), Henry Mancini (B1), Johnny Mercer (B1), Don Sebesky (B2), Norman Martin (B2), Comden & Green (B3), Leonard Bernstein (B3)
Arranged by Don Sebesky
1 LP, gatefold sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Pure Pleasure
Original Label : CTI
Recorded September 14–16, 1971 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Produced by Creed Taylor
Remastered by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
Originally released in 1971
Reissued in 2017
Tracks:
Side A :
1. First Light
2. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
2. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
Side B :
1. Moment To Moment
2. Yesterday's Dreams
3. Lonely Town
2. Yesterday's Dreams
3. Lonely Town
Awards:
1973 Grammy Awards : Best instrumental Jazz Album
Reviews:
« Never one to take lyricism for granted, trumpeter and composer Freddie Hubbard entered Creed Taylor's studio for the third time in 1971 with the express purpose of making a record radically different from anything he'd cut before; he was looking for it to use electricity and to be out of the soul-jazz mold, but was also more ambitious and wanted to push that envelope and himself. Taylor and Hubbard assembled a band that included Herbie Hancock on Rhodes, guitarists Eric Gale and George Benson, bassist Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette on drums, Airto Moreira on percussion, and Richard Wyands on acoustic piano to back him. The band was also supported by the truly ethereal and adventurous string arrangements of Don Sebesky (a first for Hubbard). The result is a masterpiece of textured sound, gorgeously far-flung charts, sweet, tight grooves, a subtle mystic feel, and some of Hubbard's most exciting playing ever. The title track and Hubbard's ingenious read of Paul and Linda McCartney's "Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey," as well as Leonard Bernstein's "Lonely Town," are so in the pocket that they bleed soul. Benson's uncharacteristically edgy guitar playing juxtaposed against Hubbard's warm tone, and Hancock's beautifully modal Rhodes lines that are drenched with big, open, minor chord voicings, are simply made more illustrious and graceful by Sebesky's strings. While Red Clay and Straight Life are both fine albums, First Light is the one that connects on all levels -- and it did with the jazz-buying public as well. A masterpiece." AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.86 / 5