gregoryusa1 (August 10, 2008 at 4:06 pm)

One evening during a Seattle Jazz Alley appearance some 18 or so years ago I observed Freddie just chillin' by himself during a break, so I approached him, thanked him for comin' to Seattle, and stated I'd been an admirer of his since the 'First Light' CTI days. We spoke for 10 minutes! As a hobbyist-player myself his words of wisdom to me that night were: "You play the trumpet but you make love to the Flugelhorn." I've since switched to piano, but I've never forgotten the lesson. Thx Mr. H.

jacquillo (July 26, 2008 at 12:41 pm)

impressive trumpet playing

Jazzanswer (July 18, 2008 at 5:15 am)

I don't believe Freddie renamed the song. Others did.Freddie himself announced that it was dedicated to Charlie Parker - who is "Bird".

Jazzanswer (July 18, 2008 at 5:12 am)

The tune is "Birdlike". It is a blues written by Freddie Hubbard and dedicated to Charlie Parker ("Bird").

ccctttyy1 (July 14, 2008 at 12:52 pm)

apparently his lips became damaged from a gig with John Faddis, where they were havng a high note/loudness/speeed competition style play off.....massive shame.

shepdudemush (July 7, 2008 at 8:51 am)

ive heard that his lips are scarred from literally smoking crack. It sounds like its made up.....but him and this cat Barry Ries use to smoke crack out of a metal pipe that apparently got too hot.

skweenison1 (June 29, 2008 at 7:51 am)

he played the first couple bars of his solo on Birdlike on the album Ready for Freddie on here. haha. sooo amazing

Ekorn85 (June 18, 2008 at 9:51 pm)

What tune is this?

Jazzanswer (June 11, 2008 at 10:24 pm)

Incredible trumpet playing. Precise swinging articulation.Fantastic. And a very original sense of harmony. There isn't one trumpet player out there that hasn't been influenced by him. And none even come close.

BassThrasher (May 26, 2008 at 3:40 pm)

Personally, I prefer Freddie over Miles by a long shot.