Ready for Freddie

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ReleasedMid April 1962[1]
RecordedAugust 21, 1961
Ready for Freddie
Studio album by
ReleasedMid April 1962[1]
RecordedAugust 21, 1961
StudioVan Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz, hard bop
Length42:33 (original LP)
LabelBlue Note (BST 84085)
ProducerAlfred Lion
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Hub Cap
(1961)
Ready for Freddie
(1962)
The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard
(1962)

Ready for Freddie is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, released on the Blue Note label in 1962 as BLP 4085 and BST 84085. In 2003, it was remastered and issued on CD with the addition of two alternate takes. It contains performances by Hubbard, Bernard McKinney, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Art Davis and Elvin Jones.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarStar[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStarStar[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStarStarStar[4]

The album was identified by Scott Yanow in his AllMusic essay "Hard Bop" as one of the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Arietis" – 6:41
  2. "Weaver of Dreams" (Jack Elliott, Victor Young) – 6:35
  3. "Marie Antoinette" (Wayne Shorter) – 6:38
  4. "Birdlike" – 10:15
  5. "Crisis" – 11:33
  6. "Arietis" [alternate take] – 5:51
  7. "Marie Antoinette" [alternate take] (Shorter) – 6:15
All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated

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