Freddie Hubbard

This release presents the complete LP Open Sesame (Blue Note BLP4040), Freddie Hubbard’s first album as a leader. Recorded in a quintet format, it features the talented Tina Brooks on tenor sax (who wouldn’t record again after March 1961), and McCoy Tyner on piano (who would have his first gig with John Coltrane that same month). As a bonus, a complete session recorded by Hubbard shortly after our main album, which marks his only existing encounter with tenor saxophonist Walter Benton (it belongs to Benton’s LP Out of This World). It is also noteworthy for featuring the celebrated Miles Davis rhythm section of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb.

PERSONNEL:

FREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpet
TINA BROOKS, tenor sax
McCOY TYNER, piano
SAM JONES, bass
CLIFFORD JARVIS, drums

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, June 19, 1960.

[9-12] BONUS TRACKS: From Walter Benton’s LP Out of This World
Freddie Hubbard (tp), Walter Benton (ts), Wynton Kelly (p),
Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d). New York, September 19, 1960.

TRACKS:

01 OPEN SESAME 7:10
02 BUT BEAUTIFUL 6:25
03 GYPSY BLUE 6:26
04 ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL 5:34
05 ONE MINT JULEP 6:02
06 HUB’S NUB 6:53
07 OPEN SESAME (alt tk) 7:16
08 GYPSY BLUE (alt tk) 6:40
09 OUT OF THIS WORLD 5:42*
10 WALTER’S ALTAR 8:23*
11 A BLUES MOOD 7:30*
12 AZIL 4:31*

Total Time: 78:37