Freddie Hubbard

• 80th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

• BLUE NOTE DEBUT SERIES

Freddie Hubbard's first recording as a leader, Open Sesame features the 22-year-old trumpeter in a quintet with tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks, the up-and-coming pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Clifford Jarvis. This set shows that even at this early stage, Hubbard had the potential to be one of the greats.It's an impressive start to what would be a very interesting career.

PERSONNEL:

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

Englewood Cliffs, N.J., June 19, 1960.

TRACKS:

• A1. Open Sesame
• A2. But Beautiful
• A3. Gypsy Blue

• B1. All Or Nothing At All
• B2. One Mint Julep
• B3. Hub's Nub