Freddie Hubbard

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

DIGIPACK EDITION - PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED

Trumpet great Freddie Hubbard at the top of his game, with West Coast all-stars digging into his sturdiest compositions - plus John Coltrane's technically challenging piece "Giant Steps" - during a couple of nights in San Francisco, eternally exciting though recorded 30 years ago. That's Pinnacle, Live and Unreleased: From Keystone Korner, a bounteous gift to any fan or fan-in-the-making of fiery and funky, sophisticated and melodically inspired music.

PERSONNEL

FREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpet, flugelhorn
BILLY CHILDS, piano
LARRY KLEIN, bass
PHIL RANELIN, trombone (1-4, 6 & 7)
HADLEY CALIMAN, tenor sax (3, 6 & 7)
DAVID SCHNITTER, tenor sax (1, 2 & 4)
EDDIE MARSHALL, drums (3, 5, 6 & 7)
SINCLAIR LOTT, drums (1, 2 & 4)

Recorded live at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, June & October, 1980

TRACKS:

01. The Intrepid Fox
02. First ight
03. One Of Another Kind
04. Happiness Is Now
05. The Summer Knows
06. Blues For Duane
07. Giant Steps