Freddie Hubbard: Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
Track
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
Artist
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
CD
Above and Beyond (Metropolitan Records, MR 113)
Musicians:
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Billy Childs (piano), Herbie Lewis (bass), Louis Hayes (drums).
Composed by Oscar Hammerstein II and Sigmund Romberg
.Recorded: Live at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, June 17, 1982
Rating: 100/100 (learn more)
This CD probably is less well known than it should be. I recollect that someone handed it to me on an airplane. It documents Freddie Hubbard live at Todd Barkan’s Keystone Korner, where he did many excellent live recordings. This extended up-tempo version of "Softly" is relentless. Freddie pushes himself to his outer limits; just when you think he’s going to come crashing down, he somehow reinvigorates himself and comes up with another bunch of choruses. This is how I remember Freddie live—simply mind-boggling.
Reviewer: Randy Brecker
Tags: keystone korner · softly as in a morning sunrise · trumpet
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