sábado, 31 de dezembro de 2011

FREDDIE HUBBARD THE BODY AND THE SOUL

Freddie Hubbard - The Body And The Soul

Freddie Hubbard
The Body And The Soul
ABC/Impulse! 9000 series/A 38

Capitol Studios, NYC, March 8, 1963
Personnel:
Ed Armour, Freddie Hubbard, Richard Williams (tp)
Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston (tb)
Bob Northern, Julius Watkins (frh)
Eric Dolphy (as)
Jerome Richardson (bars)
Harry Cykman, Arnold Eidus, Julius Held, Harry Katzman, Harry Lookofsky, Charles
McCracken, Gene Orloff, Paul Poliakin, Sol Shapiro, Morris Stonzek (strings)
Cedar Walton (p)
Reggie Workman (b)
Philly Joe Jones (d)
Wayne Shorter (arr, cond)

Chocolate Shake
Skylark
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

Capitol Studios, NYC, March 11, 1963
Personnel:
Ed Armour, Al DeRisi, Freddie Hubbard, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Richard Williams (tp)
Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston (tb)
Bob Northern (frh)
Robert Powell (tu)
Eric Dolphy (as)
Seldon Powell (ts)
Charles Davis, Jerome Richardson (bars)
Cedar Walton (p)
Reggie Workman (b)
Philly Joe Jones (d)
Wayne Shorter (arr, cond)

Carnival (Manha De Carnaval)
Aries (Aires)
Thermo

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 2, 1963
Freddie Hubbard (tp)
Curtis Fuller (tb)
Eric Dolphy (as, fl)
Wayne Shorter (ts)
Cedar Walton (p)
Reggie Workman (b)
Louis Hayes (d)

Body And Soul
Dedicated To You
Clarence's Place
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Tracks
1. Body and Soul [Eyton/Green/Heyman/Sour] 4:41
2. Carnival (Manha de Carnaval) [Bonfa/Creatore/Maria/Peretti] 5:22
3. Chocolate Shake [Ellington/Webster] 4:01
4. Dedicated to You [Cahn/Chaplin/Zaret] 3:26
5. Clarence's Place [Hubbard] 3:32
6. Aries [Hubbard] 3:09
7. Skylark [Carmichael, Mercer] 4:36
8. I Got It Bad (And That Ain'tGood) [Ellington/Webster] 3:45
9. Thermo [Hubbard] 4:15

Review by Michael G. Nastos
At age 25, Freddie Hubbard made inroads into modern jazz most trumpeters could not
imagine, much less come through with. As a soloist, one of Hubbard's crowning
achievements in his early period was this recording on which he teamed with Wayne
Shorter, marginally as a performer but prominent in the role of arranger/conductor for his
first time ever. Utilizing a septet, 16-piece big band, and orchestra plus stings to play
concise, tight tunes, Shorter provides the backdrop to employ Hubbard's bold toned
trumpet and all of its devices in a full display of his powerful melodic talents. Yeoman
Reggie Workman plays bass on all selections, with drummer Louis Hayes in the
seven-piece combo, and great work from Philly Joe Jones in the larger bands.
Interestingly enough, the three tracks with the smaller ensemble are the most
interesting, due to the presence of Eric Dolphy, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, and Shorter
on the front line. "Clarence's Place" is a post-bop jewel with spiky brass accents and
Dolphy's ribald and outre alto sax solo contrasting Shorter's relatively reserved tenor,
"Dedicated to You" is a wisp of a tune, while "Body & Soul," an atypical choice for the
opening selection, is a straight read of the classic ballad with a chart that sounds larger
than the small horn section, and a wavering flute via Dolphy. The big band does an
unusual soul-jazz treatment of the Brazilian number "Manha de Carnaval" flavored by
Robert Northern's French horn, while "Aries" is a hard bop show stopper with two-note
accents buoying Hubbard's great lyrical lines, and goes further into hard bop with
"Thermo" as the horns demand attention with the trumpeter as an afterthought. The
string section, ten pieces strong, joins the big band on the film noir type Duke Ellington
piece "Chocolate Shake," the stock "I Got It Bad," and "Skylark," with its soft clarion
intro bubbling underneath with the violins, violas, and cellos. The manner in which this
recording is programmed is thoughtful in that it lends to the diversity of the project, but is
seamless from track to track. Dan Morgenstern's hefty liner notes also explain the
concept behind this ambitious project, one which did not compare to any of Hubbard's
other recordings in his career. Therefore it stands alone as one of the most unique
productions in his substantive discography, and a quite credible initial go-round for
Shorter as an orchestrator.
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