Freddie Hubbard Quintet
Freddie Hubbard- trumpet and flugelhorn
Bob Shepherd- reeds
Billy Childs- piano
Herbie Lewis- bass
Steve Houghton- drums (formerly with Gary Burton group)
and a few guests in parts
Bernard Eigner
Ray Armando- percussion
"Concerts By the Sea"
Redondo Beach, Ca. U.S.A.
December 31, 1983
runtime: 99:10
performance quality: A or close to it, sounded nice to my ears
recording quality: same as above, a good clean FM recording
lineage: WBUR FM radio > Sansui 8 reciever >
unknown average quality cassette deck (dolby off) >
Maxell XLII 90 min. cassettes > CD >
CD extractor > FLAC 6 > torrentially yours.
1: radio announcer 1:31
2: the night has a thousand eyes 14:46
3: misty 9:43
4: Freddie talks and radio announcer (set break) 1:25
5: last moments of 1983 (Freddie talk and crowd cheering) and Auld Lang Syne 3:24
6: super blue 14:08
7: Freddie talk :57
8: my funny valentine 9:40
9: announcer :17 (another set break)
10: announcer and Howard Rumsey talk (owner of venue) 2:03
11: announcer introduction final set :25
12: ? 16:09
13: Freddie talks 3:48
14: up jumps spring 13:46
15: Freddie talk (band introductions) 3:12
16: announcer closing credits (over Auld Lang Syne) 3:51
comments:
this was from the 1983-84 New Year's Eve N.P.R. broadcast from
across America, which was from a few different locations. This is
the complete third part of it (the 1st 2 were from more Easterly
U.S. locations) which is all Freddie Hubbard ushering in 1984
on the West Coast of the U.S. It's a different set, probably
all different band and songs than both my 1980 Boston Hubbard
post and bluenote 2005's 1983 Montreux show. Freddie was in good
spirits and put on a nice show that was heard all across the U.S.A.
on this night. the only title I couldn't identify is track 12,
it's one of the better songs of the show. I don't think anything
is cut in here, if so only a momentary tape flip. I was planning
to share this around new year time anyway. Hubbard's recent
passing makes it a less festive occasion, but all the more reason
to share another chapter in a long and great history for one of
the best trumpeters I have ever heard. R.I.P. Freddie.
Do not sell this recording.
Trade freely and losslessly.