They always want to sell me as a hard bopper.
Freddie Hubbard Quotes
When I got started in New York, it wasn't like it is now. If you were different from Miles and Dizzy, it was very difficult to make gigs and make money with your own style.
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| Birth: | 7th April, 1938 |
| Death: | 29th December, 2008 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Trumpeter |
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Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. He played on several Blakey recordings, including Caravan, Ugetsu, Mosaic, and Free For All. He won the Downbeat jazz magazine "New Star" award on trumpet. In 2006, the National Endowment for the Arts accorded Hubbard its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters Award.
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