FREDDIE HUBBARD – Blue Spirits (Tone Poet)

Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Blue Note

£34.43

Format: LP, Gatefold
Catalogue No.: 3856838
Barcode: 00602438568383
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Genre: Jazz

Blue Spirits was the last of trumpeter Freddie Hubbard’s 1960s studio albums for Blue Note. This bluesy and spirited offering featured five evocative Hubbard originals including “Soul Surge,” “Outer Forces,” and “Jodo,” each given a richly textured arrangement for an ensemble including four horns.

This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

TRACKLIST:
1. Soul Surge (Side A)
2. Blue Spirits (Side A)
3. Outer Forces (Side B)
4. Cunga Black (Side B)
5. Jodo (Side B)