Freddie Hubbard
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Frederick Dewayne Hubbard, an American jazz trumpeter, was born on April 7,1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana where he learned to play jazz with Wes Montgomery and his brothers. His jazz career began in earnest after moving to New York City in 1958. While there, he worked with Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Slide Hampton, J. J. Johnson, Philly Joe Jones, Quincy Jones, Oliver Nelson, and Sonny Rollins among others. He became famous while playing with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
By 1970 he was established as the leading trumpeter of his day, but a series of commercially oriented albums damaged his reputation as a serious jazz musician. Freddie is again playing regularly and making recordings after a long set back of health problems and a serious lip injury in 1992.
