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Topic: rip freddie hubbard |
ebb
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Brint Hannay
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2008 3:32 pm |
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This has been a rough year. 
RIP Freddie. |
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Dave Harmonson
From:
Seattle, Wa
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Posted 29 Dec 2008 5:09 pm
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| Man Oh Man!! We lose another. RIP |
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 29 Dec 2008 6:05 pm
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Rest in peace.
Last edited by Mike Shefrin on 15 Nov 2009 6:40 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Jon Moen
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Canada
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Posted 29 Dec 2008 6:42 pm
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Povo from this album is one of my favorite songs:
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 30 Dec 2008 4:04 am
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| Rats. Another jazz great gone. Gonna put on Little Sunflower right now. |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2008 7:11 am
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| RIP Freddie. Loved your playing! |
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Miguel e Smith
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Phoenix, AZ
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Posted 30 Dec 2008 8:12 pm
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I was lucky enough to see him perform a few times. Once was in San Diego and just before the downbeat, Freddie stepped to the mic and said in this low and cool voice..."If you like the music...dig. If you don't...dance". Some drunk chick proceded to immediately stand up and dance at which point the entire room turned and stared her down...literally. It was a magical evening.
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Mike S.
"Mike & T's House Of Steel" (band)
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 31 Dec 2008 8:21 pm
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I was just talking to my friend Randy Cannon about Freddy.
He got called, last second,
to cover for Cedar Walton (yikes!) with 10 minutes to go
before show time in front of 15,000 people....
Being the super piano player he is, he pulled it off.
He said Freddy was so happy to see him he picked him up while hugging him,
and Randy is NOT small.
And he had to FOLLOW Mcoy Tyner to boot.
McCoy had refused to back up Freddy except for one tune.
the ONLY tune in the set Randy knew from memory too...
You will know Randy as composer 'for hire' of
the music for the Loveboat Theme. He HATE, HATE, HATES it,
even if some of the changes are good,
if you ingore those damned words...
but it made him serious royalties.
RIP Freddy, you were cool,
long after Birth of the Cool.
You made a LOT of trumpet players REALLY work
to follow your lead.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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