From the beginning, Hubbard’s playing was characterized by its strength and assurance, its capacity to roam confidently across the trumpet’s entire range, and his gift for spontaneous melodic ...

Freddie Hubbard, a Grammy-winning trumpet player whose powerful, dramatic solos were a strong influence on a younger generation of jazz musicians, died Dec. 29 at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman ...

Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard died Dec. 29, 2008, at the age of 70 (hear the story on 'Morning Edition'). In this story from 2001, he talks about attempting a comeback after a series of personal ...

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Working with a feisty quintet that includes pianist Kenny Barron, saxophonist Bennie Maupin and drummer Freddie Waits, the trumpeter hits the stage running and never lets up. In 1967 Hubbard's ...

Freddie Hubbard, an influential jazz trumpeter who played with such legends as John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman, died Monday in Sherman Oaks. He was 70. By Jonathan Cohen ...

In 1958, the trumpeter moved to New York with "the drive to be great," his son Duane Hubbard writes in the liner notes for "On Fire." And that Freddie did, playing with the likes of Sonny Rollins ...

Freddie Hubbard, the influential and prolific jazz trumpeter, died Monday in Sherman Oaks, Calif., of complications from a heart attack suffered Nov. 28. He was 70. Called the “most magnificent ...

Freddie Hubbard, widely regarded as the most gifted jazz trumpeter of the post-bebop 1960s and ’70s, died Monday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 70. The cause of death was ...

LOS ANGELES — Freddie Hubbard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician whose blazing virtuosity influenced a generation of trumpet players and who collaborated with such greats as Ornette Coleman ...