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Freddie Hubbard's esteemed career combined raw talent and a little bit of
luck. As a teenager, he worked with guitarist Wes Montgomery in his hometown of
Indianapolis, Indiana. Later, at age 2 headphone
speaker 0, Freddie moved to New York, and performed with some of
the top names in jazz, from fellow trumpeter Miles Davis to John Coltrane and
Quincy Jones.Hubbard rose to new heights during a stint with Art Blakey and the
Jazz Messengers. His virtuosity caught the attention of on ear headphones jazz critic Leonard Feather
who called him "one of the most skilled, original and forceful trumpeters of the
1960s."Hubbard performed on more than 300 recordings, including his all-time
best-seller, Red Clay. That, along with his Grammy-winning album, First pionner on headphones Light, made him the one of
the most popular artists on the famed fusion label CTI Records.In 2006, Freddie
Hubbard received the nation's highest jazz honor when he was named a National
Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. Despite health problems that plagued his
trumpet playing, Freddie Hubbard continued to perform into 2008. In June, he
appeared at New York's Iridium jazz club in support of his last album with the
New Jazz Composers Octet,"On The Real Side.