Product details
- Label Blue Note
- Artist Freddie Hubbard
- Series Tone Poet Series
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2022
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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Breaking Point by Freddie Hubbard.
Recorded on May 7, 1964, "Breaking Point" captures Freddie Hubbard at a moment of restless creative ambition, pushing his sound toward the freer, more searching horizons that defined the era. This is Hubbard the composer as much as Hubbard the trumpeter, an artist testing the tension between hard bop discipline and the open, exploratory language that was reshaping jazz around him.
The title track opens the set with the kind of urgency the name promises, a piece that surges and coils before releasing into passages of striking freedom. "Far Away" follows, offering a change in temperature and mood, a reminder that Hubbard could shape space and lyricism with the same command he brought to fire and momentum.
Side B moves through three further explorations. "Blue Frenzy" leans into rhythmic intensity, while "D Minor Mint" carries a sharper, more angular edge, its title hinting at the tonal center that anchors its restless motion. The closing "Mirrors" brings the program to a reflective end, a fitting resolution to a record built on contrasts and daring.
This pressing has been mastered from the original analog tapes, preserving the warmth, depth, and immediacy of the 1964 sessions. Cut to 180g vinyl, it delivers the weight and stability that serious listeners prize, letting Hubbard's tone bloom with body and the rhythm section breathe with clarity across both sides.
Housed in a gatefold sleeve, the package extends the listening experience beyond the grooves, an object made to be handled, opened, and returned to. The runouts are etched, a small mark of care that connects this copy to the craft of the cut itself.
For collectors and jazz devotees alike, this is an essential document of Freddie Hubbard at a pivotal juncture, a session where technical brilliance met genuine risk. Play it loud, play it close, and hear an artist reaching toward something new.
Pressing Details:
Recorded on May 7, 1964.
Mastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl. In gatefold sleeve.
Runouts are etched.
Track Listing:
A1. Breaking Point
A2. Far Away
B1. Blue Frenzy
B2. D Minor Mint
B3. Mirrors
Artist: Freddie Hubbard
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Blue Note
Catalog Number: B0033315-01
Series: Tone Poet Series
Release Year: 2022
Country: United States
Condition: Sealed (New)
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