Born to Be Blue (Freddie Hubbard album)

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Born to Be Blue
Studio album by
Released1982
RecordedDecember 14, 1981
GenreJazz
Length42:00
LabelPablo Today
ProducerFreddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Keystone Bop: Sunday Night
(1982)
Born to Be Blue
(1982)
Ride Like the Wind
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Born to Be Blue is an album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard recorded in December 1981 and released on the Pablo Today label in 1982.

Reception[edit]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album a "fine modern hard bop CD".[4]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except where noted

  1. "Gibraltar" - 12:16
  2. "True Colors" - 8:05
  3. "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 7:25
  4. "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) - 6:48
  5. "Up Jumped Spring" - 7:11
  • Recorded on Soundstream Digital Systems at Ocean Way Recording Studio, Hollywood; December 14, 1981

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 733. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed 14 June 2009.