Freddie Hubbard

[bcarso]

I'm shocked and saddened:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_en_mu/obit_hubbard

 

[thermionic]

That's really crap news. 70 is too young. How many legends of Hubbard's ilk are still with us? Hubbard struck me as a 'survivor'. He kept his spirits up after the incident splitting his lip in the eighties (was it '80s?).

It might sound selfish, but my New Year's Resolution must be to make a point of seeing the likes of Pharaoh or Tyner when they're in town. Sadly, they won't be around for ever.

:'(

Christmas seems to be a time when people of great standing leave us... I haven't got over the shock of losing Pinter - now I hear Freddie's gone...


Justin

 

[SSLtech]

I  *loved*  Freddie's stuff. Even when I lost faith in a lot of stuff in Jazz, Freddie was always accessible to me.

The lip injury was just bizarre to me when I heard about it.

RIP Freddie; -you'll be missed.

Keith

 

[Nat]

Bugger. Yet another one that I didn't get to see before he died.

 

[sahib]

Sad news. He was a great musician. 
I learned a lot from his recordings in late 70s-early 80s.
RIP.