Freddie Hubbard 1938-2008

TRUMPET HEAVYWEIGHT PASSES AWAY Jazz legend Freddie Hubbard passed away in Sherman Oaks Hospital on December 29, 2008 in Sherman Oaks California at the age of 70. The cause of death was complications of a heart attack he suffered on November 26. David Weiss, his longtime manager, arranger and producer who also organized and played trumpet in Hubbard's last band, The New Jazz Composers Octet, recalls "He played faster, longer, higher and with more energy than any other trumpeter of his e...

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