Bundle of Joy (album)
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Bundle of Joy is an album recorded in 1977 by jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 trumpeter Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 1960s and on...

. It was released on the Columbia
Columbia Records
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 label and features performances by Hubbard, Dorothy Ashby
Dorothy Ashby
Dorothy Ashby was an American jazz harpist and composer.Along with Alice Coltrane, Ashby extended the popularization of jazz harp past a novelty, showing how the instrument can be utilized seamlessly as much a bebop instrument as the saxophone...

, Azar Lawrence
Azar Lawrence
Azar Lawrence is an American jazz saxophonist, known for his contributions as sideman to McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw. Lawrence was the tenor saxophonist Tyner used following John Coltrane's death....

 and Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts
Ernest James "Ernie" Watts is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician. He plays saxophone and flute. He might be best known for his work with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and his Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist...

.

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated
  1. "Bundle of Joy"
  2. "Rainy Day Song"
  3. "Portrait of Jenny" (Gordon Burdge, J. Russel Robinson)
  4. "From Now On"
  5. "Tucson Stomp"
  6. "Rahsann"
  7. "I Don't Want to Lose You" (Thom Bell
    Thom Bell
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    , Linda Creed
    Linda Creed
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    )
  8. "From Behind"

Personnel

  • Freddie Hubbard
    Freddie Hubbard
    Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 1960s and on...

    : trumpet
    Trumpet
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  • Bobby Bryant
    Bobby Bryant
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    : trumpet
  • Snooky Young
    Snooky Young
    Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he was able to create a wide range of sounds.-Biography:...

    : trumpet
  • Nolan Smith: trumpet
  • George Bohanon: trombone
  • Garnett Brown
    Garnett Brown
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    : trombone
  • Ernie Watts
    Ernie Watts
    Ernest James "Ernie" Watts is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician. He plays saxophone and flute. He might be best known for his work with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and his Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist...

    : tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Azar Lawrence
    Azar Lawrence
    Azar Lawrence is an American jazz saxophonist, known for his contributions as sideman to McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw. Lawrence was the tenor saxophonist Tyner used following John Coltrane's death....

    : tenor saxophone
  • David Garfield: keyboards, celeste
  • Michael Stanton
    Michael Stanton
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    : keyboards
  • Dorothy Ashby
    Dorothy Ashby
    Dorothy Ashby was an American jazz harpist and composer.Along with Alice Coltrane, Ashby extended the popularization of jazz harp past a novelty, showing how the instrument can be utilized seamlessly as much a bebop instrument as the saxophone...

    : harp
  • Bill Green: tenor saxophone
  • David Sherr: oboe
  • Ernie Fields
    Ernie Fields
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    : baritone saxophone
  • David T. Walker
    David T. Walker
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    : guitar
  • Craig McMullen: guitar
  • Jay Graydon
    Jay Graydon
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    : guitar
  • Rick Littlefield: guitar
  • Henry Davis: bass
  • Curtis Robertson, Jr.: bass
  • Eric Ward: bass
  • Carlos Vega: drums
  • Ed Green: drums
  • Freddy Alexander: drums
  • Tommy Vig
    Tommy Vig
    Tommy Vig is an award-winning jazz vibraharpist, drummer, percussionist, arranger, big band leader, film, television, and classical concert composer, inventor, author, and educator.- Life and Work :...

    : percussion
  • Bob Zimmitti: percussion
  • Paulinho da Costa
    Paulinho Da Costa
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    : conga
  • Dee Ervin, Maxine Willard Waters, Venetta Fields
    Venetta Fields
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    , Julia Tillman-Waters, Pat Henderson: vocals
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