Rollin' (Freddie Hubbard album)
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Rollin' is a live album
Live album
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 by jazz musician 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...

 recorded at the Theater Am Ring, Villingen Jazz Festival in Germany's Black Forest and released in 1982 on the MPS
MPS Records
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 label. The album features performances by Hubbard with Dave Schnitter, William Childs, Larry Klein
Larry Klein
Larry Klein is a music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player, commonly known for being the frequent musical collaborator, and ex-husband, of Joni Mitchell....

 and Carl Burnett. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow
Scott Yanow
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 states "the largely straightahead music is quite enjoyable and Hubbard's fans may want to search for this fairly rare item".

Track listing

  1. "One of Another Kind" - 7:38
  2. "Here's to That Rainy Day" - 6:23
  3. "Cascais" (Larry Klein) - 10:25
  4. "Up Jumped Spring" - 6:37
  5. "Byrdlike" - 6:38
  6. "Bridgette" - 4:35
  7. "Breaking Point" - 5:26
All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated
  • Recorded live, May 2, 1981, Theater Am Ring, Villingen Jazz Festival

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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    , flugelhorn
    Flugelhorn
    The flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus...

  • Dave Schnitter: tenor saxophone
    Tenor saxophone
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    , soprano saxophone
    Soprano saxophone
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  • William Childs: piano
    Piano
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    , electric piano
    Electric piano
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  • Larry Klein
    Larry Klein
    Larry Klein is a music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player, commonly known for being the frequent musical collaborator, and ex-husband, of Joni Mitchell....

    : bass
    Double bass
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    , bass guitar
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  • Carl Burnett: drums
    Drum kit
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