The Night of the Cookers
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The Night of the Cookers is a live album by trumpet
er Freddie Hubbard
recorded at Club La Marchal in April 1965 and released on the Blue Note
label. It features performances by Hubbard, Lee Morgan
, James Spaulding, Harold Mabern, Jr.
, Larry Ridley
, Pete LaRoca and Big Black. The album was originally released on LP in two volumes which were combined for the CD release.
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
er 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 Club La Marchal in April 1965 and released on the Blue Note
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
label. It features performances by Hubbard, Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan
Edward Lee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter.-Biography:...
, James Spaulding, Harold Mabern, Jr.
Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern is a hard bop and soul jazz pianist.Early in his career, Mabern played in Chicago with Walter Perkins' MJT + 3 in the late 1950s before moving to New York in 1959. Mabern has worked with Jimmy Forrest, Lionel Hampton, the Jazztet , Donald Byrd, Miles Davis , J. J...
, Larry Ridley
Larry Ridley
Larry Ridley is an American jazz bassist and music educator.-Biography:Ridley was born and reared in Indianapolis, IN. He began performing professionally while still in high school in the 1950s. Ridley studied at the Indiana University School of Music and later at the Lenox School of Jazz...
, Pete LaRoca and Big Black. The album was originally released on LP in two volumes which were combined for the CD release.
Track listing
- "Pensativa" (FischerClare FischerClare Fischer is an American composer, arranger, pianist and organist. His parents were of German, French, Irish-Scot, and English backgrounds.-Early years:...
) - 23:30 - "Walkin'" (Carpenter) - 19:27
- "Jodo" - 22:15
- "Breaking Point" - 21:43
- All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated
- Recorded at Club La Marchal on April 9 & 10, 1965
Personnel
- Freddie HubbardFreddie HubbardFrederick 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 - Lee MorganLee MorganEdward Lee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter.-Biography:...
: trumpet - James Spaulding: alto saxophone, flute
- Harold Mabern, Jr.Harold MabernHarold Mabern is a hard bop and soul jazz pianist.Early in his career, Mabern played in Chicago with Walter Perkins' MJT + 3 in the late 1950s before moving to New York in 1959. Mabern has worked with Jimmy Forrest, Lionel Hampton, the Jazztet , Donald Byrd, Miles Davis , J. J...
: piano - Larry RidleyLarry RidleyLarry Ridley is an American jazz bassist and music educator.-Biography:Ridley was born and reared in Indianapolis, IN. He began performing professionally while still in high school in the 1950s. Ridley studied at the Indiana University School of Music and later at the Lenox School of Jazz...
: bass - Pete LaRoca: drums
- Big Black: congas