Jazz Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard Dead At 70
According to the Indianapolis star Freddie Hubbard, the Indianapolis native who represented the next step in modern trumpet playing after Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, died Monday in Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Hubbard, 70, died from complications of a heart attack he suffered Nov. 26.Hubbard made a series of notable recordings, leading groups under his own name, and appeared in all-star bands with such other young stars as Herbie Hancock. In the 1970s and ’80s, he explored jazz-rock fusion styles and did studio recording as he took advantage of his relocation to Southern California.
Health troubles developed in the early 1990s, affecting mainly his lips. A serious infection set in, and Hubbard’s career was sidetracked for many years, a delay he attributed in part to attempting to resume performing too soon.
Among many other recordings Hubbard’s “Red Clay” was sampled by A Tribe Called Quest for their hit “The Jazz” and “Sucka Nigga” from The Low End Theory.
