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Hub Cap is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, released on the Blue Note label in 1961. It features performances by Hubbard, Julian Priester, Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton, Larry Ridley and Philly Joe Jones.

Reception.

Reviewing the album for The Guardian in 2003, British jazz critic John Fordham wrote:”From Hubbard’s opening solo on the flying, boppish title track, which crackles with his trademark urgency, crisp, flaring sound and hell-for-leather attack, the music throws you back into a jazz era when the muscular dynamism of hard-bop was at the sharp end of a still commercially popular jazz.”

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three and half stars and stated:”On Hub Cap, his third effort as a leader, Freddie Hubbard sticks to the tried-and-true hard bop formula, which is something of a mixed blessing. There’s no question that much of this music is enjoyable, but it’s not quite up to the standards of its two predecessors.”

Track listing:

“Hub Cap” – 5:17
“Cry Me Not” (Randy Weston) – 4:49
“Luana” – 10:04
“Osie Mae” – 6:53
“Plexus” (Cedar Walton) – 9:02
“Plexus” [alternate take] (Walton) – 9:10 (1988 Capitol CD re-release only)
“Earmon Jr.” – 6:16

Personnel:
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Julian Priester – trombone
Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
Cedar Walton – piano
Larry Ridley – bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

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Released: October 1961
Recorded: April 9, 1961
Studio: Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Length: 42:21
Label: Blue Note
BST 84073
Producer: Alfred Lion