Freddie Hubbard
Trumpet Solo on
Cold Turkey

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Freddie Hubbard's trumpet solo is the first of three solos on this recording. Set in A at a moderate 124 BPM with a rock feel, Hubbard's trumpet solo brings his full arsenal of hard bop technique to bear on the song's relatively simple harmonic framework, creating a compelling tension between the sophistication of his jazz vocabulary and the raw energy of the rock foundation. YouTube and Spotify seem to have misnamed 2 tracks from this Red Clay album: The Intrepid Fox and Cold Turkey. The music here is Cold Turkey even though YouTube and Spotify say The Intrepid Fox.

Freddie Hubbard was 31 to 32 years old at the time.