Freddie Hubbard
Trumpet Solo on
Cantaloupe Island

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Freddie Hubbard's trumpet solo is the opening of 2 solos on this recording, before Herbie Hancock's closing piano statement. Spanning three choruses of the 16-Bar form at a moderate 115 BPM with a funk feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:40. Freddie Hubbard delivers three choruses of trumpet improvisation over the tune's three-chord vamp, his bluesy, soulful approach demonstrating that he could be as effective in a groove context as in more complex harmonic environments. Freddie Hubbard was 25 to 26 years old at the time of this 1964 recording.

Freddie Hubbard was 25 to 26 years old at the time.