Freddie Hubbard
Trumpet Solo on
The Egg

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Freddie Hubbard's trumpet solo is the opening of 4 solos on this recording, followed by Ron Carter on acoustic bass. Set at a bright 220 BPM with a straight feel in F, the solo runs approximately 4:50. Freddie Hubbard opens with an extended trumpet solo over a driving straight-eighth feel in F minor, his improvisation building in intensity over nearly five minutes. Freddie Hubbard was 25 to 26 years old at the time of this 1964 recording. Hancock intentionally left portions of the piece without predetermined melodic lines, giving the soloists freedom to supply their own melodies over the chord changes.

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