Freddie Hubbard
Trumpet Solo on
Empty Pockets

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Freddie Hubbard's trumpet solo is the opening of 3 solos on this recording, followed by Dexter Gordon on tenor sax. Spanning four choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a moderate 132 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:33. Freddie Hubbard opens with four choruses of trumpet, his blues playing here perhaps even more relaxed and conversational than on the released version. Freddie Hubbard was 23 to 24 years old at the time of this 1962 recording. "Empty Pockets" is a 12-bar blues composed by Herbie Hancock, first recorded on his 1962 debut album as a leader, Takin' Off, for Blue Note Records.

Freddie Hubbard was 23 to 24 years old at the time.