Freddie Hubbard
Trumpet Solo on
Yearnin'

About

Freddie Hubbard's trumpet solo is the second of three improvisations on this recording, following Dolphy's alto saxophone. Taking four choruses of the 12-bar blues in C at 110 BPM, Hubbard delivers the most extended solo on the track, building his improvisation with the narrative pacing and emotional warmth that set him apart from other hard bop trumpeters. The relaxed tempo gives his solo a conversational quality, each chorus revealing new facets of his approach to the blues.

Freddie Hubbard was 22 to 23 years old at the time.