Key facts
- Born
- Frederick Dewayne Hubbard , ( 1938-04-07 ) April 7, 1938, Indianapolis , Indiana, U.S.
- Died
- December 29, 2008 (2008-12-29) (aged 70), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz hard bop post-bop neo-bop jazz fusion
- Occupations
- Musician bandleader composer
- Instruments
- Trumpet flugelhorn cornet French horn mellophone
- Years active
- 1958–2008
- Labels
- Atlantic Columbia CTI Blue Note
- Website
- freddiehubbardmusic .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hubbard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Indianapolis
- Place of death
- Sherman Oaks
- Occupation
- trumpeter
- Educated at
- Butler University
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- flute
- Record label
- Blue Note
- Official website
- www.freddiehubbardmusic.com
- Image
- Freddie Hubbard 1976.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Freddie Hubbard
- date of birth
- 1938-04-07
- date of death
- 2008-12-29
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
- birth name
- Frederick Dewayne Hubbard
- name in native language
- Freddie Hubbard
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Encyclopedic overview
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives for modern jazz and bebop.
Career beginnings
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Freddie Hubbard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.