content: The first album I ever purchased of Freddie Hubbard was Hubbard/ Turrentine live, on CTI. I was hooked, and have amassed over 30 records by this departed jazz legend. This album features top notch jazz masters like Bobby Hutcherson & Joe Henderson, both whom I have had the pleasure to see live at the Lighthouse in Hermosa beach back in the 1970's. I've seen Hubbard live at least 10 times, and talked to him at Dante's' Jazz club back around 1980 or so. He went through his ups and downs in his long career, but the one thing Freddie had was that growl and wail in his trumpet tone that no one has yet matched. This album shows off a peak time in his performance life, with straight ahead bop. Body and Soul, Sky Dive and the Intrepid Fox are CTI mainstays from his monster catalog of trumpet works, and Freddie and these great musicians blow the roof off.