Freddie Hubbard

Open Sesame Freddie Hubbard

Open Sesame was the first album Freddie Hubbard

(1938-2008) made as a leader. Before that LP,

however, he had participated on many albums as

a sideman beginning with his debut recording on

The Montgomery Brothers and Five Others, taped

in his home town of Indianapolis on December

30, 1957. Open Sesame was the trumpeter’s first

project with pianist McCoy Tyner, who during the

same month would perform his first gig ever with

the John Coltrane Quartet (at the Jazz Gallery,

in New York). It was also the first collaborative

recording between Hubbard and saxophonist

Tina Brooks, who would only record together on

one other occasion, for Tina’s own album True

Blue, recorded less than a week later on June 25,

1960. Even though many of his previous works as

a sideman were important, Open Sesame marked

the beginning of Hubbard’s career as his own man,

and helped him to overcome his major influences

and establish his own musical voice.

FREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpet

TINA BROOKS, tenor sax

McCOY TYNER, piano

SAM JONES, bass

CLIFFORD JARVIS, drums

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, June 19, 1960.

Original session recorded by Rudy Van Gelder

& produced by Alfred Lion.

*BONUS TRACK:

Freddie Hubbard (tp), Walter Benton (ts), Wynton Kelly (p),

Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d).

New York, September 19, 1960.

Originally issued on the Walter Benton Quintet LP Out of This

World (Jazzland JLP 928S).