Freddie Hubbard is the reason why I wanted to learn how to play trumpet 😊🎺

And while we're appreciating the playing and writing presented in this video, let's appreciate the subject of the song -- the immortal Clifford Brown whose virtuosity on the trumpet and the ideas he played were matched only by the beauty of his humanity. In an era where many of his contemporaries were mired in heroin addiction, Brownie lived a clean life. His fellow musicians all loved him. When word of his death reached the jazz community, gigs were canceled because many musicians couldn't play

Up there for you trumpet boys! Just beautiful, Roy Hargrove did a very nice version too. Never to be forgotten. Never.

Freddie is the king. i met him at the keystone corner jazz club in SF in 1984 or 83, just before it closed...he was gracious and down to earth, not puffed up with 'how dare you approach me' arrogance like so many stars......it makes me sad to think he'll never play again ... i regret only seeing him play once. Freddie Hubbard is simply the greatest jazz trumpet player in jazz history. graceful, powerful, majestic, and more. what a loss.......

Let have a moment of silence for Freddie - I just heard that Freddie past away on Monday so I'm Dedicating this song and renaming it "I remember Freddie" RIP Freddie 12\29\08

In my opinion Freddie has touched much more than just the jazz world!

I just think this is the most beautiful, sad song in jazz

I believe we are watching Freddy Hubbard here. Freddy was a very generous musician to up and coming players. He was an educator, a brilliant musician and a tireless perfector of his craft. He is not perhaps the greatest trumpet player that ever lived. That is too subjective a statement. However, he represented what it means to be a great musician - humility, reverence for what came before and eager to see what will come tomorrow. He makes me proud to be a trumpet player!

Surely Freddie knew how to reach your soul with that trumpet

freddie hubbard is just flawless

Heaven is that place where Clifford plays this.

After 13 years, I came back to this video, and still got goosebumps 😳

Ohhhh, Freddie.... A sound so sweet... Thank you for all the beautiful music you gave us... Sleep well.

Freddie was the baddest the bad... as much as I love Miles and Clifford and Lee Morgan- Freddie's technique and chops TRUMPED them all - RIP my dear friend FH

excellent....!

泣けるなぁ、リー・モーガンも良いけどハバードの哀愁あるプレーに感動しますね！

My favorite Version...Freddie at his best..:) what a trumpet sound...YES !!

Oh, Freddie. I'll miss you so much! Every note was like the stars in the sky and every breath was like the spaces in between. Infinite Respect and Gratitude

Sent shivers down my spine. He puts so much feeling and emotion into his playing.

....the great clifford brown...thank you feddie...

The first time I heard this song, I was a jazz combo concert and I cried like a baby! The melancholy of this song is just overwhelming, but the music is beautiful!

he has such a great tone!

I remember you Freddie on a rainy Saturday night at Charlie O's Sherman Oaks, meeting you was amazing, now you`re gone but i`m sure you`re somewhere up there having a blast hanging out with Clifford,Miles,Bird,Trane,Dizzy,Monk,Horace,Chet,Blakey,Roach, Powell,Turrentine,Tony Williams,Duke,Sarah,Ella,Carmen,Billy,Lee,P.J. Jones,Kenny Clarke,Joe Henderson,Woody Shaw,Eric Dolphy,J.Mclean,P.Chambers,K. Dorham,C.Hawkins,Milt Jackson,Ray Brown,Hank Jones,etc.,tell all these cats hi for me would you..

jazz music have never been a battle...

Beautiful song beautiful player

one year later, i miss freddie just as much as the day he died. R.I.P. to one of the best there ever was.

It's not the trumpet that has an amazing sound... it is Freddie that makes THE sound the jazz world enjoyed up till 2008. RIP Freddie Hubbard.

Why is Freddie Hubbard my fav trumpet player- at his height: power, his sound, and his improvisational skill!

This is one of my favorite versions of this song :)

Jazz will live, no matter what mass listens to. Good players still exists, ones that dont play academic stuff full of modals and scales pretending it to be soul, but will follow the old masters footsteps and play the good ol' jazz again. Thanks Freddie.

Awesome stuff. I swear that trumpet is connected directly into Hubbard's soul.

Buongiorno in questo sabato piovoso un po nostalgico...tanti ricordi di vita bella con questo pezzo♥

Amen. Rest in peace, Mr. Hubbard. Your music lives on, late into the night.

I REMEBER Clifford? HUB4EVER!

yeah man.... doesn't get much better than this.

a legend, R.I.P.

Freddie put in some work! Outstanding my man, miss you. R.I.P.

Wonderful player. Wonderful song

amazing this men was a genuis, i always liked his music and his way of playing trumpet

THANKS

Fantastic! Gosh Hubbard plays trumpet with real swing even in ballads like this.

I think there are enough performers that are already trying to retain that value back again and with this positive mentality and I still listen to a lot of great music live. I can't agree with you here. For me, the only thing that kills the music we are talking about is spending more time lamenting about the present state and less showing our happiness from the music we can still listen to and we enjoy. Good music needs to be promoted positively and NOW, not as a good ol' times' commentary.My 2c

I love Lee AND Freddie. I have no problem with Freddie's vibrato because his tone is so freakin' HUGE. He could make his trumpet sound like a fluegel when he played at the bottom of his horn

Man, this is beautiful. Colorful wonderful beautifulness.

crisp,clean, and with soul to spare...Freddie rocks without mile a min. fingering and loud pushes beyond his range. So fine...

IMPRESIONANTE !!!!

Grande, immenso Freddie, che mostri come con la tromba si possa dire tutto senza sfoggi puramente virtuosistici. Per me la migliore interpretazione in assoluto di I rimember Clifford.

This just kills! love it!

A great tribute to a person who left us too soon

Man.. I just found out today that Freddie had passed away. I'd been listening to him for years and to hear the news is really sad..last christmas it was Oscar, and now this. but they're in a better place right now, probably jamming as we speak RIP... Freddie Hubbard

Now that's whattam takkin' about!! Yeahhhhh so silky and smooth, this is the real deal! Nothing uplifts my spirit the way this does.....

this piece is such a perfection for trumpeters that they stick to playing the melody line as it is. this video is a gem, thank you so much for posting it christian

Unico e irripetibile. Grande Freddie!!!

Freddie Hubbard blew his heart out on this one, just lovely and I'm still loving First Light

it's the voice of man; regardless who is playing Your maker is calling you.

Hahaha whoever put that slow motion in the video at 4:44 at the end of his solo is my hero

Catch the look on his face right after his solo. Coming back to this world.

When we look at popular music these days it's usually pretty simple when it comes to notes and rhythm. That's why it's catchy and people like it. It is truly a sad sight to see that those simple songs are more popular than musical masterpieces such as this song. It breaks my heart to see one of the best genres of music disappear with the times.

With Round Midnight, the most beautiful song, ever.

I had the pleasure of hearing him perform this live, at Paul's Mall in Boston, in the mid-1970s.

goodness me..wow man so so beautiful...pure magic happening here

@Praclik22 Amen to that. As a 15 year old Jazz trombonist from the Bay Area, I can tell that jazz has a very promising and bright future. From the sfjazz center to the Jazzschool in Berkely, I dont think the talent or passion for playing jazz will ever die, no matter how many Jazz greats of the past check out.

@96kasper I Remember Freddie Too This song brings tears to my eyes

One great trumpet player who influenced many many others...

Freddie was in a class by himself.

I remember Freddie as well but you must respect to Clifford Brown.

true they speak of the highest god, look at best trumepet top five, top five sax, top five piano, its black, they are what we call extremely prominent and dominant, i have heard all the music, and this planet hath no fury like the black mans music, they just be does it for me, they is jazz, they is jazz, they is jazz!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg! Oh, so eternally beautiful.

amazing

clifford brown was on his way to being the greatest trumpet player to ever live. his career was cut short when he died in a car accident.

You were, and continue to be, an inspiration to me Freddie, R I P

Rest in peace Freddie, you were and always be one of the greatest!

Any exposure of elegance and warmth riding jazzy sound with absolute mastery. Thank´s for sharing.

ハーバードだし映像も良いので再生が多いなぁ。🙄　名曲だよね。😃

whites have no rear guard no side guard no top guard no low guard, this music called jazz and every other form of it belongs ncie and safely with the blacks and i sleep so much better, i thank them for not being the abuser! i thank them for elevating me, i thank them so much your beautiful! thanks for making me beautiful too! i owe every ounce of it to you guys! long live blacks! xx

I'm feeling it too Man! I'd love to be sitting in on that jam session - Miles, Clifford, Louie,& Freddie all in the same trumpet section!

Why did Freddie have to die before I could see him? If only he was immortal....

Love Freddie Hubbard.

Bad news but great memories.

INCREIBLE!!!!! esas notas altas del final....Grande Freddie!

i can't this outta my head

Lindo, emocionante!!!! Grande Hubdard!!!

best ever are the blacks, because it was spirituals, then blues then jazz in every great development the black man stands way ahead, this music in my heart and soul i believe this music is absolutely all african, it is black music, african american black classical music, theres nod enying it, this music called blues jazz pop it all belogns to the blacks, tis a great moment. enjoy their beauty!

As noted - written my Benny Golson who is still alive and playing at 87! Was here in Milwaukee this past Friday night and his website says next gig at Blue Note Tokyo 4/30 thru 5/5/16. Benny also wrote Killer Joe, Five Spot After Dark and many other great tunes. Clifford Brown was by all accounts one of the nicest guys in the world which really comes through musically.

What beautiful music!

This is just beautiful.

Absolutely beautiful.

Awesome thanks.

Masters.

It just don't get no better than this, folks!

One of the GREATS

if you listen carefully...you can actually HEAR his heart come out the end of that trumpet...love to listen to him play....

who dares dislike this.....

met him after the show backstage. don't remember how we got back there. we talked about the show, which was fantastic/larger than life, actually -- he complained about his lip even then, years before it got really bad--then what it was like to live in santa cruz (he asked me where I was from), and his upcoming show schedule. that was about it. i was pretty intimidated by his star presence so i didn't say much. my friend did most of the talking. we were kids standing in front of the wizard...

Un grande del Jazz!! Tocando el hermoso tema que Benny Golson compuso para el monumental trompetista que fue Cliford Brown.

first time hearing this. beautiful song!

Ciao Freddie, grazie!

I followed his career practially from the beginning and he went thro' a few stages like Picasso did because his work ran from raw; like an unpolished diamond when he was in the next stage he was polished - it took off with his 'First light' album. His ballads are well up there in the annals of horn playing as classics in melody, tone and lyricism

Great!!!

wow that is just amazing. very beautiful and he adds his own unique style to the song.