Freddie Hubbard, "Red Clay" (1970)

by Pico

Whenever the topic of discussion is a major work of early jazz fusion led by a trumpeter who's already of renown in the straight jazz arena, most anybody would immeidately think of the Prince Of Darkness.

But Miles wasn't the only cat on the horn making the successful transition from acoustic to electric jazz without loss of intergrity. Before his full fledged cross over into commercial R&B with 1972's Blackbyrd, Donald Byrd had some notably more experimental forays into electrified jazz. And then there's Freddie Hubbard epic early-seventies run with the CTI label.

Some people think Striaght Life is the gem of that batch, and it is a fantastic record. Me? Man, I gotta go with Red Clay.

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