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- Birth nameFrederick DeWayne Hubbard
- Nickname
- Hub Cap
- Freddie Hubbard was born on April 7, 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Mid90s (2018), Man with a Gun (1995) and Brown Sugar (2002). He was married to Briggie Hubbard. He died on December 29, 2008 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
- SpouseBriggie Hubbard(? - December 29, 2008) (his death, 1 child)
- He played on hundreds of recordings starting in 1958. He influenced a generation of trumpet players, and worked with Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley and Thelonious Monk, among others.
- As a young musician, he had a fiery, fast playing style. When he got older, he sometimes switched to flugelhorn with a softer, melodic style.
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
- He studied music at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory and with the Indianapolis Symphony.
- [1995 interview in "Down Beat" magazine] I met Trane [John Coltrane] at a jam session at Count Basie's in Harlem in 1958. He said, "Why don't you come over and let's try and practice a little bit together." I almost went crazy. I mean, here is a 20-year-old kid practicing with John Coltrane. He helped me out a lot, and we worked several jobs together.
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