Freddie Hubbard's lost his lips....
The Boxing Jazzman at the Computing Centre
Freddie Hubbard at the Rythmic at Chapel Market The Angel Isllington.
Freddie is lost his lips man...
And sounded awful...
It was sad I even saw Freddie cry on stage as he was struggling on
What is this thing called love. Then was helped off stage with tears
running down his face.
I would like to remenber Freddie as one hell of trumpeter when he played
on LPs like Free For all, Ready for Freedie, Red Clay his post bop style
was wicked...
Errol Thomas.
Simon Chatterjee
Yeah, I saw him two nights before, and can only agree. Tragic. I
wanted to go up to him, buy him a drink, and tell him that he would
always be one of the greats. But I didn't.
Simon
Al Grund
Chatterjee) wrote:
Simon
*What happened to him? Anyone know?
Al
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Al Grund
agr...@biotechresources.com
"Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof"
Shawn Mc Clintic
Don't fear though.....because I saw Maynard a few years ago and he had
only a fraction of his old chops. Then I saw him a year later....jesus
was he ever wailing! Maybe Freddie just had a really bad day, or at
least we can hope.....
scho...@uwec.edu
with Mr. Hubbard. He expained that he blew his chops about a year ago
when he was in Europe playing with Jon Faddis. He split his lip while
trying to play extremely high (like Faddis). He continued to play for
several weeks on his split lip and it messed him up pretty good. I guess
he's still hurtin'.
Astazia Bove
No, I'm afraid that Freddie's problems are more than just a bad night
:( He blew his chops out, and talked about it in Downbead sometime
over the summer. He stresed the necessity of warming up, and is
working hard to regain his chops. I am optimistic that we will hear
more from Freddie. I hope so, we need him.
David Hoffman
Charles
"He blew his chops out"? What the heck is THAT supposed to mean?
Unless you can point to some actual physical strain or other physical
trauma to Mr. Hubbard's lips, it seems you're talking about a
"non-event."
What is much more likely to have happened is that Hubbard developed
some kind of mind-based -- as oposed to physical -- problem which has
effected his playing; IOW, "it's all psychological," very likely.
Herb Alpert also supposedly "lost his lip" about 1970 or so -- after
leading the most commercially-successful brass band in the world, The
Tijuana Brass, for several years -- and later "re-discovered" his
technique.
Could it be that Hubbard just needed a vacation from playing?
James Sowinski
with someone while warming up for a gig in Europe. He was playing
high and then something let loose. Although he tried he couldn't
play hardly at all at the concert and hasn't been able to do anything
playing wise since. By blew out his chops the implication is that
something was physically damaged in his chops, such as a torn muscle
or something ruptured.
Robert Eye
embouchure by trying to play high when he wasn't warmed up, and then tried to
play several consecuitive gigs when he wasn't warmed up - all in a short period
of time. He split the lip, and continued to try and play on it instead of
taking off a few months to let it heal. Now, he says he has "gone back to
basics," as it were, and has consulted several jazz and classical teachers in
an effort to SLOWLY rebuild. However, since he is still trying to play gigs
(and, according rto some posts here, not doing it very well), I'd say he has
his work cut out for him.
Regards,
Bob Eye
Brandon Schoonmaker
For the full story on Mr. Hubbard refer to Down Beat magazine, Oct. 1995
issue.
His problems began in late 1992. While in Europe with Slide Hamton's
band, he was palying high notes with Jon Faddis and "got carried away."
He then flew to Philly and started playing at a gig without warming
up."That's when my top lip popped," Hubbard said.By saying "popped" he
meant that he split his lip open.He continued to play on itfor some
time, trying to over come it without having to quit. It then got
infected.
He had to stop playing for "a while." He then started over with the
basics and consulted several classical trumpet players.As the recent
reports of Freddie's less-than-stellar performances have shown, he still
must be trying to get back in shape.
brian moon
Freddie if you are having problems let me know I had problems With
splitting my lip for a couple years. One thing that helped was a
mouthpiece with an extremely wide rim. I can repair any trumpet
players problems if they are possible to repair. Write me at
<Moon...@aol.com> It may involve a lesson in Detroitif one is
serious.