Freddie Hubbard - The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

[orqsilva]

Great solo.

[soulgriot]

This is from the days when jazz was still ultra-hip. Now, the nerds have taken over . . . .

[LTdrumma]

@soulgriot i feel the same way man lol

[TinaLaMartina]

wonderful amazing - thanks for sharing this "instant of Grace"

[ACEthegamer135]

Just look at his fingers....

[jazzlover9]

why why why why why why can't you post the whole video up?? It's so good!!!

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥ .

[winpointmedia]

When Freddie get fired up he gets nastyyyyyyyyy. Miss ya Freddie..

[kaseyWtrumpet]

0:44 - He was flat.

[Weekyl]

@kaseyWtrumpet GROW UP!!!!!!

[kaseyWtrumpet]

@Weekyl Hey...I was just pointing out the obvious that he moved his tuning slide in. haha...I was not dogging on his professionalism at all. In fact, it takes a true professional to react that quickly.

[PapaLuvTLC]

FabFreddie.

=

TLC

[laughingtiger123]

Terrific Freddie! LAME bass drum low end ghetto thud sound. What's up with that? LOL

[Patrickphx11]

Nice Suit...!!

[theoMelendezysez]

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[micahj]

This clip is SO burning.... but what happened to the video of him on Flugel playing this tune. Joanne Brackeen, Lew Tabackin... it was even better than this, if you can believe it!

[bajerovaquero]

Besides Coltrane´s sound version this is by far the best performance of this standard!

[theHellzapoppin]

thanks eatsleeptrumpet :D

[JeniseGrice]

Yes, my husband lives on through his music. Thanks for informing folks eatsleeptrumpet...

[peppersax]

I wrote a song for Freddie in 1974 and became friends with him ever since. I use to hang out with in in his LA home and played pool and just stuff...no music. He was one of a kind.

[vastusinternus]

He was one of the best of all time. We are truly blessed to have the music of Freddie Hubbard!

[kenzo5716]

After playing trumpet for over 40 years myself, one can only appreciate the endless hours upon hours of practice it takes to achieve that level of skill and technique. Freddy makes it look easy. It isn't!!! Freddy will always live in our hearts and his music will last forever.

[TheFast2001]

Freddie, We'll miss you for ever... Thanks for your great music ! God Bless you, man

[keyguy13]

Freddie was SUCH a badass...

[johnnylance]

I heard Freddie about 30 years ago in a little town named Chico in Northern California . He played in the auditorium on the college campus there. He absolutely tore the roof off of the dump that night. The sound was perfect and he was perfect. It was one of the best musical performances I have ever heard in fifty years of listening to music.

[ylogos]

You were so lucky!!!

[valambiguous]

Truly ear candy....as well as.... healing for the soul! Love Freddie Hubbard!

[fromBulgaria]

great music

[jetzine00]

Freddie goes hard.

[pianomanceg]

RIP Freddie. You will always be one of the best. Say hi to Lee, Fats, Clifford, and Woody.

[XxSaxCannon921xX]

and Booker

[ksenos69]

...and Dizzy

[ashrafilm]

@pianomanceg dizzy an miles too not forgetting louis

[famw]

R I P Freddie 12/29/2008

[chappahx]

RIP my friend

[jazz1bro]

Damn all are dead except Peter Washington in this Quartet

[qiitxx]

tony reedus still is alive

[eatsleeptrumpet]

Sorry to inform you, qiitxx... Tony came off a flight from Italy and had a heart attack at JFK last year. He was dead before he got to the hospital. Sad to see him go so early, aged 49.

[antosax]

@eatsleeptrumpet incredible i am so sad for this

ciao from italy

[sincityhorn]

drummer was Tony Williams( deceased)

[Djangoblackbird]

RIP

[dolsigma]

2:40 is unfortunately why his chops got messed up. so tradgic. such a lesson for us all

[SubOctavian]

what does a high F# have to do with chop destruction? anything up to G is makeable in most cases without doing yourself in. if you've followed freddie at all, you know the 'real' reason why his chops went out.......

[jwalkam]

what really happened to freddie bro?

[murrayrothstein]

Actually his chops got messed up because he was taking cocaine and not warming up properly before playing. He admitted as much himself.

He looks and plays real sharp in this video, though. His playing remained inspired and inspiring through the early 90s.

[copedogg888]

Totally agree with you here. This was the supposed time Freddie's chops were starting to give out, but the funny thing is I think he sounds better here (and other performances he did that year) than he did even two years prior. Watch performances from 1987 (like the video on youtube of Hubtones with James Spaulding and Renee Rosnes) and you'll see what I mean. There are other videos which show this as well.

[pperfetto123]

man drummer is killin... Listin to his comping.....

[McAwesome4567]

Well if you know a jazz musician,

you know they can kind of be a pain when it comes to criticizing music.

"Dammit man! Ever heard of tension? Puh-lease!"

[timthesav]

They should completely remove the comments section of Youtube.

[acebass2]

wow, some of you jazz guys are cranky online....I wonder if you would be that way in person ...or would you puss out face to face

[Jazzman303]

Freddie has said a Musicians swagger is one of the most essential parts of the artform. Man I wonder if he still gets high like he did then

[jwalkam]

i think he still does.lol,my dad is a friend of his when he came here in 1989,he ask my dad if he knew where to get some ice cream.my dad said sure,theres an ice cream parlour downstairs!,he said "no ",i mean "ice cream",what he meant was coke!.my dad was nervous, but he said for "freddie hubbard"man,he got him a baggie full!!

[Jazzman303]

MAn thats a hell of a story. man... For Freddie, anything.

[savage666beast]

i think he should grow claws and hold the trumpet like that

might sound more birdlike ....

[Mellow19]

interesting way to hold your trumpet..

[jmotz3]

he sounds good, why should holding a trumpet have to do anything with sound?

[Mellow19]

wow are you an idiot? am I restricted to only commenting on how good he sounded? and where did i say how he holds his trumpet has anything to do w/ his sound? yea he sounded great actually but the way he holds his trumpet is unconventional and i took note of that..get that dick out of your ass

[jmotz3]

"am I restricted to only commenting on how good he sounded?"

sound is all the matters

[Mellow19]

if sound was all that mattered then this site would not play videos, just stream sound files. this video is here to observe and listen to a trumpet player, not close are eyes and just listen.

[jmotz3]

I know freddie doesn't care about how he looks when he is playing, any musician knows once you take your mind off the sound things happen. The way you hold your instrument is the result of hearing that sound.

[Mhutbeggs]

Actually, in terms of trumpet, the way the instrument is held can have an impact on the embouchure technique, or is often a result of the technique a player uses. By no means is Freddie the only player to hold his horn this way.

[WELLBRAN]

The way He holds it is maybe getting the trumpet "up" into the Mic? sort of balnce it better in his hand My Daughter plays Trumpet and we sort of "tried" it it feels as if the Trumpet is balanced "up" in the hand.

[SubOctavian]

the trumpet pointing up is aptly called "upstream". it's a preference for those that like to rest the bottom of the mouthpiece against their lower teeth but at the same time applying some pressure on the top teeth. the pressure locks notes in place, but limits flexibility. it has nothing to do with the mic, which can easily be moved to the player's specs if necessary ..

[benoncambie]

thats some insane shit

[zacary9bibi1]

His usual awesome technique ... and he keeps it moving forward ... brilliant playing ... just can't help feeling that this song didn't give him as much to work with ... say compared to Cantaloupe ...

[lininho]

the rhythm section is impressive!