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• Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter and band leader Freddie Hubbard was featured on over 300 recordings during a musical career that spanned nearly 50 years and his style continues to influence trumpeters of the modern age.MSNBC: Jazz great Freddie Hubbard dead at 70 (December 29, 2008) During his heyday, Hubbard collaborated with several highly successful and enduring jazz artists, including John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis. Hubbard died on December 29, 2008 at age 70, from complications related to a heart attack he suffered the previous month.Guardian: Jazz musician Freddie Hubbard dies aged 70 (December 30, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Frederick Dewayne Hubbard
  2. Born: April 7, 1938
  3. Birth place: Indianapolis, Indiana
  4. Years active: 1958-2008
  5. Played the trumpet, piano and flugelhornallmusic: Freddie Hubbard
  6. Died: December 29, 2008
  7. Won a Grammy in 1972 for his performance on the album First LightMSNBC: Jazz great Freddie Hubbard dead at 70 (December 29, 2008)

• Quotes

  "One night he (Miles Davis) heard me at Birdland. He was sitting on the side of the stage. I had my eyes closed, and I was playing some of his licks. I looked down and saw him, and I almost passed out. When I got off he said, 'Why don't you play some of your own stuff?' After that I stopped copying people."—Freddie HubbardAll About Jazz: Meet Freddie Hubbard (May, 2001)

  "He influenced all the trumpet players that came after him. Certainly I listened to him a lot. ... We all listened to him. He has a big sound and a great sense of rhythm and time and really the hallmark of his playing is an exuberance. His playing is exuberant."—Trumpeter Wynton MarsalisMSNBC: Jazz great Freddie Hubbard dead at 70 (December 29, 2008)

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