After several terrible sell-out albums for Columbia,
Freddie Hubbard attempted to rekindle some of the magic from his CTI years on this small-group date. With such CTI alumni as flutist
Hubert Laws, tenor man Joe Henderson, and even guitarist
George Benson (on one selection) helping out,
Hubbard showed that he still had the chops (if not necessarily the creativity) to continue being a major jazz trumpeter. Unfortunately, his career became pretty aimless over the following years. [The 2007 edition includes three bonus tracks.] ~ Scott Yanow