Freddie Hubbard

I’m opening with Freddie Hubbard’s “Here’s That Rainy Day.” All you have to do is sit back, sip a quality beverage and let the music reach deep inside of you and it all makes sense. You have to feel music, let it run through your veins and fill your heart and mind. After you accomplish this music never leaves you. Then it’s yours for life and beyond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FPX26uWXLk Here's That Rainy Day

This exquisite rendition of “Rainy Day” by Freddie Hubbard is otherworldly. The guitar accompaniment by George Benson was equally exquisite. Ron Carter played Bass. In your jazz life it’s important to have songs that help you make it through everyday life. Recorded in the 1970s for our pleasure it still resonates today. Freddie died in 2008, from a heart attack but the gift of music he left us is indeed a treasure. I saw him in 1980 at Dante's in Hollywood, CA. He sat in with trombonist Bill Watrous (who once played gag gig on the Gong Show). It was the stellar jazz club of the era, but closed in 1988. It was one of those electric nights with my wife as we took in the sounds. We can bring back the moment when we play it.