First Light (Freddie Hubbard album)

First Light
Studio album by Freddie Hubbard
Released	October 12, 1971[1]
Recorded	September 14–16, 1971
Genre	Jazz, soul jazz, jazz fusion
Length	42:55
Label	CTI
Producer	Creed Taylor
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Straight Life (1971) First Light (1971) Sky Dive (1972)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

First Light is the nineteenth album recorded in 1971 by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, featuring string arrangements by Don Sebesky. It was his third album released on Creed Taylor's CTI label and features performances by Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Eric Gale, George Benson, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira and Richard Wyands. The album is part of a loose trilogy including his two previous records at the time, Red Clay and Straight Life. First Light won a 1972 Grammy Award. - „Best Jazz Performance by a Group“

Track listing

1. "First Light" - 11:05
2. "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (McCartney, McCartney) - 8:17
3. "Moment to Moment" (Mancini, Mercer) - 5:43
4. "Yesterday's Dreams" (Martin, Sebesky) - 3:55
5. "Lonely Town" [from On the Town] (Bernstein, Comden, Green) - 7:00
6. "Fantasy in D" (Walton) - 6:55
7. "First Light - live Detroit 4th March 1973" - 16:04 Bonus track on CD

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated

• • Recorded on September 14–16, 1971 in Carnegie Hall, New York

Personnel

• Freddie Hubbard: trumpet, flugelhorn
• Jack DeJohnette: drums
• Ron Carter: bass
• Richard Wyands: piano
• George Benson: guitar
• Airto Moreira: percussion
• Herbie Hancock: Fender Rhodes
• Phil Kraus: vibraphone
• Hubert Laws: flute
• Wally Kane: flute, bassoon
• George Marge: flute, clarinet
• Romeo Penque: flute, English horn, oboe, clarinet
• Jane Taylor: bassoon
• Ray Alonge: French horn
• James Buffington: French horn
• Margaret Ross: harp
• David Nadien: violin
• Paul Gershman: violin
• Emanuel Green: violin
• Harold Kohon: violin
• Joe Malin: violin
• Gene Orloff: violin
• Matthew Raimondi: violin
• Tosha Samaroff: violin
• Irving Spice: violin
• Alfred Brown: viola
• Emanuel Vardi: viola
• Charles McCracken: cello
• George Ricci: cello
• Don Sebesky: arranger, conductor

References

1. CTI disco
2. Jurek, Thom. First Light (Freddie Hubbard album) at AllMusic
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.