Straight Life is a soul/funk influenced jazz album recorded in 1970 by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. It was recorded on 16 November 1970 and released between the albums Red Clay (1970) and Sing Me a Song of Songmy (1971). This is also Hubbard's eighteenth overall album.
| Straight Life | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1971 [1] | |||
| Recorded | November 16, 1970 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Post-bop, soul jazz, jazz fusion, jazz-funk | |||
| Length | 36:24 | |||
| Label | CTI CTI 6007 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [4] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
Track listing
edit- "Straight Life" (Freddie Hubbard) - 17:30
- "Mr. Clean" (Weldon Irvine) - 13:37
- "Here's That Rainy Day" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 5:17
Personnel
edit- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
- Herbie Hancock - electric piano
- George Benson - guitar
- Ron Carter - double bass
- Jack DeJohnette - drums
- Richard Landrum - drums, percussion
- Weldon Irvine - tambourine
References
edit- ^ Billboard Jan 23, 1971
- ^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Straight Life - Freddie Hubbard | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ Cook, Richard and Brian Moreton. "Review: Straight Life". Penguin Guide to Jazz: 732. September 2008.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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