Straight Life (Freddie Hubbard album)

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 First Light (1971). This is also Hubbard's eighteenth overall album.

Straight Life
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1971 [1]
RecordedNovember 16, 1970
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenrePost-bop, soul jazz, jazz fusion, jazz-funk
Length36:24
LabelCTI
CTI 6007
ProducerCreed Taylor
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Sing Me a Song of Songmy
(1971)
Straight Life
(1971)
First Light
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

Track listing

  1. "Straight Life" (Freddie Hubbard) - 17:30
  2. "Mr. Clean" (Weldon Irvine) - 13:37
  3. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 5:17

Personnel

References

  1. Billboard Jan 23, 1971
  2. Yanow, Scott (2011). "Straight Life - Freddie Hubbard | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard and Brian Moreton. "Review: Straight Life". Penguin Guide to Jazz: 732. September 2008.



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