Misplaced Pages

First Light
Studio album by Freddie Hubbard
Released	October 12, 1971
Recorded	September 14–16, 1971
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz-funk, post-bop, jazz fusion, soul jazz
Length	42:55
Label	CTI
Producer	Creed Taylor
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Sing Me a Song of Songmy (1971) First Light (1971) Sky Dive (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

First Light is an album by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Recorded in 1971, it features 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 for "Best Jazz Performance by a Group".

Track listing

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

Personnel

• Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes piano
• Richard Wyands – piano
• George Benson – guitar
• Ron Carter – bass
• Jack DeJohnette – drums
• Airto Moreira – percussion
• 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 at AllMusic
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; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 734. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

External links

• Genius: First Light

• 1971 albums
• Freddie Hubbard albums
• Albums conducted by Don Sebesky
• Albums arranged by Don Sebesky
• Albums produced by Creed Taylor
• CTI Records albums
• Jazz fusion albums by American artists
• Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album