Album

Open Sesame

1960 · Jazz

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Open Sesame is a Jazz album by Freddie Hubbard, originally released in 1960. On Gatefold: 56 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.

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Open Sesame is the debut album by then 22 years old jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, recorded on June 19, 1960 by Rudy Van Gelder at his studio in Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, and released on the Blue Note label in 1960 in mono as BLP 4040 and in stereo as BST 84040. It features performances by Hubbard, Tina Brook, McCoy Tyner, Sam Jones and Clifford Jarvi. In 1988, Capitol Records issued it on compact disc with Michael Cuscuna as reissue producer and in 2001, they released a version remastered by Rudy Van Gelder. The Penguin Guide to Jazz has included Open Sesame as part of a selected "Core Collection," and has summarized the album as "a great Blue Note set." AllMusic gave it a four and a half star rating. DownBeat reviewer John A. Tynan gave the album three and a half star. He wrote, "There’s a youthful virility and aggressiveness in this initial album of young (22) trumpeter Hubbard and cohorts that speaks well for the future of small-group jazz". Personnel Freddie Hubbard - trumpet Tina Brooks - tenor saxophone McCoy Tyner - piano Sam Jones - bass .

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