Born to Be Blue is an album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard recorded in December 1981 and released on the Pablo Today label in 1982.
Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album a "fine modern hard bop CD".Yanow, S. [ AllMusic Review], accessed 14 June 2009.
Track listing All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except where noted "Gibraltar" - 12:16 "True Colors" - 8:05 "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 7:25 "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) - 6:48 "Up Jumped Spring" - 7:11 Recorded on Soundstream Digital Systems at Ocean Way Recording Studio, Hollywood; December 14, 1981
Personnel Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn Harold Land - tenor saxophone, flute Billy Childs - keyboards Larry Klein - bass Steve Houghton - drums Buck Clarke - percussion
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