Sweet Return is a studio album by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, recorded in June 1983 and released on the Atlantic Records label.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "one of Freddie Hubbard's best albums since the early '70's".Yanow, S. [ AllMusic Review], accessed 19 June 2009. Similarly, writing shortly after the album's release, both Chuck Berg of the Lawrence Journal-World and Peter Hadekel of the Montreal Gazette commended Hubbard's return to form, with Berg citing the trumpeter's "desire to play 'real' music sans the fads, frills and fancy stuff of pseudo-funk."Berg, Chuck. "Freddie's 'Sweet Return' Eschews Past Funk Fads". Lawrence Journal-World. January 8, 1984. Retrieved 2013-09-19.Hadekel, Peter. "Hubbard Returns to His Jazz Roots". Montreal Gazette. March 1, 1984. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
Track listing "Sweet Return" (Joan Cartwright) - 9:24 "Misty" (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) - 5:58 "Whistling Away the Dark" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 5:06 "Calypso Fred" (Hubbard) 4:13 "Heidi-B" (Joanne Brackeen) - 12:54 "The Night has a Thousand Eyes" (Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin) - 10:21
Personnel Freddie Hubbard - trumpet Joanne Brackeen - piano Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone, flute Eddie Gómez - bass Roy Haynes - drums
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