Polar AC
1975 compilation album by Freddie Hubbard
Polar AC jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard . It was his final album released on Creed Taylor 's CTI label and features performances by Hubbard, Hubert Laws , George Benson , Junior Cook , and Ron Carter . It was put together by CTI after Hubbard left the label to go to Columbia, and the tracks were recorded at different sessions, between 1971 and 1973.[ 4] First Light Sky Dive
Track listing
"Polar AC" (Cedar Walton ) - 6:56
"People Make the World Go Round " (Thom Bell , Linda Creed ) - 5:54
"Betcha by Golly, Wow " (Thom Bell , Linda Creed ) - 8:14
"Naturally" (Nat Adderley ) - 5:55
"Son of Sky Dive" (Freddie Hubbard ) - 13:21
Personnel
Freddie Hubbard : trumpetJunior Cook : tenor saxophoneHubert Laws : fluteGeorge Cables : piano (tracks 2 & 5)George Benson : guitarRon Carter : bassJack DeJohnette : drums (track 1)Lenny White : drums (tracks 2 & 5)Billy Cobham : drums (track 4)Airto Moreira : percussion (tracks 2 & 3)Strings (tracks 1-3): Al Brown, Paul Gershman , Emanuel "Manny" Green , Max Ellen , Theodore Israel , Harold Kohon , Charles Libove , Harry Lookofsky , Joe Malin , Charles McCracken , David Nadien , Gene Orloff , Matthew Raimondi , George Ricci , Tony Sophos , Tosha Samaroff , Irving Spice , Manny Vardi
Woodwinds (track 4): Phil Bodner , Wally Kane , George Marge , Romeo Penque
Brass (track 4): Wayne Andre , Garnett Brown , Paul Faulise , Tony Price, Alan Rubin , Marvin Stamm
Don Sebesky : string arrangements (track 1), brass and woodwind arrangements (track 4)Bob James : string arrangements (tracks 2 & 3)
References
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums
Open Sesame Goin' Up Hub Cap Minor Mishap Dedication! Duke Pearson , 1961)Ready for Freddie The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard Hub-Tones Here to Stay The Body & the Soul Breaking Point! Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank Jimmy Heath , 1965)The Night of the Cookers Blue Spirits Backlash High Blues Pressure A Soul Experiment The Black Angel The Hub of Hubbard Red Clay Straight Life Sing Me a Song of Songmy İlhan Mimaroğlu , 1970)First Light Polar AC Sky Dive Keep Your Soul Together Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One In Concert Volume Two Stanley Turrentine , 1974)High Energy Gleam Liquid Love Windjammer Bundle of Joy Super Blue The Love Connection Skagly Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 The Alternate Blues Clark Terry , Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson , 1980)The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 Born to Be Blue Keystone Bop: Sunday Night Outpost Rollin' Splash Above & Beyond Back to Birdland Face to Face Ride Like the Wind The Rose Tattoo Sweet Return Double Take Woody Shaw , 1985)Life Flight The Eternal Triangle Feel the Wind Art Blakey , 1988)Times Are Changing Topsy – Standard Book Bolivia At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles Live at Fat Tuesday's Blues for Miles MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon New Colors On the Real Side With Art /The WithDexter WithHerbie WithBobby WithQuincy WithWayne With
The Soul of the City Manny Albam , 1966)The Other Side of Abbey Road George Benson , 1969)Out of This World Walter Benton , 1960)True Blue Tina Brooks , 1960)God Bless the Child Kenny Burrell , 1971)Cables' Vision George Cables , 1979)Droppin' Things Betty Carter , 1990)Free Jazz Ornette Coleman , 1960)Olé Coltrane John Coltrane , 1961)Africa/Brass Ascension Muses for Richard Davis Outward Bound Eric Dolphy , 1960)Out to Lunch! Undercurrent Kenny Drew , 1960)Leaving This Planet Charles Earland , 1973)Booker 'n' Brass Booker Ervin , 1967)Interplay Bill Evans , 1962)Sonic Text Joe Farrell , 1979)Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone Curtis Fuller , 1960)Soul Trombone Cabin in the Sky Take a Number from 1 to 10 Benny Golson , 1961)Pop + Jazz = Swing Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty Sister Salvation Slide Hampton , 1960)Drum Suite The Quota Jimmy Heath , 1961)Triple Threat Big Band Joe Henderson , 1996)Pax Andrew Hill , 1965)Compulsion Sunflower Milt Jackson , 1972)Goodbye 52nd Street Billy Joel , 1978)Reg Strikes Back Elton John , 1988)J.J. Inc. J.J. Johnson , 1960)Echoes of an Era Chaka Khan , 1982)Essence John Lewis , 1960–62)Water Sign Jeff Lorber , 1979)Doin' the Thang! Ronnie Mathews , 1963)Bluesnik Jackie McLean , 1961)MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration Modern Jazz Quartet , 1994)Fingerpickin' Wes Montgomery , 1958)Roll Call Hank Mobley , 1960)The Blues and the Abstract Truth Oliver Nelson , 1961)Sweet Honey Bee Duke Pearson , 1966)The Right Touch Contours Sam Rivers , 1965)Drums Unlimited Max Roach , 1965)East Broadway Run Down Sonny Rollins , 1966)Numbers Rufus , 1978)Once a Thief and Other Themes Lalo Schifrin , 1965)Giant Box Don Sebesky , 1973)Sugar Stanley Turrentine , 1970)Together McCoy Tyner , 1978)Quartets 4 X 4 Soundscapes Cedar Walton , 1980)Uhuru Afrika Randy Weston , 1960)Blue Moses
