Ready for Freddie

Ready for Freddie
Ready for Freddie
Studio album by Freddie Hubbard
Released	Mid April 1962
Recorded	August 21, 1961
Studios	Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genres	Jazz, hard bop
Length	42:33 (original LP)
Label	Blue Note (BST 84085)
Producer	Alfred Lion
Freddie Hubbard chronology

Ready for Freddie is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, released on the Blue Note label in 1962 as BLP 4085 and BST 84085. In 2003, it was remastered and issued on CD with the addition of two alternate takes. It contains performances by Hubbard, Bernard McKinney, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Art Davis and Elvin Jones.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

The album was identified by Scott Yanow in his AllMusic essay "Hard Bop" as one of the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.^[5]

Track listing

"Arietis" – 6:41
"Weaver of Dreams" (Jack Elliott, Victor Young) – 6:35
"Marie Antoinette" (Wayne Shorter) – 6:38
"Birdlike" – 10:15
"Crisis" – 11:33
"Arietis" [alternate take] – 5:51
"Marie Antoinette" [alternate take] (Shorter) – 6:15

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for *Ready for Freddie*
Chart (2021–2025)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[6]	181
Greek Albums (IFPI)^[7]	74
Scottish Albums (Official Charts)^[8]	74
UK Jazz & Blues Albums (Official Charts)^[9]	4
UK Vinyl Albums (Official Charts)^[10]	40
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)^[11]	72
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard)^[12]	11

References

↑ Billboard Apr 28, 1962
↑ AllMusic Review
↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 732. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Yanow, S. Hard Bop accessed December 7, 2009
↑ "Ultratop.be – Freddie Hubbard with Wayne Shorter – Ready for Freddie" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
↑ "Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Εβδομάδα: 16/2025" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on April 23, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 4/11/2021 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
↑ "Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart on 4/11/2021 – Top 30". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
↑ "Official Vinyl Albums Chart on 4/11/2021 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
↑ "Freddie Hubbard Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
↑ "Freddie Hubbard Chart History (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2026.

[1] Billboard Apr 28, 1962

[2] AllMusic Review

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 732. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[5] Yanow, S. Hard Bop accessed December 7, 2009

[Wallonia-6] "Ultratop.be – Freddie Hubbard with Wayne Shorter – Ready for Freddie" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[7] "Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Εβδομάδα: 16/2025" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on April 23, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2025.

[ac_Scotland_-8] "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 4/11/2021 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 22, 2026.

[ac_UKJazz_-9] "Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart on 4/11/2021 – Top 30". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 22, 2026.

[10] "Official Vinyl Albums Chart on 4/11/2021 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 22, 2026.

[ac_BillboardAlbumSales_Freddie_Hubbard-11] "Freddie Hubbard Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2026.

[ac_BillboardContemporaryJazz_Freddie_Hubbard-12] "Freddie Hubbard Chart History (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 22, 2026.

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Freddie Hubbard
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Open Sesame (1960) Goin' Up (1960) Hub Cap (1961) Minor Mishap/Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson, 1961) Ready for Freddie (1961) The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962) Hub-Tones (1962) Here to Stay (1962) The Body & the Soul (1963) Breaking Point! (1964) Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965) The Night of the Cookers (1965) Blue Spirits (1965–66) Backlash (1966) High Blues Pressure (1967) A Soul Experiment (1968–69) The Black Angel (1969) The Hub of Hubbard (1970) Red Clay (1970) Straight Life (1970) Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970) First Light (1971) Polar AC (1971–73) Sky Dive (1972) Keep Your Soul Together (1973) Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973) In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974) High Energy (1974) Gleam (1975) Liquid Love (1975) Windjammer (1976) Bundle of Joy (1977) Super Blue (1978) The Love Connection (1979) Skagly (1979) Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980) Born to Be Blue (1981) Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981) Outpost (1981) Rollin' (1981) Splash (1981) Above & Beyond (1982) Back to Birdland (1982) Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982) Ride Like the Wind (1982) The Rose Tattoo (1983) Sweet Return (1983) Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985) Life Flight (1987) The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987) Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988) Times Are Changing (1989) Topsy – Standard Book (1989) Bolivia (1990–91) At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991) Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991) Blues for Miles (1992) MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95) New Colors (2000) On the Real Side (2007)
With Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers	Mosaic (1961) Buhaina's Delight (1961) Blues March (1961) Three Blind Mice (1961) Caravan (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Kyoto (1964) Free for All (1964) Golden Boy (1965) Soul Finger (1965)
With Dexter Gordon	Doin' Allright (1961) Clubhouse (1965) Generation (1973) The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)
With Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off (1962) Empyrean Isles (1964) Maiden Voyage (1965) Blow-Up (soundtrack album, 1966) V.S.O.P. (1977) The Quintet (1977) Tempest in the Colosseum (1977) V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1977) Round Midnight (soundtrack album, 1985)
With Bobby Hutcherson	Dialogue (1965) Components (1965) Knucklebean (1977) Highway One (1978)
With Quincy Jones	I Dig Dancers (1960) The Quintessence (1962) Golden Boy (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1964–65) Walking in Space (1969) Gula Matari (1970)
With Wayne Shorter	Wayning Moments (1961) Speak No Evil (1964) The Soothsayer (1965) The All Seeing Eye (1965)
With others	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 (John Coltrane, 1961) Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965) Muses for Richard Davis (1969) Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1960) Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964) 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 (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson, 1961) Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962) Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959) Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton, 1960) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Big Band (Joe Henderson, 1996) Pax (Andrew Hill, 1965) Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965) Sunflower (Milt Jackson, 1972) Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973) 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 (Duke Pearson, 1967) 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 (McCoy Tyner, 1980) Soundscapes (Cedar Walton, 1980) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)