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Title: Freddie Hubbard - First Light

Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1971, Jazz, Jazz-Funk/Post-Bop, Indianapolis, Indiana 5/26

Matrix #: CTI 6013

Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great CC | Members: Freddie H (38' - 08')

Cultural Facts:

1. Studio Lore First Light was arranged by Don Sebesky for CTI, placing Hubbard inside Creed Taylor’s polished early-70s jazz label world without removing his hard-bop authority.
2. Personal Struggle Hubbard suffered a serious lip injury in the 1990s that damaged his embouchure and made later performances difficult, a brutal setback for a trumpet player built on force and control.
3. Scene Ecology The album won a Grammy and helped show how CTI could move serious jazz into the album-era marketplace, where cover design, studio craft, and crossover audiences mattered.

5/26/2026 CC