Grammy-winning jazz musician Freddie Hubbard, whose blistering talent had a strong impact on an entire generation of trumpet players, passed a way on Monday, a month after suffering a heart attack. He was 70.

 

Freddie Hubbard, who worked together with big names in the music industry such as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, died at Sherman Oaks Hospital, his manager and fellow trumpeter David Weiss of the New Jazz Composers Octet announced. He had been in hospital since suffering the heart attack just a day before Thanksgiving.

 

Freddie Hubbard started playing the mellophone and trumpet in the school band, while he was studying at the Jordan Conservatory with the main trumpeter of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. At the age of 20, the musician moved to New York and began collaborating with numerous renowned figures like Philly Joe Jones, Slide Hampton and Quincy Jones.

 

In 1960, Freddie Hubbard released his first record as a leader, “Open Sesame,” on which he worked with saxophonist Tina Brooks, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Clifford Jarvis.

 

However, the trumpetist saw the apogee of his career in the 1970s with albums as “Red Clay” and “First Light,” which won him a Grammy award in 1972 in the best jazz performance by a group category.

 

Following a lethargic period of his professional career, Freddie Hubbard made a recent comeback with “New Colors” in 2001 and “On The Real Side” in 2008.

 

Freddie Hubbard was named in 2006 a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, the nation’s top jazz honor.