Avid jazz continues with its four classic album series with a re-mastered 2Cd release from freddie hubbard complete with original artwork and liner notes. 'open sesame', 'goin' up', 'hub-tones' and 'ready for freddie' freddie hubbard can be considered a somewhat precocious youngster who began learning to play mellophone and trumpet in his high school band before going on as a young teenager to work locally with wes and monk montgomery. By 20, he was in new york playing with philly joe jones, sonny rollins, eric dolphy and quincy jones. At 22 he had made his first album for blue note which opens our set, 'open sesame' He would go on to make another seven albums for the label.