Influential Jazz Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard Passes Away

Famed trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, who played with such greats as Miles Davis and John Coltrane, passed away Monday at 70 years of age.

According to HollywoodReporter.com, "Hubbard played on literally hundreds of recordings in a career dating from 1958, the year he arrived in New York from his hometown of Indianapolis, where he had studied at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music and with the Indianapolis Symphony."

When Hubbard was young, he became known for his sizzling style and his remarkable ability to hit notes higher and faster than anyone else on the trumpet.

The HollywoodReporter.com article goes on to mention, "His 'hard bop' stylings can be heard on such landmark 1960s free-jazz albums as [Ornette] Coleman's 'Free Jazz' and Coltrane's 'Ascension.'"

Hubbard played on more than 300 recordings, including his own albums and those of scores of other artists including Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis.

As for the awards bestowed upon Hubbard during his illustrious career, they included winning a Grammy in 1972 for best jazz performance by a group, for the album, First Light, and he received the National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Masters Award in 2006.

Hubbard had been hospitalized since having a heart attack on Nov. 26 and died in Sherman Oaks, California.