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The Love Connection

The Love Connection is a 1979 album by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, recorded and released by Columbia Records. It contains performances by Tom Scott, Buddy Collette, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Al Jarreau.

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The Love Connection
Studio album by
Freddie Hubbard
Released1979
RecordedFebruary–March 30, 1979
StudioA&M, Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length43:36
LabelColumbia
ProducerClaus Ogerman, Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Super Blue
(1978) 		The Love Connection
(1979) 		Skagly
(1979)

The Love Connection is a 1979 album by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, recorded and released by Columbia Records.1 It contains performances by Tom Scott, Buddy Collette, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Al Jarreau.2

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AllMusicStarStar3
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStar4
The Virgin Encyclopedia of JazzStarStar5

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except where noted

  1. "Love Connection" – 8:17
  2. "Brigitte" – 6:57
  3. "This Dream" (Claus Ogerman) – 9:00
  4. "Little Sunflower" (Hubbard, Jarreau) – 9:20
  5. "Lazy Afternoon" (Jerome Moross, John La Touche) – 10:02

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References

  1. Hawkins, Ronald (July 21, 1979). "On the Tracks". Muncie Evening Press. p. T10.
  2. "Freddie Hubbard Catalog". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  3. The Love Connection at AllMusic
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 106. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 423.
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