First Light (Freddie Hubbard album)

First Light is an album by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Recorded in 1971, it features string arrangements by Don Sebesky. It was his third album released on Creed Taylor's CTI label and features performances by Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Eric Gale, George Benson, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira and Richard Wyands. The album is part of a loose trilogy including his two previous records at the time, Red Clay and Straight Life. First Light won a 1972 Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Performance by a Group".

Track listing

 * 1) "First Light" - 11:05 (Hubbard)
 * 2) "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (P. McCartney, L. McCartney) - 8:17
 * 3) "Moment to Moment" (Mancini, Mercer) - 5:43
 * 4) "Yesterday's Dreams" (Norman L. Martin, Sebesky) - 3:55
 * 5) "Lonely Town" [from On the Town] (Bernstein, Comden, Green) - 7:00
 * 6) "Fantasy in D" (Walton) - 6:55
 * 7) "First Light - live Detroit 4th March 1973" - 16:04 (Hubbard) Bonus track on CD

Personnel

 * Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Herbie Hancock – Fender Rhodes piano
 * Richard Wyands – piano
 * George Benson – guitar
 * Ron Carter – bass
 * Jack DeJohnette – drums
 * Airto Moreira – percussion
 * Phil Kraus – vibraphone
 * Hubert Laws – flute
 * Wally Kane – flute, bassoon
 * George Marge – flute, clarinet
 * Romeo Penque – flute, English horn, oboe, clarinet
 * Jane Taylor – bassoon
 * Ray Alonge – French horn
 * James Buffington – French horn
 * Margaret Ross – harp
 * David Nadien – violin
 * Paul Gershman – violin
 * Emanuel Green – violin
 * Harold Kohon – violin
 * Joe Malin – violin
 * Gene Orloff – violin
 * Matthew Raimondi – violin
 * Tosha Samaroff – violin
 * Irving Spice – violin
 * Alfred Brown – viola
 * Emanuel Vardi – viola
 * Charles McCracken – cello
 * George Ricci – cello
 * Don Sebesky – arranger, conductor