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Sky Dive

Freddie Hubbard

Recorded	Oct 4-5, 1972
Label	King Records
Released	1972
Personnel	17 credited players
Discogs	master 168861

The record

Cut in '72 for CTI (here on a King Records pressing), this is peak Creed Taylor crossover -- Hubbard's brass floats over a dense, electric-acoustic bed with Jarrett's Fender Rhodes, Benson's guitar, and Cobham's crackling drums. "Povo" and the title cut show how far post-bop could stretch into groove without losing its jazz spine.

Session personnel

Ron Carter — bass
Phil Bodner — bass clarinet
Paul Faulise — bass trombone
George Marge — clarinet
Romeo Penque — clarinet
Billy Cobham — drums
Marvin Stamm — flugelhorn
Hubert Laws — flute
George Benson — guitar
Airto Moreira — percussion
Ray Barretto — percussion
Keith Jarrett — piano, electric piano
Garnett Brown — trombone
Wayne Andre — trombone
Alan Rubin — trumpet
Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
Tony Price — tuba

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

This is a CTI record. The earliest on file is the 1972 US CTI 6018, stereo, RVG-stamped in a laminated gatefold; US copies split across Santa Maria, Terre Haute and Pitman plants, all from that year, so plant stamps are what you compare. The UK CTL 11 from 1973 is gatefold and laminated too. Japan's GP-3097 in 1977 and K20P-6836 in 1982 are the clean later options.

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 41 pressings on file.

1972	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing earliest on file · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve; gatefold
1972	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Cover · RVG stamp; gatefold
1972	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Terre Haute Pressing · RVG stamp; gatefold
1972	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Gatefold Cover · RVG stamp; gatefold
1972	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing · RVG stamp; gatefold
1972	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Gatefold Cover · RVG stamp; gatefold
1972	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing · RVG stamp; gatefold
1972	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing · RVG stamp; gatefold
1972	CTI Records · CTC 6018 — Cassette, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1972	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing · RVG stamp; gatefold
1972	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing · RVG stamp; gatefold
1972	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold
1973	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp
1973	CTI Records · CTI 6018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp; gatefold