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When I got started in New York, if you were different from Miles & Dizzy it was very difficult.

Freddie Hubbard

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Freddie Hubbard
Age: 70 †
Born: 1938
Born: April 7
Died: 2008
Died: December 29
Composer
Jazz Musician
Recording Artist
Trumpeter
Indianapolis
Indiana
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard
Jazz
York
Started
Difficult
Music
Different
Dizzy
Miles

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