The Night of the Cookers: Live at Club la Marchal

1965 live album by Freddie Hubbard

Live album by

Freddie Hubbard

Released

1965 (Vol. 1)
1966 (Vol. 2)

Recorded

April 9–10, 1965

Venue

La Marchal
Brooklyn, NYC

Genre

Jazz

Length

42:57 (Vol. 1)
43:58 (Vol. 2)
86:55 (CD)

Label

Blue Note

Producer

Alfred Lion

Freddie Hubbard chronology

Blue Spirits
(1965)

The Night of the Cookers: Live at Club la Marchal
(1965)

Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank
(2001)

The Night of the Cookers: Live at Club la Marchal, Vols. 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related live albums by American jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard recorded at la Marchal jazz club over Friday and Saturday night, April 9–10, 1965^{[citation needed]} and released on Blue Note in 1965 and 1966 respectively. The septet features horn section Lee Morgan, James Spaulding, rhythm section Harold Mabern, Jr., Larry Ridley and Pete LaRoca, and percussionist Big Black.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

AllMusic critic Ron Wynn says, "Hubbard was a master of tonguing effects, high-voltage upper notes, and long phrases, while Morgan was a hypnotic improviser. The two trumpeters, despite their consistent brilliance, were almost outdistanced by alto saxophonist and flutist James Spaulding, then at his peak. Spaulding's effortlessly played, torrid alto solos were explosive and often dazzling. The rhythm section grounded the proceedings in elastic and sympathetic rhythms, providing the final element in the formula comprising two tremendous albums, and now one great CD package."^[4]

Track listing

The Night of the Cookers: Live at Club la Marchal, Volume 1

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pensativa"	Clare Fischer	23:30

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Walkin'"	Richard Carpenter	19:27

The Night of the Cookers: Live at Club la Marchal, Volume 2

All tracks are written by Freddie Hubbard

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Jodo"	22:15

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Breaking Point"	21:43

Personnel

Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Lee Morgan – trumpet
James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute
Harold Mabern, Jr. – piano
Larry Ridley – bass
Pete LaRoca – drums
Danny "Big Black" Rey – congas

References

^ Wynn, Ron. The Night of the Cookers: Live at Club la Marchal at AllMusic
^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 334. ISBN 9780679768739. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 733. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Freddie Hubbard - The Night of the Cookers: Live at Club La Marchal, Vols. 1-2 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-01-06

Freddie Hubbard

Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.

Albums
as
leader
or
co-leader

Open Sesame (1960)
Goin' Up (1960)
Hub Cap (1961)
Minor Mishap/Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson, 1961)
Ready for Freddie (1961)
The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
Hub-Tones (1962)
Here to Stay (1962)
The Body & the Soul (1963)
Breaking Point! (1964)
Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965)
The Night of the Cookers (1965)
Blue Spirits (1965–66)
Backlash (1966)
High Blues Pressure (1967)
A Soul Experiment (1968–69)
The Black Angel (1969)
The Hub of Hubbard (1970)
Red Clay (1970)
Straight Life (1970)
Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970)
First Light (1971)
Polar AC (1971–73)
Sky Dive (1972)
Keep Your Soul Together (1973)
Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973)
In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974)
High Energy (1974)
Gleam (1975)
Liquid Love (1975)
Windjammer (1976)
Bundle of Joy (1977)
Super Blue (1978)
The Love Connection (1979)
Skagly (1979)
Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980)
The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980)
Born to Be Blue (1981)
Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981)
Outpost (1981)
Rollin' (1981)
Splash (1981)
Above & Beyond (1982)
Back to Birdland (1982)
Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982)
Ride Like the Wind (1982)
The Rose Tattoo (1983)
Sweet Return (1983)
Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985)
Life Flight (1987)
The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987)
Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988)
Times Are Changing (1989)
Topsy – Standard Book (1989)
Bolivia (1990–91)
At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991)
Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991)
Blues for Miles (1992)
MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95)
New Colors (2000)
On the Real Side (2007)

With Art
Blakey/The
Jazz
Messengers

Mosaic (1961)
Buhaina's Delight (1961)
Blues March (1961)
Three Blind Mice (1961)
Caravan (1962)
Ugetsu (1963)
Kyoto (1964)
Free for All (1964)
Golden Boy (1965)
Soul Finger (1965)

With
Dexter
Gordon

Doin' Allright (1961)
Clubhouse (1965)
Generation (1973)
The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)

With
Herbie
Hancock

Takin' Off (1962)
Empyrean Isles (1964)
Maiden Voyage (1965)
Blow-Up (soundtrack album, 1966)
V.S.O.P. (1977)
V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977)
V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum (1977)
V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1977)
Round Midnight (soundtrack album, 1985)

With
Bobby
Hutcherson

Dialogue (1965)
Components (1965)
Knucklebean (1977)
Highway One (1978)

With
Quincy
Jones

I Dig Dancers (1960)
The Quintessence (1962)
Golden Boy (1964)
I/We Had a Ball (1964–65)
Walking in Space (1969)
Gula Matari (1970)

With
Wayne
Shorter

Wayning Moments (1961)
Speak No Evil (1964)
The Soothsayer (1965)
The All Seeing Eye (1965)

With
others

The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson, 1969)
Out of This World (Walter Benton, 1960)
True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960)
God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell, 1971)
Cables' Vision (George Cables, 1979)
Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990)
Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman, 1960)
Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1961)
Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961)
Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965)
Muses for Richard Davis (1969)
Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1960)
Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964)
Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960)
Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland, 1973)
Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967)
Interplay (Bill Evans, 1962)
Sonic Text (Joe Farrell, 1979)
Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson, 1961)
Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962)
Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959)
Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton, 1960)
Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961)
Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
Big Band (Joe Henderson, 1996)
Pax (Andrew Hill, 1965)
Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965)
Sunflower (Milt Jackson, 1972)
Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973)
52nd Street (Billy Joel, 1978)
Reg Strikes Back (Elton John, 1988)
J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan, 1982)
Essence (John Lewis, 1960–62)
Water Sign (Jeff Lorber, 1979)
Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews, 1963)
Bluesnik (Jackie McLean, 1961)
MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994)
Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery, 1958)
Roll Call (Hank Mobley, 1960)
The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1961)
Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson, 1966)
The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967)
Contours (Sam Rivers, 1965)
Drums Unlimited (Max Roach, 1965)
East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
Numbers (Rufus, 1978)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
Giant Box (Don Sebesky, 1973)
Sugar (Stanley Turrentine, 1970)
Together (McCoy Tyner, 1978)
Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980)
Soundscapes (Cedar Walton, 1980)
Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)

v t e Lee Morgan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Dizzy Atmosphere (1957) Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957) City Lights (1957) The Cooker (1957) Candy (1957–58) Peckin' Time (1958) Monday Night at Birdland (1958) Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Lee-Way (1960) Expoobident (1960) The Young Lions (1960) Take Twelve (1962) The Sidewinder (1963) Search for the New Land (1964) Tom Cat (1964) Cornbread (1965) Infinity (1965) The Gigolo (1965) The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Rumproller (1965) Delightfulee (1966) Charisma (1966) The Rajah (1966) Standards (1967) Sonic Boom (1967) The Procrastinator (1967–69) The Sixth Sense (1967) Taru (1968) Caramba! (1968) Live at the Lighthouse (1970) The Last Session (1971)
With Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957) Drums Around the Corner (1958–59) Moanin' (1958) 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958) Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958) Africaine (1959) At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Paris Jam Session (1959) The Big Beat (1960) A Night in Tunisia (1960) Like Someone in Love (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961) The Freedom Rider (1961) The Witch Doctor (1961) Roots & Herbs (1961) Pisces (1961–64) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) 'S Make It (1964) Soul Finger (1965) Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)
With Hank Mobley	Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (1956) No Room for Squares (1963) Dippin' (1965) A Caddy for Daddy (1965) A Slice of the Top (1966) Straight No Filter (1966) Third Season (1967)
With others	Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958) Blue Train (John Coltrane, 1957) Intensity (Charles Earland, 1972) Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972) Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959) Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Dizzy in Greece (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (Benny Golson, 1958) A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Last Chorus (Ernie Henry, 1957) Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969) Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) The Prime Element (Elvin Jones, 1969) Drums Around the World (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959) Cliff Jordan (Clifford Jordan, 1957) Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly, 1959) Greasy Kid Stuff! (Harold Mabern, 1970) Jacknife (Jackie McLean, 1965) Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965) Evolution (Grachan Moncur, 1963) Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959) Night Dreamer (Wayne Shorter, 1964) House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine, 1964) Tender Moments (McCoy Tyner, 1967) Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967) Mother Ship (Larry Young, 1969) Love Bug (Reuben Wilson, 1969)
Discography