title: Born to Be Blue (Freddie Hubbard album)
text: # Born to Be Blue (Freddie Hubbard album)
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  | The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
  
  Born to Be Blue is an album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard recorded in December 1981 and released on the Pablo Today label in 1982.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album a "fine modern hard bop CD".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except where noted
  
  * "Gibraltar" - 12:16
  * "True Colors" - 8:05
  * "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 7:25
  * "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) - 6:48
  * "Up Jumped Spring" - 7:11
  * Recorded on Soundstream Digital Systems at Ocean Way Recording Studio, Hollywood; December 14, 1981
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
  * Harold Land - tenor saxophone, flute
  * Billy Childs - keyboards
  * Larry Klein - bass
  * Steve Houghton - drums
  * Buck Clarke - percussion
  