Len Lyons said that Hubbard was "the major trumpeter to emerge from the free and modal styles of the 1960s," and critic Scott Yanow called him "one of the great jazz trumpeters of all time." Nevertheless, both agree that many of his albums in the late 1970s were "blatantly commercial."
In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Lyons recommends the album, Breaking Point (Blue Note), which is available on CD from Amazon.com. Lyons calls the album "a challenging synthesis of modal, free, and chord-change-based playing [in which] Hubbard's confidence is high, his tone full, and his phrasing adventurous."
Hubbard plays "Breaking Point," the opening piece from the album, here:
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