The NJCO spent more than a decade touring and recording with the late trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.

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The band dedicated the music to the late trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.

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Byrd began moving toward a more commercial sound with the funk-jazz fusion album "Fancy Free" in 1969, taking a path followed by fellow trumpeters Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard.

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