Breaking Point (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP Trophy Eyes a relentlessly bleak song cycle

a relentlessly bleak song cycle that's been hailed by hardcore Rap fans as one of the most realistic gangsta albums ever recorded

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and ‘Camping’

and consolidated his reputation with his second long play "I've Come a Long Way"

Breaking Point (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP Trophy Eyes a relentlessly bleak song cycleDespite having performed on several of the most revolutionary avant garde jazz records of the 1960s, including Ornette Colemans Free Jazz and John Coltranes Ascension, Freddie Hubbards own albums tended to hew closer to the mainstream. Perhaps no other single album captures the trumpeters awe inspiring breadth of ability and versatility than Breaking Point!, which was recorded in May 1964 shortly after Hubbard had departed Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers