The Rose Tattoo (album)

For other uses, see Rose Tattoo (disambiguation).

The Rose Tattoo is an album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard recorded in December 1983 and released on the Japanese Baystate label.

The Rose Tattoo
Studio album by Freddie Hubbard
Released	1984
Recorded	December 9–10, 1983
Studio	Van Gelder Studio
Genre	Jazz
Label	Baystate
Producer	Fumimaru Kawashima, Makoto Kimata
Freddie Hubbard chronology
Sweet Return (1983) The Rose Tattoo (1984) Double Take (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny calls the album "one of Freddie Hubbard's most obscure sessions, but admirers of the trumpeter's early-'80s return to his musical roots will find much to appreciate here".

Track listing

1. "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Ned Washington, Leigh Harline) - 6:23
2. "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) - 6:23
3. "My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:12
4. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:28
5. "The Rose Tattoo" (Jack Brooks, Harry Warren) - 6:36
6. "Time After Time" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 6:44
7. "My Foolish Heart" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 4:47

• Recorded December 9 and 10, 1983 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Personnel

• Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
• Ricky Ford - tenor saxophone
• Kenny Barron - piano
• Cecil McBee - bass
• Joe Chambers - drums