Polar AC

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{{Infobox album

| name = Polar AC

| type = compilation

| artist = Freddie Hubbard

| cover = Polar AC.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 18, 1975[http://www.dougpayne.com/ctid7072.htm#polarac CTI disco]

| recorded = September 16, 1971 (#1)
April 12, 1972 (#2–3)
October 4–5, 1972 (#4)
October 5 or 23, 1973 (#5)

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:20

| label = CTI
CTI 6056

| producer = Creed Taylor

| prev_title = Keep Your Soul Together

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = High Energy

| next_year = 1974

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r164381|first=Scott|last=Yanow}}

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|1|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen

|url-access=registration

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/106 106]

}}

}}

Polar AC is a compilation album by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. It was his final album released on Creed Taylor's CTI label and features performances by Hubbard, Hubert Laws, George Benson, Junior Cook, and Ron Carter. It was put together by CTI after Hubbard left the label to go to Columbia, and the tracks were recorded at different sessions, between 1971 and 1973.[http://www.dougpayne.com/ctid7072.htm#polarac CTI discography] The album featured pieces: "People Make the World Go Round" and "Betcha, By Golly Wow", recorded both on April 12, 1972, and "Son of Sky Dive" recorded around 1973. "Polar AC" (aka "Fantasy in D" and "Ugetsu") came from First Light sessions, whilst "Naturally" was recorded during Sky Dive sessions, and both can be found on CD reissues of their respective albums.