Ready for Freddie

{{Infobox album

| name = Ready for Freddie

| type = studio

| artist = Freddie Hubbard

| cover = Ready for Freddie.jpg

| alt =

| released = Mid April 1962[https://books.google.com/books?id=IhYEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Ready+for+Freddie+1962&pg=PA30 Billboard Apr 28, 1962]

| recorded = August 21, 1961

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

| genre = Jazz, hard bop

| length = 42:33 (original LP)

| label = Blue Note (BST 84085)

| producer = Alfred Lion

| prev_title = Hub Cap

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard

| next_year = 1962

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|5|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r682244 AllMusic Review]

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=732}}

|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

|rev3score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 106

}}

}}

Ready for Freddie is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, released on the Blue Note label in 1962 as BLP 4085 and BST 84085. In 2003, it was remastered and issued on CD with the addition of two alternate takes. It contains performances by Hubbard, Bernard McKinney, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Art Davis and Elvin Jones.