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Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, who played with John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock and other legends, died today at Sherman Oaks Hospital. He was 70 and had suffered a heart attack on Nov. 26. Hubbard's last concert was in June in New York at a party celebrating the release of his final album. Hubbard received the National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Masters Award in 2006. Here's Billboard's post, AP's first send, and the story behind this YouTube video pointed out by Scott McAuley: