I suggest to anyone who love jazz and especially the trumpet, to listen to sky dive. I feel this is a masterpice in jazz music. MR. Fredie Hubbard is at his all time best, also he keep up the fantastic legends with all the great jazz trumpeter before him ,and all new and upcomeing trumpeter in the future.

Along with Keep Your Soul Together and In Concert (w/Stanley Turrentine), this album was one of Freddie Hubbard's last good albums before he signed to Columbia and started putting out commercial schlock. For starters, just look at the band on this date: George Benson, Hubert Laws, Keith Jarrett, Ron Carter, and Billy Cobham plus the usual extended cast of CTI studio musicians. Few bassists can lay down the funk tastefully like Carter, and his intro on "Povo" will make you say "Good Gracious!" For groove addicts like myself, this and the title track are alone worth the price of the album. There aren't too many surprises on Sky Dive, and it lacks the fire of Hubbard's earlier masterpieces Straight Life and Red Clay, but it's a real treat to hear all these guys coming up with some creative, funky music before things descended into disco hell. By the way, this is also great driving music.

I used to have this on a CTI album and what a album it is.I got this when my cousin who played trumpet in a r&b group told me to get Sky Dive and ive loved this one ever since.It reminds me so much of the early 70's CTI sound with all the great musicians they had like Ron Carter what a bass he lays down.Im glad i finally got this on cd its long overdue and Red Clay is next.