| Ready for Freddie | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Freddie Hubbard |
| Cover: | Ready for Freddie.jpg |
| Released: | Mid April 1962[1] |
| 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 |
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.
The album was identified by Scott Yanow in his AllMusic essay "Hard Bop" as one of the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.[2]
All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated