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Lionel Hampton: Verve Jazz Masters 26

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Label: Verve Records
Released: 1994
Time:
 65:21
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.verveinteractive.com
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Purchase date: 2000.04.17
Price in €: 10,99



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[1] Jam Blues (Shrdlu) - 4:47
[2] Always (Berlin) - 8:01
[3] Soft Winds (Goodman) - 6:14
[4] Star Dust (Carmichael/Parish) - 9:58
[5] Je Ne Sais Pas (Hampton/Jones) - 6:33
[6] Tenderly (Gross/Lawrence) - 10:15
[7] Hallelujah! (Grey/Robin/Youmans) - 6:23
[8] Sweethearts on Parade (Lombardo/Newman) - 7:13
[9] Date with Oscar (Hampton/Peterson) - 5:57

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Lionel Hampton - Vocals, Vibraphone
Oscar Peterson - Piano

Buddy DeFranco - Clarinet
Roy Eldridge - Trumpet
Herb Ellis - Guitar
Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet
Flip Phillips - Tenor Saxophone
Buddy Rich - Drums
Ben Webster - Tenor Saxophone
Ray Brown - Bass

Richard Seidel - Executive Producer
Doug Ramsey - Liner Notes, Compilation
Herman Leonard - Photography
Gary N. Mayo - Mastering
Ben Young - Compilation Research

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Lionel Hampton was the first jazz vibraphonist and has been one of the jazz giants since the mid-'30s. He has achieved the difficult feat of being musically open-minded (even recording "Giant Steps") without changing his basic swing style. Hamp started out as a drummer, playing with the Chicago Defender Newsboys' Band as a youth. His original idol was Jimmy Bertrand, a 1920s drummer who occasionally played xylophone. Hampton played on the West Coast with such groups as Curtis Mosby's Blue Blowers, Reb Spikes and Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders (with whom he made his recording debut in 1929) before joining Les Hite's band which for a period accompanied Louis Armstrong. At a recording session in 1930, a vibraphone happened to be in the studio, Armstrong asked Hampton (who had practiced on one previously) if he could play a little bit behind him and on "Memories of You" and "Shine" Hamp became the first jazz improviser to record on vibes.
It would be another six years before he found fame. Lionel Hampton, after leaving Hite, had his own band in Los Angeles's Paradise Cafe until one night in 1936 when Benny Goodman came into the club and discovered him. Soon Hampton recorded with BG, Teddy Wilson and Gene Krupa as the Benny Goodman Quartet and six weeks later he officially joined Goodman. An exciting soloist whose enthusiasm even caused BG to smile, Hampton became one of the stars of his organization, appearing in films with Goodman, at the famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert and nightly on the radio. In 1937 he started recording regularly as a leader for Victor with specially assembled all-star groups that formed a who's who of swing; all of these timeless performances (1937-41) were reissued by Bluebird on a six-LP set although thus far in piecemeal fashion on CD.
Hampton stayed with Goodman until 1940, sometimes substituting on drums and taking vocals. In 1940 Lionel Hampton formed his first big band and in 1942 had a huge hit with "Flying Home" featuring a classic Illinois Jacquet tenor spot (one of the first R&B solos). During the remainder of the decade, Hampton's extroverted orchestra was a big favorite, leaning towards R&B, showing the influence of bebop after 1944 and sometimes getting pretty exhibitionistic. Among his sidemen in addition to Jacquet were Arnett Cobb, Dinah Washington (who Hampton helped discover), Cat Anderson, Marshall Royal, Dexter Gordon, Milt Buckner, Earl Bostic, Snooky Young, Johnny Griffin, Joe Wilder, Benny Bailey, Charles Mingus, Fats Navarro, Al Gray and even Wes Montgomery and Betty Carter. Hampton's popularity allowed him to continue leading big bands off and on into the mid-'90s and the 1953 edition that visited Paris (with Clifford Brown, Art Farmer, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cleveland, Gigi Gryce, George Wallington and Annie Ross) would be difficult to top although fights over money and the right of the sideman to record led to its breakup. Hampton appeared and recorded with many all-star groups in the 1950s including reunions with Benny Goodman, meetings with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Stan Getz, Buddy DeFranco, and as part of a trio with Art Tatum and Buddy Rich. He also was featured in The Benny Goodman Story (1956).
Since the 1950s, Lionel Hampton has mostly repeated past triumphs, always playing "Hamp's Boogie Woogie" (which features his very rapid two-finger piano playing), "Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" and "Flying Home." However his enthusiasm still causes excitement and he remains a household name. Hampton has recorded through the years for nearly every label including two of his own (Glad Hamp and Who's Who) and most recently Mojazz. Despite strokes and the ravages of age, Lionel Hampton as of this writing is still a vital force.

Scott Yanow - All-Music Guide
 

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