Lionel Hampton - Hamp: The Legendary Decca Recordings Disc 1 And Disc 2

Styles: Jazz, Big Band
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:41 (Disc 1)
Size: 153,7 MB (Disc 1)
Time: 66:04 (Disc 2)
Size: 152,7 MB (Disc 2)
Art: Front

Disc 1

( 3:11)  1. Flying Home
( 3:23)  2. Hamp's Boogie Woogie
( 3:07)  3. Million Dollar Smile
( 3:45)  4. Red Cross
( 3:31)  5. Hamp's Blues
( 3:17)  6. Evil Gal Blues
( 7:24)  7. Flying Home
(15:15)  8. Stardust
( 2:29)  9. Ribs And Hot Sauce
( 3:20) 10. Blow Top Blues
( 3:21) 11. Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
( 5:55) 12. Rockin' In Rhythm, Parts 1 And 2
( 2:54) 13. Limehouse Blues
( 2:49) 14. Tempo's Birthday
( 2:55) 15. Jack The Fox Boogie

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Disc 2

(3:34)  1. How High The Moon
(3:13)  2. Three Minutes On 52nd Street
(3:06)  3. Red Top
(3:08)  4. Mingus Fingers
(3:20)  5. Midnight Sun
(3:16)  6. Chicken Shack Boogie
(3:09)  7. Central Avenue Breakdown
(3:23)  8. Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee
(3:18)  9. Moonglow
(3:07) 10. The Hucklebuck (Vocal Version)
(2:47) 11. Lavender Coffin
(2:51) 12. Rag Mop
(3:05) 13. I Wish I Knew
(2:31) 14. There Will Never Be Another You
(3:16) 15. Pink Champagne
(2:48) 16. Memories Of You
(3:13) 17. Time On My Hands
(2:34) 18. Easy To Love
(2:50) 19. Twentieth Century Boogie
(4:12) 20. Dancing On The Ceiling
(3:16) 21. How High The Moon

A very nice two-disc set indeed, with a wonderful cross section of Hampton's career, with the focus rightfully on the pre-1950 stage, with the final few cuts taking Hampton as far as a 1963 club date with trumpeter Charlie Teagarden. The music here is often delicate, spun from silver, and it's doubtful you'll find a better compilation of jazz vibraphone work. One fascinating highlight: Hampton's 15-minute version of "Stardust." 

~ Steven McDonald 

http://www.allmusic.com/album/hamp-the-legendary-decca-recordings-mw0000184511

Personnel: Lionel Hampton (vocals, piano, vibraphone); Dinah Washington, Joe James, Little Jimmy Scott, Sonny Parker (vocals); Eric Miller , Irving Ashby, Barney Kessel, Wes Montgomery, Billy Mackel (guitar); Ray Perry (violin, alto saxophone); Jerome Richardson (flute, alto saxophone); Herbie Fields (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Marshall Royal (clarinet, alto saxophone); Jack Kelson, Jr. (clarinet); Earl Bostic, Gus Evans, Johnny Board, Willie Smith, Ben Kynard, George Dorsey, Bobby Plater (alto saxophone); John Sparrow, Corky Corcoran, Gene Morris, Eddie Barefield, Curtis Lowe, Jay Peters, Gil Bernal, Illinois Jacquet, Fred Simon , Johnny Griffin, Al Sears, Arnett Cobb, Bill Williams , Morris Lane (tenor saxophone); Lonnie Shaw, Jack McVea, Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone); Manny Klein, Dizzy Gillespie, Ernie Royal, Roy McCoy, Jack Trainor, Ed Mullens, Leo Shepherd, Duke Garrette, Walter Williams , Lammar Wright, Jr., David Page , Joe Morris , Joe Wilder, Kenny Dorham, Al Killian, Snooky Young, Teddy Buckner, Benny Bailey, Wendell Culley, Jimmy Nottingham, Cat Anderson, Charlie Shavers, Charlie Teagarden (trumpet); John Morris, Paul Lee , Al Hayes , Harry Sloan, Fred Beckett, Andrew Penn, Jimmy Wormick, James Robinson , Sonny Craven, Chips Outcalt, Abdul Hamid, Jake "Vernon" Porter, Allen Durham, Lester Bass, Jimmy Cleveland, Al Grey, Benny Powell, Booty Wood (trombone); Dan Burley, Doug Duke, John Mehegan, Leonard Feather, Albert Ammons, Milt Buckner, Tommy Todd (piano); Buddy Cole (organ); Curley Hamner, Fats Heard, Fred Radcliffe, Ellis Bartee, George Jones, Earl Fox Walker, George Jenkins, Tom Montgomery, Lee Young (drums).

Hamp: The Legendary Decca Recordings Disc 1

Hamp: The Legendary Decca Recordings Disc 2

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