Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars - Air Mail Special (2007) [Original Long Play Albums] CD-Rip

This impossible-to-find LP from the 1950s contains two fine selections featuring a quartet comprised of Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Buddy Rich but is most memorable for the other two numbers which add the great clarinetist Buddy DeFranco to the band. Their version of "It's Only a Paper Moon" is remarkably uptempo and really swings hard; Hampton challenges his fellow legends to some spectacular playing.

Tracks:

01. Air Mail Special (Goodman-Mundy-Christian) - 7:38
02. Soft Winds (Goodman) - 6:13
03. It's Only a Paper Moon (Arlen-Rose-Harburg) - 6:52
04. The Way You Look Tonight (Fields-Kern) - 11:11


Lionel Hampton - vibes (#1,2,4)
Buddy De Franco - clarinet (#3,4)
Oscar Peterson - piano
Ray Brown - bass
Buddy Rich - drums
Recorded in New York on September 10, 1953 (#1,2) and April 13, 1954 (#3,4).