Slide Hampton - The Fabulous Slide Hampton Quartet (1969) [2011 Jazz名盤 999 Best & More]

A real treat – one of the few small group sessions ever recorded by Slide Hampton during the 60s! The session was cut in Paris, where Hampton had taken up residence at the end of the decade – and was done with an all-star group that features Joachim Kuhn on piano, Niels-Henning Orsted-Pederson on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums. The quality of the work is great – with very long tracks that dance with the freedom you'd expect from Kuhn's piano work, yet which also still swing very nicely in Hampton's usual groove. In all, we'd be tempted to rate this one as one of the more free-thinking trombone jazz sides of the 60s – and it's certainly one of Slide's finest records overall!

Tracks:

01. In Case Of Emergency 10:00
02. Last Minute Blues 7:13
03. Chop Suey 7:53
04. Lament 4:40
05. Impossible Waltz 4:03

Personnel:

Slide Hampton - trombone
Joachim Kuhn - piano
Neils Henning-Orsted Pedersen - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums