Lionel Hampton - Vintage Hampton: Rare Recordings Of Lionel Hampton With All-Star Guests (1993)

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Title: Vintage Hampton: Rare Recordings Of Lionel Hampton With All-Star Guests
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: Telarc [CD-83321]
Genre: Jazz, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 71:48
Total Size: 403 MB(+3%) | 170 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Peggy's Blue Skylight [05:17]
02. Apple Core [06:18]
03. Lullaby of Birdland [04:18]
04. Take The A Train [06:12]
05. Midnight Blues [03:44]
06. The Man I Love [07:43]
07. Blues for Gates [08:06]
08. Fatha Meets Gates [05:17]
09. As Long as We're Here [10:05]
10. Fables of Faubus [06:12]
11. Blues for Gerry [08:31]
Lionel Hampton - Vintage Hampton: Rare Recordings Of Lionel Hampton With All-Star Guests (1993)

personnel :

Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Dexter Gordon (soprano & tenor saxophones); Lucky Thompson (soprano saxophone); Ricky Ford, Coleman Hawkins, Paul Jeffrey (tenor saxophone); Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone); Thad Jones, Woody Shaw, Clark Terry, Jack Walrath (trumpet); Peter Matt (French horn); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Earl Fatha Hines, Hank Jones, Barry Kiener, Bob Neloms, Teddy Wilson (piano); Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar); George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Charles Mingus, Arvell Shaw, Tom Warrington (bass); Oliver Jackson, Osie Johnson, Buddy Rich, Danny Richmond, Grady Tate, Teddy Wilson Jr. (drums); Candido (congas).

During 1977, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton had the opportunity to record full albums with all-star groups headed by Charles Mingus (a nonet also including Woody Shaw and Gerry Mulligan), Mulligan, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Rich, Teddy Wilson and Earl Hines, among many others. One or two selections from each of those sets are included in this 1993 CD reissue, plus two titles "Ghost of a Chance," "Stella By Starlight," "When I Fall In Love" and "Sweet Sue."~Scott Yanow