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| Lionel ...Plays Drums, Vibes, Piano |
| Lionel Hampton |
első megjelenés éve: 2008
71 perc |
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| (2008)
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| 4.001 Ft
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| 1. | Just One Of Those Things
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| 2. | Lazy Thoughts [How High The Moon]
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| 3. | The Man I Love
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| 4. | One Step From Heaven
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| 5. | Darn That Dream
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| 6. | Stardust
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| 7. | Tracking Problem
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| 8. | Lullaby Of Birdland
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| 9. | Blues For Stephen
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| 10. | And The Angels Sing
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| 11. | Our Love Is Here To Stay
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| 12. | I Know That You Know (*)
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| 13. | Skylark (*)
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| 14. | Day By Day (*)
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| 15. | Speak Low (*)
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| 16. | My Foolish Heart (*)
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| 17. | Poor Butterfly (*)
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| 18. | Blue Moon (*)
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| 19. | I Can&
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Jazz
Lionel Hampton (vib, p, d, vcl)
Bobby Plater (fl, as, ts, cl), Eddie Bert, Bobby Byrne (tb), Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Dennard (p), Billy Mackel, Skeeter Best (g), George Duvivier (b), Elvin Jones, Wilbert
Tracks #1-12 from "Lionel... Plays Drums, Vibes, Piano" (Audiofidelity AFSD-5849)
Recorded in New York, August 13 & 14, 1957
Bobby Plater (fl, as, ts, cl), Lionel Hampton (vib, p, d, vcl), Oscar Dennard (p), Billy Mackel (g), Julius Brown (b), Wilbert "G.T." Hogan (d)
Tracks #13-17 from "Silver Vibes" (Columbia CL 1486)
Recorded in New York, March 21, 1960
Eddie Bert, Dick Hixson, Sonny Russo, Bobby Byrne (tb), Lionel Hampton (vib), Tommy Flanagan (p), Skeeter Best (g), George Duvivier (b), Osie Johnson (d)
Tracks #18-19 originally issued on a Playboy magazine compilation album
Recorded in New York, March 23, 1960
Lionel Hampton (vib, xyl, celeste), Tommy Flanagan (p), Billy Mackel (g), George Duvivier (b), Elvin Jones (d)
The outstanding Audiophile album presented here showcases Hampton’s breathtaking talents during the early days of Stereophonic recordings. The sextet session, Lionel, features Hampton alternating between vibes, piano and drums (he began his career as a drummer and recorded his first vibraphone solo during the 1930 Louis Armstrong version of "Memories of You"). His approach to the piano was highly particular, as he usually played it with only one or two fingers per hand as if he were performing on the vibes. His amazing technique on the instrument can be seen on many of his filmed performances.
As a bonus, we offer two complete sessions from the 1960 Columbia "Silver Vibes" album, which features such important modern jazz musicians as pianist Tommy Flanagan and drummers Osie Johnson and Elvin Jones, who plays on the two tunes from the second session. One of these tunes, "I Cant’ Get Started" wasn’t present on the original album, and was only previously issued on a compilation LP (it appears here on CD for the first time ever).
The remaining session from "Silver Vibes" is included on the companion volume "Hamp’s Big Band" (LHJ10318), the other early Stereo effort by Lionel Hampton which features him backed by his big band featuring trumpeters Cat Anderson and Donald Byrd.
Lionel Hampton
Active Decades: '20s, '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Apr 20, 1909 in Louisville, KY
Died: Aug 31, 2002 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Classic Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, New York Blues, R&B, Swing
Lionel Hampton was the first jazz vibraphonist and was one of the jazz giants beginning in 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 '20s 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, and 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' Paradise Cafe, until one night in 1936 when Benny Goodman came into the club and discovered him. Soon, Hampton recorded with B.G., 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 B.G. 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 (1937-1941) were reissued by Bluebird on a six-LP set, although 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 toward 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). Despite strokes and the ravages of age, Lionel Hampton remained a vital force into the 1990s. In January 2001, a vibraphone he had played for 15 years was put into the National Museum of American History. On August 31, 2002, at age 94, Lionel Hampton suffered major heart failure and passed away.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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