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Live in '58
by Ken Dryden
Lionel Hampton Jazz Icons: Live in '58 Naxos Jazz 2008 Lionel Hampton was one of the incomparable showmen in jazz, especially when leading an always-swinging big band. This 1958 concert, filmed by Belgium public television at the Royal Theatre Opera House, finds him in peak form.Many ...
Cal Tjader: Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-1980
by David Rickert
Cal Tjader began his career as a stalwart member of the West Coast jazz scene, swinging his vibes through breezy versions of standards with the likes of Vince Guaraldi and Stan Getz. Along the way he delved into Latin music and after that it colored almost everything he did. His progression as an artist is explored ...
Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)
by Samuel Chell
How do you criticize pianist Oscar Peterson? The two primary meanings of such a question expose the divide among those who must confront his talent--and, like it or not, no musician or supporter of the music can duck the issues raised by the most prolifically recorded pianist in jazz history. To the one camp, Peterson's playing ...
Jazz Icons Series 3: Lionel Hampton Live in '58
by C. Michael Bailey
Lionel Hampton Jazz Icons Series 3: Lionel Hampton Live in '58 Jazz Icons 2008Jazz ambassadors are hard to come by. The first was Louis Armstrong, whose personality was so big and warm it couldn't help spilling out on everyone close to him. Then there was Dizzy Gillespie, the ...
Lionel Hampton and Quincy Jones
The September Jazz Times has my rather long review of Mosaic's box of Lionel Hampton's small-band recordings from the late 1930s and early forties. The five CDs contain a sizeable percentage of the best combo music of the period. From the review: RCA Victor's formula was simple: put the exciting young vibraphonist, drummer and two-finger ...
Hamp's Boogie Woogie
Featuring the music of Lionel Hampton
Duration: 7:52
The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-41 - Mosaic Records Limited Edition Box Set
"Motored by a seemingly limitless supply of energy and stamina, Hampton's playing is known the world over for its relentless physicality, unhampered technical facility, and a seemingly imperturbale inventiveness." --Gunther Schuller, The Swing Era Would we know how jazz is played on the vibes without Lionel Hampton? He introduced the concept of personality to an instrument ...
The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941
Label: Space Time Records
Released: 2007
There Will Never Be Another You Featuring Sylvia Bennett
Label: Out of Sight Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Just One Of Those Things; There Will Never Be Another You; Cookin' In The Kitchen; Sweet
Man Of Mine; Beulah's Boogie; Bill Bailey; It Might As Well Be Spring; Together; Red Top;
Please Love Me; Someday; You Make My Heart Sing; You Make My Heart Sing (remix).
There Will Never Be Another You
Label: Out of Sight Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Just One of Those Things; There Will Never Be Another You; Cookin
