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Lionel Hampton: There Will Never Be Another You
by Jim Santella
Recorded in 1989 and featuring vocalist Sylvia Bennett, this studio performance captures Lionel Hampton in action with a big band, tearin' up those swingin' vibes. Hampton's 1989 band arrangements are outstanding. They pull everyone together, lifting each section up to its assigned role in support of the vibraphonist's featured spot. He carries each selection with vigor. ...
Lionel Hampton: There Will Never Be Another You Featuring Sylvia Bennett
by Michael P. Gladstone
How many living female singers can say that they sang with the Lionel Hampton Big Band? Sylvia Bennett auditioned for Hampton in the early 1980s and was immediately signed as the band's singer. She then toured Florida and performed with the Hampton Orchestra at the second Reagan inaugural as well as the same event for George ...
Lionel Hampton: There Will Never Be Another You
by Jack Bowers
Legendary vibraphonist Lionel Hampton auditioned Italian-born vocalist Sylvia Bennett in the early '80s, hired her on the spot to sing with his band, and subsequently recorded two albums with her. The first, Sentimental Journey, received a Grammy Award nomination, but the second, recorded in 1989 when Hamp was a frisky eighty years old, sat neglected for ...
Lionel Hampton: Jazz Legend
by Jim Santella
Lionel Hampton Lionel Hampton: Jazz Legend King of the Vibes Hudson Music 2006 Unlike some musical biographies, this one places the music above the commentary. Vibraphonist Mike Mainieri and drummer Steve Smith share a narration that discusses the career of Lionel Hampton, and they allow plenty ...
Lionel Hampton & The Golden Men of Jazz
by AAJ Staff
Lionel Hampton Lionel Hampton & The Golden Men of Jazz Geneon Entertainment 2005 A document of interest from Hamp's evidently very successful '93 European tour features his as-billed “Golden Men of Jazz octet. The soloist close-ups put the viewer beyond being in the front row - it's as if you ...
Lionel Hampton: "Flying Home"
by David Rickert
Second Balcony Jump In his autobiography Malcolm X described the first time he heard “Flying Home. “People kept shouting for Hamp's “Flying Home and finally he did it. I had never seen such fever heated dancing. In his autobiography, Lionel Hampton tells the story of the time at the Apollo when a guy who had smoked ...
Classics
Label: Jazz Archives
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Jivin' the Vibes
2. Hampton Stomp
3. Buzzin' Around With the Bee
4. Whoa Bare
5. Stompology
6. On the Sunny Side of the Street
7. Piano Stomp
8. I Surrender, Dear
9. Ring Dem Bells
10. Don't Be That Way
11. I'm in the Mood for Swing
12. High Society
13. It Don't Mean a Thing
14. Sweethearts on Parade
15. Shuffling' at the Hollywood
16. Denisson Swing
17. Wizzin' the Wizz
18. Ain't Cha Comin' Home?
19. Twelth Street Rag
20. When Lights Are Low
21. One Sweet Letter from You
22. Hot Mallets
23. Early Session Hop
24. I've Found a New Baby
25. Dinah
