Results for "Lionel Hampton"

Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)

by Samuel Chell
October 27, 2008

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
October 23, 2008

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

September 12, 2008

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
April 20, 2008

The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-41 - Mosaic Records Limited Edition Box Set

December 31, 2007

"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

By Lionel Hampton

Label: Space Time Records
Released: 2007

There Will Never Be Another You Featuring Sylvia Bennett

By Lionel Hampton

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

By Lionel Hampton

Label: Out of Sight Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Just One of Those Things; There Will Never Be Another You; Cookin

Lionel Hampton: There Will Never Be Another You

by Jim Santella
October 12, 2006

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
September 15, 2006

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 ...