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AVID Jazz here presents three classic Lionel Hampton albums plus including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.
“Hamps Big Band”, “Lionel Plays Drums Vibes Piano”, “Lionel Hampton with the Just Jazz All Stars” plus selections from “Just Jazz”
Lionel Hampton started his jazz life playing drums with small bands in Chicago before moving to the West Coast in 1928.There he started playing piano with bands including Paul Howard and Les Hite just as his band had been taken over by none other than Louis Armstrong for whom Hampton played both vibes and piano. It was not until 1934 that Hampton started to work seriously with the vibes and became a specialist with the instrument. Two years later he was playing with Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson and Gene Krupa!
Lionel is joined on our three selections by such luminaries as Charlie Shavers, Cat Anderson, Willie Smith, Milt Buckner, Barney Kessel, Slam Stewart and Charles Persip.
All three albums plus have been digitally re-mastered.
CD1
1-12: ‘Hamp’s Big Band’
1. Flying Home
2. Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
3. Hamp’s Boogie Woogie
4. Kidney Stew
5. Hamp’s Mambo
6. Airmail Special
7. Big Brass
8. Red Top
9. Night Train
10. Elaine And Daffy
11. Cutter’s Corner
12. Le Chat Noir
13-21: ‘Lionel Plays Drums, Vibes, Piano’
13. Just One Of Those Things
14. Lazy Thoughts
15. The Man I Love
16. One Step From Heaven
17. Darn That Dream
18. Star Dust
19. Tracking Problem
20. Lullaby Of Birdland
21. Blues For Stephen
CD2
1-3: ‘Lionel Plays Drums, Vibes, Piano’
1. And The Angels Sing
2. Love Is Here To Stay
3. I Know That You Know
4-9: ‘Lionel Hampton With The Just Jazz All Stars’
4. Central Avenue Breakdown
5. That’s My Desire
6. Perdido
7. Blues
8. Hamp’s Boogie Woogie
9. Flying Home
10. Star Dust from Just Jazz
11. The Man I Love from Just Jazz
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