Track Listing
DISC 1: HOT MALLETS:
1. Buzzin' Around With the Bee
2. Stompology
3. On the Sunny Side of the Street
4. Piano Stomp (Shine)
5. Everybody Loves My Baby
6. Ring Them Bells
7. Don't Be That Way
8. I'm in the Mood For Swing
9. Muskrat Ramble
10. Down Home Jump
11. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
12. Sweethearts on Parade
13. Shufflin' at the Hollywood
14. Denison Swing
15. Wizzin' the Wizz
16. Memories of You
17. When Lights Are Low
18. One Sweet Letter From You
19. Hot Mallets
20. Early Session Hop
21. Haven't Named It Yet
22. Central Avenue Breakdown
23. Jack the Bellboy
24. Pig Foot Sonata
25. Fiddle Dee Dee
DISC 2: FLYING HOME:
1. Royal Family
2. Flying Home
3. In the Bag
4. Loose Wig
5. Chop-Chop
6. Flying Home, No. 2
7. Hamp's Boogie Woogie
8. Mess Is Here, The
9. Million Dollar Smile
10. Overtime
11. Tempo's Boogie
12. Vibe Boogie
13. Screamin' Boogie
14. Red Cross
15. Hamp's Blues
16. Evil Gal Blues
17. Doublin' With Dublin
18. Ribs and Hot Sauce
19. Blow Top Blues
20. Two Finger Boogie
21. Someday
22. Beulah's Boogie
23. Playboy
DISC 3: HEY! BA-BA-RE-BOP:
1. Punch & Judy
2. Slide, Hamp, Slide
3. Hey, Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
4. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
5. On the Sunny Side of the Street
6. Rockin' in Rhythm, Pts. 1 & 2
7. Gay Notes
8. Hamp's Salty Blues
9. Ridin' on the L & N
10. Limehouse Blues
11. Air Mail Special, Pts. 1 & 2
12. Cobb's Idea
13. Tempo's Birthday
14. Adam Blew His Hat
15. Pencil Broke, The
16. Empty Glass
17. Hamp's Walkin' Boogie
18. Dig Those Vibes
19. Robbins in Your Hair
20. Double Talk
21. 'S Wonderful
22. Jack the Fox Boogie
23. How High the Moon
DISC 4: MIDNIGHT SUN:
1. Stardust
2. Hamp's Got a Duke
3. 3 Minutes on 52nd Street
4. Goldwyn Stomp
5. Red Top
6. Giddy Up
7. Hawk's Nest
8. Mingus Fingers
9. Muchacho Azul (Blue Boy)
10. Midnight Sun
11. Cherokee
12. Chicken Shack Boogie
13. Benson Boogie
14. Hamp's Boogie Woogie, No. 2
15. Beulah's Sister's Boogie
16. Wee Albert
17. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
18. Moonglow
19. Hucklebuck, The
20. Lavender Coffin
21. Rag Mop
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Benny Carter, Betty Carter, Bing Crosby, Charlie Mingus, Coleman Hawkins, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie, Nat "King" Cole | | Producer: | Joop Visser (Compilation) | | Distributor: | City Hall | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Includes a 44 page booklet.
Performers include: Lionel Hampton (piano, vibraphone, percussion); Dinah Washington, Betty Carter, Bing Crosby (vocals); Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Earl Bostic, Marshall Royal (alto saxophone); Coleman Hawkins, Chu Berry, Ben Webster, Illinois Jacquet, Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone); Cootie Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Henry "Red" Allen, Snooky Young, Ernie Royal (trumpet); Rex Stewart (cornet); Benny Powell, J.C. Higgenbotham (trombone); Ray Perry (violin); Billy Kyle, Clyde Hart, Nat "King" Cole, Leonard Feather, Albert Ammons, Spencer Odom, Milt Buckner (piano); Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, Teddy Bunn, Billy Mackel (guitar); Milt Hinton, Charlie Mingus, Jesse Simpkins (bass); Cozy Cole, Jo Jones, Sid Catlett (drums).
Recorded between 1937 & 1949. Includes liner notes by Joop Visser.
Digitally remastered by Peter Rynston.
True to its title, THE LIONEL HAMPTON STORY box set covers the full career of one of jazz's most important pioneers. As a sideman, leader, drummer, pianist, vocalist, and vibraphonist, Hampton played with exuberant skill and enthusiasm throughout an astounding chunk of the 20th century (from the 1920s through the late 1990s), making music with everyone from Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman to Art Tatum and Charles Mingus.
Hampton was the first to improvise extensively on the vibraphone, and it was on this instrument that he made his most significant contributions to the form. There is plenty of evidence of his dynamic mallet style and unerring sense of swing across the 92 recordings on this four-disc set, which features all of Hamp's best-known tunes (such as "Flying Home" and "Hamp's Boogie Woogie"), and a veritable who's who of jazz musicians on the personnel list. A lengthy deluxe booklet full of discography info and rare photographs makes the box a definitive summation of the work of this legendary figure.
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