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Lionel Hampton did a series of quartet and quintet sessions for Verve Records in 1953 and 1954, the group featuring Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and Buddy Rich, with either Buddy DeFranco or Herb Ellis joining in for the quintet recordings. Verve released the sessions on a batch of LPs in 1957 (King of the Vibes, Air Mail Special, Flying Home, Swingin' with Hamp) and 1958 (Lionel Hampton '58, Hallelujah Hamp, The High and the Mighty), but they are gathered together here on a five-CD set that includes a couple of previously unreleased alternate takes and includes shorter and longer versions of some songs done for single and album release. Typically of sessions produced by Verve head Norman Granz, the song list is full of classic pop standards, along with remakes of some of Hampton's better-known songs. The lineup is, of course, stellar, and Hampton and Peterson in particular spark each other on vibes and piano, interacting with seemingly endless creativity. (They even take one tune, "The High and the Mighty," by themselves.) The normally showy Rich mostly restricts himself to accompaniment (he can't help taking off during the totally improvised "Blues for Norman," but even then doesn't play all that long), while Brown provides his usual solid support. At a time when Hampton was traveling the world leading an orchestra, these recordings were a reminder that he could be at his best (as in the Benny Goodman Quartet) with a small group.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Hampton, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Producer - Norman Granz, Producer - The Lionel Hampton Quartet, MainArtist
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charlie Christian, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Rich, Participant - RAY BROWN, Participant - Benny Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, Participant - Jim Mundy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Rich, Participant - RAY BROWN, Participant - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, Participant
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Rich, Participant - RAY BROWN, Participant - Benny Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, Participant, MainArtist - Alfred Roy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, Author - Buddy Rich, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Benny Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Edgar Sampson, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Chick William Webb, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Rich, Participant - RAY BROWN, Participant - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - E.Y. HARBURG, Author - Vernon Duke, Composer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Lionel Hampton Quintet, MainArtist - Buddy De Franco, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Mitchell Parish, Author - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1953 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Rich, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Rich, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Buddy Rich, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Rich, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Ann Ronell, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nancy Hamilton, Author - Morgan Lewis, Composer - Lionel Hampton Quartet, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Rich, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Rich, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Vernon Duke, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Rich, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, MainArtist - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Will Hudson, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Delange, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 3
Harold Arlen, Composer - Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Rose, Author - E.Y. HARBURG, Author - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Lionel Hampton Quintet, MainArtist - Buddy De Franco, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Lionel Hampton Quintet, MainArtist - Buddy De Franco, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Lionel Hampton Quintet, MainArtist - Buddy De Franco, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Sidney Robbins, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Strachey, ComposerLyricist - Holt Marvell, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Lionel Hampton Quintet, MainArtist - Buddy De Franco, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mitchell Parish, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Edgar Sampson, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - Lionel Hampton Quintet, MainArtist - Buddy De Franco, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sam M. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Harry Akst, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Joe Young, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nikki Yanofsky, Arranger, Work Arranger - Norman Granz, Producer - Lionel Hampton Quintet, MainArtist - Buddy De Franco, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Fahie, Arranger, Adapter, Work Arranger - Robert Goldfarb, Arranger, Work Arranger - John Sadowy, Arranger, Work Arranger - Geoff Lang, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Hampton, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jeri Jones, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer - Lionel Hampton Quintet, MainArtist - Buddy De Franco, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 4
Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - GEORGE FORREST, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wright, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - GEORGE FORREST, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wright, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - GEORGE FORREST, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wright, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dimitri Tiomkin, ComposerLyricist - Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1955 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Rich, MainArtist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Benny Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Sydney Robin, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - Joseph Francis Burke, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jack Lawrence, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - WALTER GROSS, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vincent Youmans, ComposerLyricist - Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Clifford Grey, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1955 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - BALLARD MACDONALD, Author - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - James Frederick Hanley, Composer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - BALLARD MACDONALD, Author - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer - James Frederick Hanley, Composer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 5
Lionel Hampton, ComposerLyricist - Milt Buckner, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Rich, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Hampton, ComposerLyricist - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Buckner, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, Author - Fats Waller, Composer - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andy Razaf, Author - Fats Waller, Composer - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Phil Boutelje, ComposerLyricist - Richard A. Winfree, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Heyman, ComposerLyricist - Frank Eyton, ComposerLyricist - Robert Sour, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - John W. Green, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harold Arlen, Composer - Billy Rose, Author - E.Y. HARBURG, Author - Lionel Hampton Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lionel Hampton, MainArtist - Carmen Lombardo, Composer - Charles Newman, Author - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lionel Hampton, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Lionel Hampton did a series of quartet and quintet sessions for Verve Records in 1953 and 1954, the group featuring Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and Buddy Rich, with either Buddy DeFranco or Herb Ellis joining in for the quintet recordings. Verve released the sessions on a batch of LPs in 1957 (King of the Vibes, Air Mail Special, Flying Home, Swingin' with Hamp) and 1958 (Lionel Hampton '58, Hallelujah Hamp, The High and the Mighty), but they are gathered together here on a five-CD set that includes a couple of previously unreleased alternate takes and includes shorter and longer versions of some songs done for single and album release. Typically of sessions produced by Verve head Norman Granz, the song list is full of classic pop standards, along with remakes of some of Hampton's better-known songs. The lineup is, of course, stellar, and Hampton and Peterson in particular spark each other on vibes and piano, interacting with seemingly endless creativity. (They even take one tune, "The High and the Mighty," by themselves.) The normally showy Rich mostly restricts himself to accompaniment (he can't help taking off during the totally improvised "Blues for Norman," but even then doesn't play all that long), while Brown provides his usual solid support. At a time when Hampton was traveling the world leading an orchestra, these recordings were a reminder that he could be at his best (as in the Benny Goodman Quartet) with a small group.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 5 disc(s) - 50 track(s)
- Total length: 06:17:08
- Main artists: Lionel Hampton
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 1999 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1999 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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