Lionel Hampton, Milt Buckner – Alive and Jumping (Remastered) (1978/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 47:07 minutes | 889 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MPS
Maybe it’s taking an old warhorse like Avalon and turning it into a thoroughbred, with Cat Anderson’s pulsating screech trumpet heralding the race. Or it could be Hamp’s classic Midnight Sun with its mysterioso vibraphone prelude. One thing’s for sure: Alive and Jumping is a “live” jazz-fest. It’s also a master-class in swing, as Milt Buckner’s cascading chromatic runs on the 1944 hit Hamp’s Boogie Woogie rile up the crowd, and the tune’s call and response choruses unearth the roots of rock ‘n roll. On Funky Mama, Eddie Chamblee’s ripping, rocking sax solo along with Cat Anderson’s growling wa-wa mute and high-note antics bring down the house. A must for all Lionel Hampton fans!
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Lionel Hampton & His All-Star Alumni Big Band – Newport Uproar! (1968/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 43:36 minutes | 1,71 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA Victor – Legacy
This album features Lionel Hampton’s first concert at the Newport Jazz Festival and overall is quite exciting. Hampton gathered together an all-star alumni band that, in addition to trombonist Al Grey, Frank Foster on tenor and a couple of appearances by pianist Milt Buckner, boasts the extraordinary trumpet section of Snooky Young, Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Newman and Wallace Davenport. The climax is provided on Hamp’s perennial “Flying Home” which finds Illinois Jacquet reprising and then extending his famous solo.
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Lionel Hampton – Paris Sessions (1956/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:48 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
Lionel “Hamp” Hampton (born April 20, 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky; † August 31, 2002 in New York) was an American jazz musician. He is known as a bandleader, jazz percussionist and vibraphone virtuoso. Hampton is one of the most famous names in jazz history and has worked with prominent jazz musicians such as Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker and Quincy Jones.
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Lionel Hampton – Lionel…Plays Drums, Vibes, Piano (1958)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:59 minutes | 425 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Audio Fidelity
The outstanding Audiophile album presented here showcases Hamptons breathtaking talents during the early days of Stereophonic recordings. The sextet session, Lionel, features Hampton alternating between vibes, piano and drums (he began his career as a drummer and recorded his first vibraphone solo during the 1930 Louis Armstrong version of “Memories of You”). His approach to the piano was highly particular, as he usually played it with only one or two fingers per hand as if he were performing on the vibes. His amazing technique on the instrument can be seen on many of his filmed performances.
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Lionel Hampton – Blackout (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:54 minutes | 712 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © FL Distribution
Lionel Hampton was the first jazz vibraphonist and was one of the jazz giants beginning in the mid-’30s. He has achieved the difficult feat of being musically open-minded (even recording “Giant Steps”) without changing his basic swing style. Hamp started out as a drummer, playing with the Chicago Defender Newsboys’ Band as a youth. His original idol was Jimmy Bertrand, a ’20s drummer who occasionally played xylophone. Hampton played on the West Coast with such groups as Curtis Mosby’s Blue Blowers, Reb Spikes, and Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders (with whom he made his recording debut in 1929) before joining Les Hite’s band, which for a period accompanied Louis Armstrong. At a recording session in 1930, a vibraphone happened to be in the studio, and Armstrong asked Hampton (who had practiced on one previously) if he could play a little bit behind him and on “Memories of You” and “Shine”; Hamp became the first jazz improviser to record on vibes.
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Lionel Hampton – Supreme Jazz (2006)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 67:43 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 3,78 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,28 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Membran Music # 223278
Lionel Leo Hampton was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Lionel Hampton began his career playing drums for the Chicago Defender Newsboys’ Band while still a teenager in Chicago. One of his trademarks as a drummer was his ability to do stunts with multiple pairs of sticks such as twirling and juggling without missing a beat. During this period he began practicing on the vibraphone. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones. In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1996.
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