LIONEL HAMPTON - The Complete Lionel Hampton Quartets And Quintets With Oscar Peterson On Verve (1999) 5xCD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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.  by William Ruhlmann
Tracklist:
CD 1:
1. Always (Irving Berlin)
2. 'S Wonderful (George & Ira Gershwin)
3. Air Mail Special (Charlie Christian - Benny Goodman - Jimmy Mundy)
4. The Nearness Of You (Hoagy Carmichael - Ned Washington)
5. Soft Winds (Fletcher Henderson)
6. Stompin' At The Savoy (Edgar Sampson - Benny Goodman - Chick Webb)
7. Love For Sale (Cole Porter)
8. April In Paris (Vernon Duke - Yip Harburg)
9. Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter)

CD 2:
1. Star Dust (Hoagy  Carmichael - Mitchell Parish)
2. That Old Black Magic Pt. 1 (Harold Arlen - Mitchell Parish)
3. That Old Black Magic Pt. 2
4. This Can't Be Love (Rodgers - Hart)
5. Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell)
6. How High The Moon (Morgan Lewis - Nancy Hamilton)
7. Blues For Norman (N. Shrdlu)
8. I Can't Get Started (Vernon Duke - Ira Gershwin)
9. Moonglow (DeLange - Hudson - Mills)

CD 3:
1. It's Only A Paper Moon (Arlen - Rose - Harburg)
2. The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kerns - Dorothy Fields)
3. Flying Home (Lionel Hampton - Benny Goodman)
4. These Foolish Things (Link - Strachey - Marvell)
5. Don't Be That Way (Edgar Sampson - Benny Goodman)
6. Dinah (Akst - Lewis - Young)
7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Jimmy McHugh - Dorothy Fields)
8. Je Ne Sais Pas (Lionel Hampton - Jeri Jones)

CD 4:
1. It's A Blue World (George "Chet" Forrest - Robert Wright)
    index 1: false start
    index 2: alternative take
2. It's A Blue World - LP master take
3. It's A Blue World - 78-rpm master take
4. The High And The Mighty (Dimitri Tiomkin - Ned Washington)
5. When The Saints Go Marching In (traditional)
6. Flying Home (Hampton - Goodman)
7. Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton - Sonny Burke)
8. Tenderly (Walter Gross - Jack Lawrence)
9. Hallelujah (Youmans - Grey - Robin)
10. Indiana (James F. Hanley - Howard MacDonald)
     index 0: false start
     index 1: complete take
11. But Beautiful (Jimmy Van Heusen - Johnny Burke)
12. Indiana

CD 5:
1. Hamp's Boogie Woogie - LP master take (Lionel Hampton - Milt Buckner)
2. Hamp's Boogie Woogie - 78-rpm master take
3. Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller - Andy Razaf)
4. Honeysuckle Rose - short version
5. China Boy (Richard Winfree - Phil Boutelje)
6. A Foggy Day - LP master take (G & I Gershwin)
7. A Foggy Day - 78-rpm master take
8. Love Is Here To Stay (G & I Gershwin)
9. Body And Soul (Green - Eyton - Sour - Heyman)
10. It's Only A Paper Moon (Arlen - Rose - Harburg)
11. Sweethearts On Parade (Carmen Lombardo - Charles Newman)
12. Date With Oscar (Oscar Peterson - Lionel Hampton)

Credits:
Lionel Hampton - vibraharp, vocals (not present CD 3, track 1)
Oscar Peterson - piano
Ray Brown - bass
Buddy Rich - drums
Buddy DeFranco - clarinet (CD 3)
Herb Ellis - Guitar - guitar (CD 4 tracks 11-12 & CD 5)

Recorded between September, 1953 and September, 1954 in NYC

LIONEL HAMPTON 

 The Complete Quartets And Quintets With Oscar Peterson On Verve 

[1999] 5CD / VERVE / FLAC / scans

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