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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.
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TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Always / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 8:01
2 's Wonderful / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 7:23
3 Air Mail Special / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 7:38
4 The Nearness of You / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 10:42
5 Soft Winds / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 6:12
6 Stompin' at the Savoy / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 10:52
7 Love for Sale / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 9:18
8 April in Paris / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 6:24
9 Just One of Those Things / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 7:42
Disc 2
1 Stardust / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 9:57
2 That Old Black Magic, Pt. 1 / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 6:37
3 That Old Black Magic, Pt. 2 / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 7:10
4 This Can't Be Love / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 7:38
5 Willow Weep for Me / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 10:13
6 How High the Moon / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 7:29
7 Blues for Norman / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 7:13
8 I Can't Get Started / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 8:09
9 Moonglow / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 9:34
Disc 3
1 It's Only a Paper Moon / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 6:50
2 The Way You Look Tonight / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 11:14
3 Flying Home / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 17:10
4 These Foolish Things / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 8:36
5 Don't Be That Way / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 9:28
6 Dinah / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 8:25
7 On the Sunny Side of the Street / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 5:52
8 Je Ne Sais Pas / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 6:29
Disc 4
1 It's a Blue World / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet previously unreleased / Alternate Take 7:38
2 It's a Blue World / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet LP Master Take 7:23
3 It's a Blud World / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 78-Rpm Master Take 3:02
4 The High and the Mighty / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 3:09
5 When the Saints Go Marching In / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 8:16
6 Flying Home / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 3:19
7 Midnight Sun / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 6:12
8 Tenderly / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 10:15
9 Hallelujah / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 6:59
10 (Back Home Again In) Indiana / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet previously unreleased 8:12
11 But Beautiful / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 7:29
12 (Back Home Again In) Indiana / Lionel Hampton & His Quartet 7:19
Disc 5
1 Hamp's Boogie Woogie / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet LP Master Take 7:08
2 Hamp's Boogie Woogie / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 78-Rpm Master Take 3:11
3 Honeysuckle Rose / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 11:45
4 Honeysuckle Rose / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet Short Version 2:39
5 China Boy / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 6:22
6 A Foggy Day / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet LP Master Take 5:28
7 A Foggy Day / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 78 rpm Master Take 3:27
8 Love Is Here to Stay / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 4:17
9 Body and Soul / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 15:01
10 It's Only a Paper Moon / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 5:57
11 Sweethearts on Parade / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 7:14
12 Date with Oscar / Lionel Hampton & His Quintet 5:58
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