mikeweil Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 (edited) How long have I been waiting for a complete reissue of this rare session: Complete Jazztone Recordings Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars Featuring: Ray Copeland (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Lionel Hampton (vb, marimba, p), Oscar Dennard (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Gus Johnson (d) REFERENCE: FSRCD 446 BAR CODE: 8427328604468 PRICE: 17.40 € This CD compiles for the first time all the tracks recorded by this Lionel Hampton’s All-Star group in 1956. Originally produced by Jazztone Records, most of them appeared on a 12” LP (J-1238); the rest were released on a 10” (J-1040), and on a 7” EP (J-723). You will not only hear Hampton lead this group with his extraordinary dynamism and energy as a leader, and his phenomenal improvisational capacity as an instrumentalist (vibes, piano, marimba), but also shines in his role as a jazz composer of great feeling. Hampton is surrounded here by some established jazz masters such as tenor saxophonist Lucky Thompson, bassist Oscar Pettiford, trombonist Jimmy Cleveland, drummer Gus Johnson, and by two then-newcomers to the scene: pianist Oscar Dennard, and trumpeter Ray Copeland. The music is full of rhythmic and blowing excitement thanks to the talents of the jazzmen involved, and comes close to stomping in several places. Tracklisting: CD1: 1. Romeo’s Gone Now 2. Over The Rainbow 3. Dark Eyes 4. Line For Lyons 5. Raindeer 6. Summertime 7. Too Much 8. What’s Your Hurry CD2: 1. When You’re Smiling 2. A Ghost Of A Chance 3. Loch Lomond 4. Look! Four Hands 5. Undecided 6. My Man 7. Deep Purple 8. Take The “A” Train 9. Lionel Choo-Choo RECORDED New York City, 1956 They forgot to mention an unidentified vocal group on Take The A Train - sounds much like the Gordons. The folks in Barcelona are the only ones who care for stuff like this, it seems. I'm glad they do. Edited June 16, 2007 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bichos Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 yes, "the gordons", honi, george jr. and richard. one of my favourites. and so little output! i found nothing of them on the internet. on "take the a-train" no discography mentioned them. even not the original liner notes of the jazztone lp. the "philology" "label" has the complete set for years in it´s "historical series". here´s a good link for that session: http://themenschmidt.de/oscar56.htm keep boppin´ marcel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted June 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 the "philology" "label" has the complete set for years in it´s "historical series". here´s a good link for that session: http://themenschmidt.de/oscar56.htm Hmmm .... I know that site, but there's no mention of a Philology issue, nor on Noal Cohen's Lucky Thompson Discography. If you have details on that issue, please forward it to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Thanks for spreading the news, Mike! Will have to look for this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 This is a great session, and one of only two to hear the talented Oscar Dennard solo at length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Yes! I am familiar with an LP full of music from this, very scratchy beat-up LP from a friend's dad - I guess he got it from someone who took it home from someone's party to whom someone else invited him and where he didn't know anyone or something... that's how beat-up it looked, the cover almost torn into pieces and falling apart etc... It shall be great to have all of it in - hopefully! - decent to good sound quality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 This looks really interesting. Thanks for the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bichos Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 the "philology" "label" has the complete set for years in it´s "historical series". here´s a good link for that session: http://themenschmidt.de/oscar56.htm Hmmm .... I know that site, but there's no mention of a Philology issue, nor on Noal Cohen's Lucky Thompson Discography. If you have details on that issue, please forward it to them. that´s why i wrote "label" in brackets. it´s on cd-r and not official. (like so many things from philology, the 86 volumes in the bird´s eyes series or the 36 volumes in the brownie´s eyes) but let us not talk about private issues and bootlegs.... keep boppin´ marcel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bichos Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Yes! I am familiar with an LP full of music from this, very scratchy beat-up LP from a friend's dad - I guess he got it from someone who took it home from someone's party to whom someone else invited him and where he didn't know anyone or something... that's how beat-up it looked, the cover almost torn into pieces and falling apart etc... It shall be great to have all of it in - hopefully! - decent to good sound quality! it seems that i have the same lp (no it´s an ep) and called "besuch auf einem wolkenkratzer" but it looks exactly as you escribe yours!! (maybe from the same party?) keep boppin´ marcel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 If this is another FS pirate job, who are they pirating from? Who owns the Jazztone masters anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 If this is another FS pirate job, who are they pirating from? Who owns the Jazztone masters anyway? Blackbeard? Jack Sparrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted June 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Since this recorded in 1956, it's public domain in Europe now. There was a French Musidisc CD, but I doubt they played royalties either ..... Anyway, I got it this morning - I waited so long for this one I didn't even try to resists, and it sounds okay. There was some denoising, but their source LPs must have been in good shape - the sound of this reissue is a bit more direct than the Musidisc CD. That aside, the music is excellent! A rare opportunity to hear Hamp on marimba. All contribute good solos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 How long have I been waiting for a complete reissue of this rare session: Complete Jazztone Recordings Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars Featuring: Ray Copeland (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Lionel Hampton (vb, marimba, p), Oscar Dennard (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Gus Johnson (d) REFERENCE: FSRCD 446 BAR CODE: 8427328604468 PRICE: 17.40 € This CD compiles for the first time all the tracks recorded by this Lionel Hampton’s All-Star group in 1956. Originally produced by Jazztone Records, most of them appeared on a 12” LP (J-1238); the rest were released on a 10” (J-1040), and on a 7” EP (J-723). You will not only hear Hampton lead this group with his extraordinary dynamism and energy as a leader, and his phenomenal improvisational capacity as an instrumentalist (vibes, piano, marimba), but also shines in his role as a jazz composer of great feeling. Hampton is surrounded here by some established jazz masters such as tenor saxophonist Lucky Thompson, bassist Oscar Pettiford, trombonist Jimmy Cleveland, drummer Gus Johnson, and by two then-newcomers to the scene: pianist Oscar Dennard, and trumpeter Ray Copeland. The music is full of rhythmic and blowing excitement thanks to the talents of the jazzmen involved, and comes close to stomping in several places. Tracklisting: CD1: 1. Romeo’s Gone Now 2. Over The Rainbow 3. Dark Eyes 4. Line For Lyons 5. Raindeer 6. Summertime 7. Too Much 8. What’s Your Hurry CD2: 1. When You’re Smiling 2. A Ghost Of A Chance 3. Loch Lomond 4. Look! Four Hands 5. Undecided 6. My Man 7. Deep Purple 8. Take The “A” Train 9. Lionel Choo-Choo RECORDED New York City, 1956 They forgot to mention an unidentified vocal group on Take The A Train - sounds much like the Gordons. The folks in Barcelona are the only ones who care for stuff like this, it seems. I'm glad they do. I have had the CD indicated below for a number of years. It has 10 tracks from this session. Lionel Hampton - My Man - Excelsior EXL-2-5318 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 this is one i'm definitely getting. almost did just when it came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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