Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Quintet (Verve Master Edition) (

Recorded 12th & 13th April 1954. This release 2001 in the 24bit remastered 'Verve Master Edition' series.

Runtime approx 72 minutes. MONO - hence the small file size.

Review by Scott Yanow:
In 1954, producer Norman Granz held a couple of marathon recording sessions featuring vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, pianist Oscar Peterson, bassist Ray Brown, drummer Buddy Rich, and (on April 13) clarinetist Buddy DeFranco. This set has three selections from the DeFranco date (a 17-plus-minute "Flying Home," the original "Je Ne Sais Pas," and "On the Sunny Side of the Street") and one from the earlier session ("April in Paris"). Hampton is typically exuberant throughout (grunting rather loudly during a few later ensemble choruses on "Flying Home"), DeFranco and Peterson are as swinging as usual, and the overall music is quite joyous. Even if "Flying Home" does not reach Granz's claim of being the best-ever version of the song (one misses the honking tenor and screaming trumpet), this is an excellent and rather spontaneous outing. [The Verve Master Edition also features the tracks "Don't Be That Way," "These Foolish Things," "The Way You Look Tonight," and "It's Only a Paper Moon."]

Lionel Hampton - Vibes
Buddy DeFranco - Clarinet
Oscar Peterson - Piano
Ray Brown - Bass
Buddy Rich - Drums

Track 4: Omit Buddy DeFranco
Track 8: Omit Lionel Hampton

01. Flying Home
02. Je Ne Sais Pas
03. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
04. April In Paris
05. Don't Be That Way
06. These Foolish Things
07. The Way You Look Tonight
08. It's Only A Paper Moon