Flying Home

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Edition: Music CD
Format: CD, Original recording reissued
Published: 1990
Music Label: Decca Jazz MCA Records, Inc.

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Music Review: HAMPTON'S BEST VIBES
Rating: 5 Stars

Here are some of the best of Hampton's Decca recordings from 1942-1945. Hamp's band was the most complex in jazz history, and his innovative use of the new-fangled electric guitar (Irving Ashby), electric bass (Vernon Alley) and even an electric violin (Ray Perry) set a whole new pace for R&B groups through the world. Even Hamp's vibraphone was enhanced with speakers - and his full, round, hot sound has never been outdone.
Some very good reasons to add this album to your collection are:
- Track 7: His renowned 1942 hit Flying Home, co-written with Benny Goodman, features Illinois Jacquet and Dexter Gordon on tenor sax. It was first released on Decca Records 18394 and charted at # 3 that year. This is the one in which Louisiana-born Jacquet blew an incredible 64-bar solo. We don't know of another available digital remastering of Decca 18394 (please enlighten us if you know of another one), and the sound on this disc is excellent. We bought this Decca release just to get the Flying Home.
- Track14: The incomparable Dinah Washington singing "Blow Top Blues" in New York in 1945.
- Track 16 is Hamp himself singing "Hey! Ba Ba Re Bop" in Los Angeles in 1941 - NOT TO BE MISSED!
The album booklet has a complete Decca discography of the contents, including performers, locations and dates. Here is a complete list of personnel:
Lionel Hampton (vibes), Dinah Washington (vocals), Earl Bostic, Gus Evans, George Dorsey, Herbie Fields, Ben Kynard (alto saxophone), Ray Perry (alto saxophone, violin), Marshall Royal (alto saxophone, clarinet), Illinois Jacquet, Dexter Gordon, Al Sears, Arnett Cobb, Fred Simon, Jay Peters, Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone), Jack McVea, Charles Fowlkes (baritone saxophone), Ernie Royal, Karl George, Joe Newman, Cat Anderson, Roy McCoy, Joe Morris, Lamar Wright Jr., Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Dave Page, Al Killian, Jimmy Nottingham (trumpets) Fred Beckett, Sonny Craven, Harry Sloan, Al Hayes, Booty Wood, Vernon Porter, Andrew Penn, Allen Durham, Abdul Hamid, John Morris, Jimmy Wormick (trombones), Milt Buckner, Johnny Mehegan, Dardanelle Breckenridge (piano), Irving Ashby, Eric Miller, Billy Mackel (guitars), Vernon Alley, Vernon King, Charles Harris, Ted Sinclair (bass), George Jenkins, Fred Radcliffe, George Jones (drums).

Description of Flying Home

1990 MCA Records Decca Jazz Reissue produced by Orrin Keepnews. 16 tracks starting with Royal Family and ending with Hey! Ba Ba Re Bop. Excellent Jazz CD.

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