Lionel Hampton's Best Records (1940-1941) Vol. 4 / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 46 - 731 053

Lionel Hampton's Best Records (1940-1941) Vol. 4 / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 46 - 731 053

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SIDE ONE

1) JACK THE  BELLBOY  (Lionel  Hampton)

2)  CENTRAL AVENUE BREAKDOWN  (Lionel Hampton)

3)  HOUSE OF MORGAN   (Lionel  Hampton)

4)  JIVIN'  WITH JARVIS   (Lionel  Hampton)

5)  BLUE BECAUSE OF YOU (Carpenter - Dunlap - Wilson)

6)  DOUGH-RA-ME  (Hampton - Southern -  K.  Cole)

7)  ALTITUDE (Lionel Hampton - I. Ashby)

8)  FIDDLE DEE DEE  (Lionel Hampton)

SIDE TWO

9)  BOUNCING  AT THE  BEACON   (Lionel  Hampton)

10)  CHASIN' WITH CHASE  (Neal - Shivers)

11)  CHARLIE WAS  A SAILOR   (Jaffe -  Keefer - Lopez)

12)  PIGFOOT SONATA (Dan Burley - Lionel Hampton)

13)   MARTIN  ON  EVERY  BLOCK   (Lionel  Hampton)

14) JUST FOR LAFFS  (Hampton - Saizman - Bresler)

15)  SMART ALEC  (Hampton - I. Ashby)

PERSONNEL AND DATES:

(a) NAT « KING » COLE (p), OSCAR MOORE (g), WESLEY PRICE (bass), AL SPIELDLOCK (drums), LIONEL HAMPTON (vibraphone, drums in 'Jack the Bellboy', piano in 'Central Avenue Breakdown'). Hollywood, 14 May 1940.

(b) Same as  (a). Hollywood, 17 July 1940.

(c) MARLOWE MORRIS (p), TEDDY BUNN (g), DOUGLAS DANIELS (g, tipple, vocal), HAYES ALVIS (b), KAISER MARSHALL (drums), LIONEL HAMPTON (vibraphone). New York City, 21 August 1940.

(d) MARSHALL ROYAL (cl, alto), RAY PERRY (violon, alto), SIR CHARLES THOMPSON (p), IRVING ASHBY (g), VERNON ALLEY (bass), LEE YOUNG (drums), LIONEL HAMPTON (vibraphone). Hollywood, 19 December 1940.

(e) Same as (d) and LIONEL HAMPTON piano in 'Bouncing at the Beacon'. Hollywood, 20 December 1940.

(f) Same as (d), KARL GEORGE (tp) added, and LIONEL HAMPTON (drums). Chicago, 8 April 1941.