Lionel Hampton Orchestra Live at The Opera, Liège : Sonuma Archives 1959.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Hampton, Lionel, performer.

Sonuma.

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (58 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Sonuma, 1959.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

In the late 50s big band jazz was still the hottest ticket around for European audiences and nobody was better at rallying a troupe, or seducing a crowd, than the one-and-only Lionel Hampton. He'd made his name in the 30s, playing with the likes of Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman, before establishing himself as a giant of the genre in the 40's and taking names like Quincy Jones, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus and Dizzy Gillespie under his wing. For this pioneering vibraphonist, pianist and composer, there were few noteworthy characters that he didn't end up influencing. Here, coming off the back of a seminal album with Stan Getz ("Gladys," a song from that album, is delivered here), he fronts an all-star line-up for a Belgian spectators who seem in a state of rapture whenever the camera lingers on their faces. Among many ensemble pieces, it is "History Of Jazz" that perhaps stands out the most: to coincide with the various stages Hampton stops playing and explains the shift in the music for the audience: "first, the traditional blues, from New Orleans ... "

Contents:

The Chase (Part I and II) / Lionel Hampton

Brussel Sprouts / Lionel Hampton

Sticks Ahoy / Lionel Hampton

Gladys / Lionel Hampton

The High And The Mighty / Lionel Hampton

Hamp's Piano Blues / Lionel Hampton

History Of Jazz / Lionel Hampton

Hot Club Blues / Lionel Hampton

I Found A New Baby / Jack Palmer.

Participant:

Lionel Hampton, vibraphonist.

Notes:

Recorded 1959 Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Liège, Belgium.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Hampton, Lionel. Chase (Part I and II)

Container of: Hampton, Lionel. Brussel Sprouts.

Container of: Hampton, Lionel. Sticks Ahoy.

Container of: Hampton, Lionel. Gladys.

Container of: Hampton, Lionel. High And The Mighty.

Container of: Hampton, Lionel. Hamp's Piano Blues.

Container of: Hampton, Lionel. History Of Jazz.

Container of: Hampton, Lionel. Hot Club Blues.

Container of: Palmer, Jack. I Found A New Baby.

OCLC:

1252974313