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Lionel Hampton · 1955 · Composition de Hampton, album Hamp and Getz (Norgran), avec Stan Getz

Context

Track from Hamp and Getz, recorded on August 1, 1955, in Hollywood for Norgran (Norman Granz) by Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz with Lou Levy, Leroy Vinnegar and Shelly Manne. Billboard wrote that Hampton was “the stronger spirit” of the two.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

By the same artist

• Everybody's Somebody's Fool (1949)
• Flying Home (1942)
• Hot Mallets (1939)

Sources

• EN: Hamp and Getz

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