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Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra · 1939 · Gillespie, Hawkins, Webster, Chu Berry, Christian

Context

Recorded in New York on September 11, 1939, for Victor, this Lionel Hampton theme brings together an exceptional cast: three tenors (Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Chu Berry), Charlie Christian on guitar, and a young Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet. It belongs to the all-star small-group sessions Hampton recorded for Victor from 1937 to 1941.

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

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

Sources

• adp.library.ucsb.edu
• EN: Lionel Hampton

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