Lionel Hampton - The Best of Lionel Hampton - Part 1

LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA: 10 piece band including Lionel Hampton (vib), Ziggy Elman (tp), Jess Stacy (p) Allen Reuss (g) and Gene Krupa
(dm) - february 8, 1937
1 Jivin' the Vibres (Hampton)
Lionel Hampton (vib, voc), Johnny Hodges (as), Buster Bailey (cl), Jess Stacy (p), John Kirby (b), Cozy Cole (dm) - april 26, 1937
2 On the Sunny Side of the Street (Fields - McHugh) (2:20)
Lionel Hampton (vib, voc), Jonah Jones (tp), Eddie Barefield (cl), Clyde Hart (p), Bobby Bennett (g), Mack Walker (b), Cozy Cole (dm) - august 16, 1937
3 I'm Confessin' (Neiburg - Dougherty - Reynolds) (5:35)
Lionel Hampton (vib), Harry James (tp), Benny Carter (as,cl,arr), Dave Matthews (as), Babe Russin (ts), Herschel Evans (ts),Billy Kyle (p), John Kirby (b), Jo Jones (dm) - july 21, 1938
4 I'm In the Mood for Swing (Carter - Williams) (9:02)
alto sax solo: Carter
5 Shoe Shiner Drag (Morton) (11:48)
solos: Carter (as), James, Evans (ts), Carter (cl), Hampton , Russin (ts)
11 piece band including: Lione Hampton (vib,voc), Irving Randolph (tp), Chu Berry (ts), Clyde Hart (p), Milt Hinton (b), Cozy Cole (dm) - april 3, 1939
6 It Don't Mean a Thing (Ellington - Mills) (15:11)
7 Johnny Get Your Horn (Hataway - Hirsch - Hampton) (18:23)
Lionel Hampton (vib, voc), Rex Stewart (cn), Lawrence Brown (tb), Harry Carney (bar), Clyde Hart (p), Billy Taylor (b), Sonny Greer (dm) - june 13, 1939
8 The Jumpin' Jive (Calloway - Palmer) (21:32)
9 Memories of You (Blake - Razaf) (24:46)
10 Twelft Street Rag (Bowman -Razaf) (27:59)
Lionel Hampton (vib, voc), Henry “Red” Allen (tp), J.C. Higginbotham (tb), Earl Bostic (as), Clyde Hart (p), Charlie Christian (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Sid Catlett (dm) - october 12, 1939
11 I'm on My Way from You (Hampton - Burley) (31:07)
12 Haven' Named It Yet (Hampton - Christian) (34:12)
13 The Heebie Jeebies Are Rockin’ the Town (Atkins - Hampton) (37:08)
Lionel Hampton (vib), Benny Carter (tp), Edmond Hall (cl), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Joe Sullivan (p), Freddie Green (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Zutty Singleton (dm) - december 21, 1939
14 Dinah (Akst - Young - Lewis) (39:50)
15 My Buddy (Donaldson - Kahn) (42:34)
16 Singing the Blues (Conrad - Lewis - Robinson -Young) (45:18)
Lionel Hampton (vib), Ziggy Elman (tp), Toots Mondello and Buff Estes (as), Jerry Jerome and Budd Johnson (ts), Spencer Odom (p), Ernest Ashley (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Nick Fatool (dm) - february 26,1940
17 Till Tom Special (Goodman - Hampton) (48:11)
sax solos by Estes and Johnson
18 Save It, Pretty Mama (Davis - Denniker - Redman) (51:32)
sax solo by Mondello
19 Tempo & Swing (Hampton) (54:52)
sax solos by Johnson, Mondello, Jerome, Estes
20 Shades of Jade (Mondello) (58:11)
sax solo by Mondello
Lionel Hampton (vib), Nat Cole (p), Oscar Moore (g), Wesley Prince (b), Al Spieldock (d) - may 10, 1940
21 House of Morgan (Hampton) (1:01:36)
both Hampton and Cole play piano
22 Central Avenue Breakdown (Hampton) (1:04:44)
Hampton replaces Spieldock un drums
23 Jack the Bellboy (Hampton) (1:07:45)
Lionel Hampton (vib), Marshall Royal (cl, as), Ray Perry (vn), Sir Charles Thompson (p), Irving Ashby (g), Vernon Alley (b), Lee Young (dm)
- december 20, 1940
24 Open House (Hampton - Royal) (1:10:29)
25 Smart Alec (Hampton - Ashby) (1:13:33)