The Lionel Hampton Quintet


The Lionel Hampton Quintet is a 1954 album by Lionel Hampton accompanied by a quintet including clarinetist Buddy DeFranco.
The album was reissued by Verve Records in 1999, with four extra tracks.

Reception

reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "...Hampton is typically exuberant throughout, DeFranco and Peterson are as swinging as usual, and the overall music is quite joyous. Even if "Flying Home" does not reach Granz's claim of being the best-ever version of the song, this is an excellent and rather spontaneous outing."

Track listing

  1. "Flying Home" - 17:11
  2. "Je Ne Sais Pas" - 6:33
  3. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" - 5:52
  4. "April in Paris" - 6:25
  6. "Don't Be That Way" - 9:28
  7. "These Foolish Things" - 8:36
  8. "The Way You Look Tonight" - 11:14
  9. "It's Only a Paper Moon" - 6:48

    Personnel

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