Lionel Hampton - Newport Uproar - 180g LP

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Lionel Hampton - Newport Uproar - 180g LP
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Pure Pleasure / RCA - PPAN LSP-3891 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue  

Limited Edition - Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering - RCA Victor LSP-3891

Mastered by Ray Staff At Air Mastering London - Pressed at Pallas 

AAA 100% Analogue This  LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only, from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head

"Hands Shaking, I placed this on my turntable with more emotional turmoil than I can name. Why? Because this was Hampton’s first appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, back in `67…and I was there.
No way am I gonna claim I recall the exact characteristics after 48yrs, but I will admit that my opinion is rose-coloured. Even forcing myself to dismiss nostalgia, it’s a stupendous set,oozing with brassy,ballsey, big band atmosphere. Hampton performed with his 20-strong All-Star Alumni Big Band (Illinois Jacquet guesting!), and I remember being enthralled by the `Greasy Greens’ encore – my old man was a huge fan and had briefed me well"
I’m all choked up…! Ken Kessler  92/100 Sound Quality HIFI News

The overall sound quality is very good, considering the outdoor venue. The instrument separation and balance is surprisingly consistent. The listener can hear some of the reverb and echo on the vibraphone. Liner notes by Stanley Dance are informative and convey the enthusiasm of this memorable concert.- 4.5/5 Audiophilaudition

The 1967 Newport Jazz Festival, fourteenth in a world-famous series, was inexplicably the first at which Lionel Hampton had ever appeared. Better late than never, the great vibist and bandleader came, played and conquered. As the crowd roars ecstatically at the end of this record, the awed but happy voice of producer George Wein is heard: “This hasn’t happened since Duke...” he begins, casting back in his mind to 1956 and the nearest comparable triumph.
 
There is nothing quite so effective as a big band at an outdoor jazz festival. So the 1967 Newport programme included those of Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Don Ellis and Lionel Hampton. Lionel knew the competition he had to face, and knew that in the festival’s climatic spot—the last act on the last night--- his performance would be compared with those of all the others. He prepared accordingly.
 
Members of his Inner Circle, the octet with which he normally works, would provide the nucleus for an orchestra largely composed of alumni from his earlier bands. When the call went out to the Old Guard, the response was magnificent, as a glance at the personnel will show. Top names in the profession came back to join him, to form one of the great all-star bands of all time. A two week engagement at The Metropole in New York, immediately before the festival, served as a prolonged dress rehearsal, where the ensembles were polished and new arrangements familiarized. Enthusiasm mounted night by night in the Seventh Avenue club, among musicians and public alike, until Newport and the evening of 3rd July were reached. Then, as you will hear, the spirit was willing and the flesh far, far from weak.
 
All these preparations ensured a good performance, but the spark, the magic necessary to make it a great one, had to come from the leader. Everybody knows that he is a kind of rhythmic dynamo—driving, full of energy, unsparing of himself. His commitment and conviction communicate rapidly with any audience, so that it is soon won over to his side. Yet in the long, ninety minute program, errors in pacing would have been easy, forgivable, but extremely damaging. A climax reached too soon would have led to anti-climax, and a flat feeling as the crowd left the ground. As it was, Lionel’s long professional experience served him superbly, so that his program rose steadily and inexorably to the all-out, emotional frenzy of Flying Home. Like a good general, he never lost his grasp on the situation. He inspired his men by personal example on the vibes, reinforced the beat on a second set of drums, and finally brought up the reserves---Alan Dawson, Milt Buckner and Illinois Jacquet—at just the right time, and in the right spot, to secure an unforgettable triumph and a tumultuous ovation.
 
Features:
• 180g High Quality Vinyl
• Re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering
 
Musicians:
Lionel Hampton, vibes, piano, drums
Snooky Young, trumpet
Jimmy Nottingham, trumpet
Joe Newman, trumpet
Wallace Davenport, trumpet
Al Grey, trombone
Garnett Brown, trombone
Britt Woodman, trombone
Benny Powell, trombone
Jerome Richardson, reeds
George Dorsey, reeds
Frank Foster, reeds
Dave Young, reeds
Ed Pazant, reeds
John Spruill, piano
Billy Mackel, guitar
George Duvivier, bass
Steve Little, drums
Alan Dawson, drums (7)
Milt Buckner, piano (7)
Illinois Jacquet, tenor saxophone (9)
 
Produced by Brad McCuen and Bill Titone
 
Recorded at Newport Jazz Festival, July 3rd 1967
 
Selections:
Side A:
1. Turn Me Loose
2. Thai Silk
3. Tempo's Birthday
4. Greasy Greens
5. Greasy Greens (encore
Side B:
6. Meet Benny Bailey
7. Medley: Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop/Hamp's Boogie Woogie
8. Misunderstood Blues
9. Flying Home
 
Lionel Hampton - Newport Uproar - 180g LP
 
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