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The Gianni Basso Big Band: Featuring Slide Hampton

Read "Featuring Slide Hampton" reviewed by Jack Bowers


This concert date from August ’99 by tenor saxophonist Gianni Basso’s spit–shined 20–something Italian big band does feature the marvelous trombonist / arranger Slide Hampton, but there’s much more to the album than that. First, this is a well–rehearsed ensemble that can hold its head high in any company; second, it is reading superlative charts not only by Hampton (three) but also by Dusko Goykovich (five); and third, there are resourceful soloists aplenty to keep Hampton on his toes (he ...

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Recado Bossa Nova

Amirani Records
2009

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Lunet

Amirani Records
1982

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Gianni Basso In...

Amirani Records
1978

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Jazz A Confronto 3

Amirani Records
1973

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