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Spirit of the Horn

Slide Hampton

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2003
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Tracks

Cherokee; All in Love Is Fair; A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing; Lament / Basin Street Blues, April in Paris, Lester Leaps In, Moment's Notice; Dolphin Dance; Walkin'-n-Rhythm; Maya; Blues for Eric.

Personnel

Slide Hampton
trombone

Additional Personnel / Information

Slide Hampton, leader, trombone; Jay Ashby, Michael Boschen, Steve Davis, Hugh Fraser, David Gibson, Andre Hayward, Benny Powell, Isaac Smith, trombone; Tim Newman, Douglas Purviance, Max Seigel, David Taylor, bass trombone; Marty Ashby, guitar, banjo; Larry Willis, piano; John Lee, bass; Victor Jones, drums. Special guest soloist — Bill Watrous (1, 3. 11).

Album Description

Slide Hampton's career as a trombonist and arranger has included extensive work with Woody Herman and Dizzy Gillespie, and he's an acknowledged master of his craft. He's also an evangelist of his instrument. Heard here in a concert in the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, his World of Trombones numbers 12 trombonists (4 play bass trombone) in addition to Hampton and featured soloist Bill Watrous. What's more striking than sheer numbers, though, is the orchestral quality of the massed horns, the extraordinarily warm, clear, carpet of sound that Hampton develops in his arrangements. There's tremendous variety here, too, from the lushly lyrical backdrop that he creates on Billy Strayhorn's "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" to the secure swing of Lester Young's "Lester Leaps In." Hampton's "Tribute Suite" even challenges the trombonists with Coltrane's "Moment's Notice," and their articulation and intonation survive. Ultimately, it's not the novelty of the trombones that you notice, but the quality of Hampton's results.


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