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Drum Suite (Slide Hampton album)

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Released
  
1964

Release date
  
1964

Label
  
BNF Collection

Artist
  
Slide Hampton

Producer
  
Teo Macero

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
April 5, 9 & 18, 1962 Columbia Studio A, New York City

Length
  
51:30 Reissue with bonus tracks

Drum Suite (1962)
  
Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton (1962)

Similar
  
Slide Hampton albums, Jazz albums

Drum Suite is an album by American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger Slide Hampton which was recorded in 1962 and first released on the Epic label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic stated "Overall the music is rewarding and if not quite essential, there are enough exciting moments (whether from the ensembles or the main soloists) to make this a recommended acquisition".

Track listing

All compositions by Slide Hampton except as indicated

  1. "Fump" - 5:21
  2. "Lover" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:09
  3. "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 8:26
  4. "Gallery Groove" - 4:27
  5. "Our Waltz" (David Rose) - 5:23
  6. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) - 3:35
  7. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 3:14
  8. "The Drum Suite" - 6:55
  9. "Well, You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) - 3:14 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Slide Hampton - trombone, arranger
  • John Bello (tracks 2 & 7-10), Hobart Dotson, Freddie Hubbard (tracks: 5-7), Willie Thomas (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 8), Richard Williams - trumpet
  • Benny Jacobs-El - trombone
  • George Coleman - tenor saxophone
  • Yusef Lateef - flute, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 8)
  • Jay Cameron - baritone saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • Eddie Khan - bass
  • Vinnie Ruggiero (tracks 7, 9 & 10), Max Roach (tracks 1-8) - drums

    • Songs

    1Fump5:22
    2Lover5:07
    3Like Someone in Love8:24

    References

    Drum Suite (Slide Hampton album) Wikipedia
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