Slide Hampton, where to start?

[Hardbopjazz]

He is playing this week in NYC. I have nothing of his as a leader. Any recommendations what to pick up first?

[brownie]

If you have to have only one Slide Hamption, get the 'Silver Salvation' album that came out on Atlantic. It's been reissued on Collectables.

Beautiful album with solos by Freddie Hubbard and George Coleman among others.

[Hardbopjazz]

Thanks, that will be the one I'll start with.

[Dan Gould]

Except that its "Sister Salvation"

[Hardbopjazz]

Yes, I noticed it was "Sister Salvation".

[king ubu]

You might be able to find a cheap copy of "Exodus", an album that was part of the recent Jazz in Paris series. Great sidemen, there, too, such as couw's favourite trumpet player Richard Williams, Sangrey's favourite tenor man George Coleman (you know, that's that Alexander-clone guy... )

A fun disc, for sure!

ubu

[brownie]

Except that its "Sister Salvation"

Oh Brother! Wonder where my mind was when I posted...

[jazzbo]

Two very good recommendations there! Sister Salvation was (along with Charles Bell's and Leo Wright's first Atlantic lps) among my first three jazz lps I ever owned and I still get chills when I hear the Hampton lp!

[Dan Gould]

Except that its "Sister Salvation" 

Oh Brother! Wonder where my mind was when I posted...

Well, Silver's Sister Sadie has been known to be instrumental in finding salvation.

Edited June 22, 2004 by Dan Gould

[Clunky]

Slide's one in the "Americans in Paris" (EMI France) set is excellent- I forget its title but it's raw and powerful.

[paul secor]

A Slide Hampton session I've enjoyed over the years is World of Trombones (now on a Black Lion CD). It's Slide Hampton leading a nine trombone choir accompanied by a rhythm section. Perhaps not typical Slide Hampton, but it's a good listen.

If you read the Penguin Guide to Jazz, you'll see it only merits a so-so rating. My ears tell me otherwise, and I always trust my ears over their words.

[Dan Gould]

If you read the Penguin Guide to Jazz, you'll see it only merits a so-so rating. My ears tell me otherwise, and I always trust my ears over their words.

Who wouldn't trust their own ears?

Heck, I'd trust your ears ahead of theirs almost any day of the week.

[JSngry]

Slide's one in the "Americans in Paris" (EMI France) set is excellent- I forget its title but it's raw and powerful.

I think that's the EXODUS side. EX-cellent stuff!

I'm really fond of this one too:

Check out the lineup: http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=U...l=Aitf3zfj7eh5k

Dexter's A DAY IN COPENHAGEN & Mobley's THE FLIP are both sideman dates that dhow him to good advantage.

And as far as his writing goes, sometimes it gets a little heavy-handed for my tastes, but sometimes not. Dexter's SOPHISTICATED GIANT might be a good place to start, aside from his own dates.

There's a Fresh Sounds issue that couples his Strand & Charlie Parker Records dates that is pretty good too. You get Booker Little, George Coleman, Freddie Hubbard, and others on there. Pretty decent stuff!

[jlhoots]

Ultimately all of the octet recordings are worth getting.

He's also involved in a major way in the latest VJO CD.

[Clunky]

Slide's one in the "Americans in Paris" (EMI France)  set is excellent- I forget its title but it's raw and powerful. 

I think that's the EXODUS side. EX-cellent stuff!

wrong series ( Exodus is in the JiP series from Universal)

the one I'm thinking of has Joakim Kuhn thundering away on the piano and if I remember correctly Jenny-Clarke on bass

[JSngry]

Oooh, haven't heard that one. Sounds like I should!

[DMP]

I'm lukewarm on "Sister Salvation," but the "Exodus" title is very good. My favorite - and a good deal - is the "Collectables" "two-fer" of "Jazz With a Twist" and "Explosion" - similar set-up to "Salvation"' but (to my ears) livelier.

[king ubu]

More on the Americans Swinging in Paris releases here.

I don't own any so far, but I've had an earful of the Hampton at a store once, and I did like what I heard!

Slide Hampton - tb

Joachim Kühn - p

Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - b

Philly Joe Jones - d

Can't link directly to the album, as it's one of those stupid flash sites.

Here's the Exodus cover:

ubu

[king ubu]

I'm lukewarm on "Sister Salvation," but the "Exodus" title is very good. My favorite - and a good deal - is the "Collectables" "two-fer" of "Jazz With a Twist" and "Explosion" - similar set-up to "Salvation"' but (to my ears) livelier.

As I'm already at it:

No one mentioned this so far:

ubu

[jazzbo]

If you want to sample his writing and arranging skills for BIG BOLD BAND, pick up almost any Maynard Ferguson Roulette. Man. . . !

[ghost of miles]

You might be able to find a cheap copy of "Exodus", an album that was part of the recent Jazz in Paris series. Great sidemen, there, too, such as couw's favourite trumpet player Richard Williams, Sangrey's favourite tenor man George Coleman (you know, that's that Alexander-clone guy... )

A fun disc, for sure!

ubu

Just picked this up at a half-off sale!

[danasgoodstuff]

Brownie:

Perhaps you thought/wrote "silver Salvation" under the influence of Williams Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech? (I think it was recorded in a recreation by Bryon years later.)

[JohnS]

None of the octet recordings will disappoint but for my money it has to be "Exodus" by a nose followed by "Sister Salvation".

Fresh Sound have a two lps on one cd of rarer items by the octet but on my copy the music has been transferred from lp and it shows.

The sound on the "Americans Swinging In Paris" cd has a dreadful accoustic spoiling what could have been an interesting date.

[sheldonm]

There are very few of Slide's recording I don't dig.

As far as the American Swinging in Paris series go, when's the next batch coming out???

[couw]

The sound on the "Americans Swinging In Paris" cd has a dreadful accoustic spoiling what could have been an interesting date.

I used some tracks of this series on my BFT and did some level correction in a wav editor. These are all extremely clipped, resulting in a very harsh, very brittle sound. Someone gave up a lot on sound quality for gain in volume.