Slide Hampton

[Late]

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Same thing. (Haven't heard the Japanese edition, though.)

What a great album. Recorded in 1969 in Paris, with Joachim Kühn, Neils-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and Philly Joe Jones. Ever wonder what it would be like to have a trombonist dropped down into the middle of Coltrane's group, minus Coltrane, playing "Impressions"? This session comes somewhat close to that, at least in feel. The opener, "Emergency Blues," is a minor-mode burner, and Hampton lays into the proceedings with everything he's got. It's also great to hear Jones at this time: he hasn't missed step — perhaps has absorbed a fair amount of Elvin, but is still Philly Joe. Kühn, to my ears, is coming out of a deep Bley/Friedman bag (though "singing" like Jarrett all the while), and adds some in-your-face tension to the setting, while Pedersen walks an aggressive line throughout.

Here are some sound samples. Any other fans of this one?

[jazzbo]

Honestly, I haven't met a Hampton-led session I didn't like! I like this one!

[Clunky]

some have criticised the sound of the" Americans..." French Cd , it's hard sounding but acceptable enough, I love this hard swinging session.

[sidewinder]

He;s in London next month with a Dizzy Gillespie Alumnii Big Band. I'll have to make sure I catch them.

[couw]

some have criticised the sound of the" Americans..." French Cd , it's hard sounding but acceptable enough, I love this hard swinging session.

rip a wav and take a look, it looks really awful, clipped like a poodle.

It somehow slipped passed me to get this one; did get some others from this series.

[LarryCurleyMoe]

"Horn of plenty/Two Sides of Slide" is available on Fresh Sounds and has great early Slide - George Coleman, Freddie Hubbard, and Booker Little also grace the cd...nice piano-less octet writing! I dig Slide's sound and ideas - his writing is usually quite superb!

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

(Haven't heard the Japanese edition, though.)

Wonder who has? ...and how it stacks up to this one?

[Late]

(Haven't heard the Japanese edition, though.)

Wonder who has? ...and how it stacks up to this one?

My thoughts too. I'm tempted to "upgrade." Argh!

[king ubu]

I can't find the thread dedicated to this reissue series, "Americans Swinging in Paris" (EMI) - I know there was one, but a board search finds nothing and a google search while finding a thread only comes through as broken link... the search function continues to suck*!

*) phrase searches or title only searches or "+XX +YY" searches only deliver a small part of what should be found!

[marcello]

Here's Slide (w/ Sam Jones) from 1978 or so:

[JohnS]

Can't say I liked the sound on this one. I'll give it another play.

[king ubu]

Can't say I liked the sound on this one. I'll give it another play.

The EMI/Americans Swinging CD reissue?

[JohnS]

Can't say I liked the sound on this one. I'll give it another play.

The EMI/Americans Swinging CD reissue?

American's Swinging CD. To close and hard sounding, but not as unpleasant as I remembered. Nevertheless some exciting playing from Slide, Kuhn's 'singing' is a turn off.

[king ubu]

Can't say I liked the sound on this one. I'll give it another play.

The EMI/Americans Swinging CD reissue?

American's Swinging CD. To close and hard sounding, but not as unpleasant as I remembered. Nevertheless some exciting playing from Slide, Kuhn's 'singing' is a turn off.

Thanks for checking it again - I hope this one comes through. Slide is an undersung musician, I still remember listening to this disc in a store when the whole series came out and I loved it... totally forgot about checking up on their status in time, but I hope it's not too late yet.

[Late]

Anyone have the Japanese edition? It's still floating around from online vendors. I'd upgrade if the sonics were considerably better than the French version.