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Spirit of the Horn [Live]
ASIN: B000088EA8
Track Listings
| 1. Cherokee - Slide Hampton and the World of Trombones, Bill Watrous |
| 2. All in Love Is Fair |
| 3. Flower Is a Lovesome Thing - Slide Hampton and the World of Trombones, Bill Watrous |
| 4. Tribute Suite: Lament/Basin Street Blues |
| 5. Tribute Suite: April in Paris |
| 6. Tribute Suite: Lester Leaps In |
| 7. Tribute Suite: Moment's Notice |
| 8. Tribute Suite: Dolphin Dance |
| 9. Walkin' -N- Rhythm |
| 10. Maya |
| 11. Blues for Eric - Slide Hampton and the World of Trombones, Bill Watrous |
Editorial Reviews
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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. --Stuart Broomer
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