Air Mail Special

• Artist: Lionel Hampton
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• Release Date: May 29, 1983
• Type: Instrumental
• Genre: Jazz

Review

This impossible-to-find LP from the 1950s contains two fine selections featuring a quartet comprised of Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Buddy Rich but is most memorable for the other two numbers which add the great clarinetist Buddy DeFranco to the band. Their version of "It's Only a Paper Moon" is remarkably uptempo and really swings hard; Hampton challenges his fellow legends to some spectacular playing. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
In the Mood	Andy Razaf, Joe Garland	Lionel Hampton	(4:53)
Valve Job	Frank Como	Lionel Hampton	(6:03)
Stardust Moonglow	Hoagy Carmichael, Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson	Lionel Hampton	(11:38)
Turnpike	J.J. Johnson	Lionel Hampton	(8:16)
Hamp's Boogie Woogie	Milt Buckner, Lionel Hampton	Lionel Hampton	(7:26)
Air Mail Special	Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy	Lionel Hampton	(4:22)
The More I See You	Mack Gordon, Harry Warren	Lionel Hampton	(3:09)
Sans Souci	Gigi Gryce	Lionel Hampton	(7:34)

Credits

Jerry Weldon (Soloist), Charles Stephens (Soloist), Lionel Hampton (Vibraphone), Harold Mohr (Photography), John Colianni (Piano), Doug Miller (Clarinet), Johnny Big Moose Walker (Trumpet), Lionel Hampton (Vocals), Lionel Hampton (Drums), Jerry Weldon (Sax (Tenor)), Sam Turner (Percussion), Andreas Lindemann (Cover Design), Doug Miller (Sax (Alto)), Paul Jeffreys (Sax (Tenor)), Byron Stripling (Trumpet), Chris Gulhaugen (Trombone), Frankie Dunlop (Drums), Bob Bodley (Bass), Vince Cutro (Trumpet), Lionel Hampton (Soloist), Charles Stephens (Trombone), Johnny "Moose John" Walker (Trumpet), Paul Jeffreys (Sax (Baritone)), Barry Ries (Trumpet), Adam Brenner (Sax (Alto)), Doug Miller (Sax (Tenor)), Robert Trowers (Trombone)