Slide Hampton

Slide Hampton Octet

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Tracks
1 Newport (Hampton) 9:10
2 Autumn Leaves (Prévert, Kosma) 3:24
3 Althea (Hampton) 4:01
4 Jazz Corner (Hampton) 4:22
5 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (tard.) 3:00
6 Go East, Young Man (Hampton) 5:54
7 Patricia (Hampton) 3:42
8 Woodyn' You (Gillespie) 4:10
9 There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (Gershwin) 3:46
10 Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Gershwin) 3:47
11 Summertime (Gershwin)
12 I Love You Porgy (Gershwin) 4:32
13 It Ain't Necessarily So (G.Gershwin) / The Cloister (Dance Suite) (Hampton) 4:53
14 Part I Impression 4:39
15 Part II Obsession 4:12
16 Part III Expression 2:58
17 Part IV Possession 3:03


[# 1-8]- Recorded in New York City ; 1959

Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little - tp
Slide Hampton - tb, p & tbium
Bernard McKinney - b hrn
George Coleman - ts & cl
Jay Cameron - bs & b cl
George Tucker - b
Charlie Persip - dr [# 2 & 7]
Kenny Dennis - dr [# 3 & 8]
Pete LaRocca - dr [other]

[# 9-13] - Recorded in New York City ; 1961

Hobart Dotson & Willie Thomas- tp
Slide Hampton & Ben Jacobs-El - tb
George Coleman - ts
Jay Cameron - bs
Eddie Kahn - b
Lex Humphries - dr

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The two octets Slide Hampton uses on this recording are quite similar in content but different in the way they execute this music, and much of it has to do with the distinct difference in personnel, and the two years that separate their recording dates. The first half deals with hard to post-bop modifications and the way the group approaches a bridge between the two, while the other end of the program concentrates on interpretations the music written by George Gershwin, plus an extended four-part suite written by Hampton. These dual sides of Slide Hampton combine to form a complete picture of what the emerging arranger and trombonist offered as a individualist aside from peers (Quincy Jones, J.J. Johnson, Lalo Schifrin, et. al.) who concentrated on movie soundtracks. The sessions from 1959 include Bernard McKinney on the baritone horn, three different drummers (Kenny Dennis, Charlie Persip, and Pete LaRoca) on select tracks, and fledgling young trumpeters Booker Little and Freddie Hubbard, even though Burt Collins does all of the lead brass work with Hampton. "Newport" starts the set in a modal walk, the intro initially similar to "You Don't Know What Love Is," then merges into a steady streaming freight train jam. Four other Hampton originals range from the Latin unison call outs and boogaloo/bop "Althea" (assumedly for tennis star Althea Gibson), the regal "Go East, Young Man" based on the changes of "Milestones," the much quieter post-bopper "Jazz Corner," and the simple straight bop of "Patricia." Standards "Autumn Leaves," "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," and "Woody 'n' You" feature add-ons from the originals like chatty, choppy horns, more anthemic than normal hues, and a harder, abundant, modified line, respectively. A slightly less potent but still talented lineup from 1961 plays the five Gershwin pieces, with "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" again richly enhanced with a little rock & roll beat tossed in; "Summertime" is performed via high drama, and "It Ain't Necessarily So" is dressed in Latin trim. George Coleman is the lone artist besides Hampton and baritone saxophonist Jay Cameron on the entire date, and the always effervescent tenor saxophonist gets a laid-back solo during "I Loves You Porgy." The "dance" suite "The Cloister" is impressionistic within ballad, easy swing, slightly urgent waltz, and frantic bop segments, with some call and response at the end. Other than some drum fills from Lex Humphries, the piece is played to strict tolerances, and over some 14 minutes, is not as memorable as the other tracks, although hinting at future projects of Hampton's. As solid musically as any mainstream jazz fan might need, this is an important prelude to other large ensemble projects Slide Hampton assembled, and deserves repeat listenings to fully reap its rewards.
Michael G. Nastos - allmusic review

Booker Little

Booker Little, Jr
(born on April 2, 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee - died October 5, 1961 in New York City, New York)

American jazz trumpeter and composer.
Despite having one of the shortest careers in jazz history, Little nevertheless made a noteworthy contribution to the music. Stylistically Little belongs to the lineage of Clifford Brown, featuring crisp articulation, a burnished tone and balanced phrasing.
He trained at Chicago Conservatory (1956–58) and worked with leading local musicians such as Johnny Griffin. Later, moving to New York, his most significant associations were with drummer Max Roach and multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy, recording with them both under his own name and theirs. With Dolphy, he co-led a residency at the Five Spot club in New York in June 1961, from which three classic albums were eventually issued by Prestige Records. Here he showed promise of expanding the expressive range of the “vernacular” be-bop idiom of Clifford Brown.
Only four albums under his own name were recorded: Booker Little 4 + Max Roach (1958) for United Artists, Booker Little Quartet (1960) for Time, his masterpiece Out Front (1961) for Candid and finally Booker Little and Friend (reissued as Victory and Sorrow) for Bethlehem mere weeks before his passing.
He died from uremia at the age of 23.

Booker Little Quartet 1960

Booker Little Quartet
New York City, April 13 and 15, 1960

Booker Little (tp) Tommy Flanagan (p) Scott LaFaro (b) Roy Haynes (d)
NYC, April 13, 1960

Opening Statement (Booker Little) 6:41
Minor Sweet (Booker Little) 5:38
The Grand Valse (Booker Little) 4:55
Who Can I Turn To? (Alec Wilder-William Engvick) 5:24
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Booker Little (tp) Wynton Kelly (p) Scott LaFaro (b) Roy Haynes (d)
NYC, April 15, 1960

Bee Tee's Minor Plea (Booker Little) 5:38
Life's A Little Blue (Booker Little) 6:51

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Booker Little

The Trumpet Summit - Tribute To Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown and Booker Little Live At The Club Ruby (1968)

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The Trumpet Summit - Tribute To Fats Navrro, Clifford Brown and Booker Little
Live At The Club Ruby in May 22, 1968

LINEUP:
Kenny Dorham, Woody Shaw, Bill Hardman, Blue Mitchell, Richard Williams and Walter Kelly - Trumpets
Lonnie Smith - Piano
Peck Morrrison - Bass
Walter Perkins - Drums

1) Bags Groove 15:02
Solos: Dorham,Hardman,Williams
2) What’s New 19:23
Solos: Shaw, Kelly, Mitchell
3) Confirmation 16:58
Solos: Dorahm, Hardman, Williams
4) Blues 10:00
Solos: Shaw, Kelly, Dorham, Mitchell, Hardman -f ade
5) Sweet Clifford 19:50
Solos: Shaw, Hardman, Williams, Dorham, Mitchell

Fresh Sound FSR CD 382

This album is hard-bop heaven for trumpeters. Billed as a tribute to Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown and Booker Little, it features Woody Shaw, Kenny Dorham, Bill Hardman, Blue Mitchell, Richard Williams and the little-known Walter Kelly. The presence of so much concentrated brass firepower naturally brings out the competitive spirit. Shaw—23 at the time—dazzles with explosive pentatonics. His work on an uptempo version of “What’s New” answers the song’s title with a conception that would eventually solidify his place as an innovator. Dorham, on “Bags Groove” and “Confirmation,” shows off his mastery of bop’s harmonic language. You can hear how he had influenced Shaw at the time.

Mitchell takes a more lyrical, controlled approach to the proceedings and scores via contrast.

Hardman and Williams—lesser lights in the hierarchy—acquit themselves well in the contest. Kelly, more erratic, nevertheless holds his ground. The rhythm section—pianist Lonnie Liston Smith, bassist Peck Morrison and drummer Walter Perkins—is spirited and aggressive (especially Perkins on the nearly 20-minute “Sweet Clifford”). I wonder if such a tribute were held today, who would be called and whether the results.

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Max Roach - Deeds Not Words (1958)

Max Roach - Deeds Not Words (1958)

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Booker Little(tp) 

Ray Draper(tu) 

George Coleman(ts) 

Art Davis, Oscar Pettiford(b) 

Max Roach(d)


Tracks:

1. You Stepped Out Of A Dream

2. Filide

3. It's You Or No One

4. Jodie's Cha-Cha

5. Deeds, Not Words

6. Larry-Larue

7. Conversation

8. There Will Never Be Another You

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Eric Dolphy with Booker Little - Far Cry 1960

1. Mrs. Parker Of K.C. [Bird's Mother] (Jaki Byard)
2. Ode To Charlie Parker (Jaki Byard)
3. Far Cry (Eric Dolphy)
4. Miss Ann (Eric Dolphy)
5. Lft Alone (Waldron-Holiday)
6. Tenderly (Gross-Lawrence)
7. It's Magic (Styne-Cahn)
8. Serene (Eric Dolphy)

Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet & flute
Booker Little - trumpet
Jaki Byard - piano
Ron Carter - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ; December 21, 1960

Prestige P - 24046 / New Jazz OJC20 400-2


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Booker Little - Victory and Sorrow 1961

01 Victory and Sorrow
02 Forward Flight
03 Looking Ahead
04 If I Should Lose You
05 Calling Softly
06 Booker's Blues
07 Matilde

Booker Little on trumpet
George Coleman on tenor saxophon
Julian Priester on trombone
Don Friedman on piano
Reggie Workman on bass
Pete LaRoca on drums

Rec.: Aug 1961-Sep 1961

Bethlehem BCP-6034

Although he only lived to be 23 and recorded for just a little over three years, Booker Little proved to be one of the top young trumpeters of his era. Victory and Sorrow was his fourth and final recording as a leader. Little's melancholy tone is heartbreaking on the date's lone standard, "If I Should Lose You," and he contributed all of the other six selections, this advanced session has many touching and hard-swinging moments.
Review by Scott Yanow

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Booker Little - Out Front 1961

01 We Speak
02 Strength and Sanity
03 Quiet Please
05 Man of Words
06 Hazy Blues
07 A New Day

Booker Little on trumpet
Eric Dolphy on saxophones
Julian Priester on trombone
Don Friedman on piano
Art Davis & Ron Carter on bass
Max Roach on drums

Rec.: Mar 17, 1961-Apr 4, 1961

Barnaby / Candid Jazz BR-5019

Booker Little was the first trumpet soloist to emerge in jazz after the death of Clifford Brown to have his own sound. His tragically brief life (he died at age 23 later in 1961) cut short what would have certainly been a major career.
Review by Scott Yanow

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We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach 1960

We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
Max Roach
Candid, (1960)

1. Driva Man
2. Freedom Day
3. Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace
4. All Africa
5. Tears for Johannesburg

Max Roach (drums) with
Booker Little (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Walter Benton (ten sax), Coleman Hawkins (ten sax),
James Schenck (bass), Michael Olatunji (congas), Ray Mantilla (percussion), Thomas DuVall (percussion),
Abbey Lincoln (vocal)

:: We Insist! Freedom Now Suite ::

The Many Sides of Max Roach 1959

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Personnel:
Booker Little (trumpet)
Julian Priester (trombone)
George Coleman (tenor sax)
Art Davis (bass)
Max Roach (drums)

Recorded at Fine Recording, New York City on January 22, 1959.

Tracks:
1. Prelude
2. Lepa
3. Connie's Bounce
4. A Little Sweet
5. Tympanalli
6. Bemsha Swing
7. There's No You

:: The Many Sides of Max Roach ::