Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36035: Jam Session In Paris

MG-36035: Jam Session In Paris / Lionel Hampton

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type B silver rim
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	YMG36035A MF1 A1 I
	SIDE-B	YMG36035B MF1 A1 I

Comments

One of the very early pressing - YMG MF1 matrix on both sides, silver rim label, and blue-back cover.

Inside The Groove

Mister Vibraphonist Hampton's nice mainstream session at Paris, from original French Barclay recording.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

A companion release of MG-36034 - swings, swings swings. Awesome work. Although we wish the rhythm section should play much better, the total sound presented here is nothing but awesome. Very swingy and relaxed session within mainstream style.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	11846 (26481)	Voice Of The North (Hampton)	7:42
A-2	11843 (26485)	I Cover The Waterfront (Green - Heyman)	11:20
SIDE-B
B-1	11847 (26487)	Zebu (Hampton)	10:00
B-2	11842 (26489)	All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern)	7:25

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Lionel Hampton (vib) with:
Nat Adderley (tp), Benny Bailey (tp), Bernard Hulin (tp),
Dave Amram (frh), Maurice Meunier (ts, cl), William Boucaya (bs),
René Urtreger (p), Sacha Distel (g), Guy Pedersen (b), Baptiste “Mac Kac” Reilles (ds),
Christian Chevallier (arr).

Recorded in Paris, France on March 18, 1955.