Page 2 ... Legends

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More about Angela DeNiro's new CD..."Swingin' With Legends"


Lionel Hampton is an internationally acclaimed giant of the jazz world, and has been the undisputed "King of the Vibraphone" for well over half a century. In 1930, Hamp recorded his first vibe solo with the Louis Armstrong band. The first tune cut was Memories of You, which became a tremendous hit, and has remained a classic throughout the years. In 1936, Hamp joined the Benny Goodman band, which also featured Teddy Wilson and Gene Krupa. They immediately became the legendary Benny Goodman Quartet. Musical history was made, both for the brilliant music produced, and because it was the first racially integrated group of jazz musicians. Mr. Hampton has received innumerable prestigious awards, among them: The title, American Goodwill Ambassador (by Presidents Eisenhower & Nixon), the Papal Medal from Pope Paul I, 16 Honorary Doctorates, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award. The Music School of the University of Idaho was named the Lionel Hampton School of Music in 1987, the first to be named in honor of a jazz musician.
Also a celebrated composer, Hamp's original ballad, Midnight Sun, has become a beloved classic in American jazz and popular music. In the fifty year history of this jazz masterpiece, Angela DeNiro, on her 1998 CD release, Swingin' With Legends, is the first and only singer to record this song with Lionel Hampton. On track 15, there's a conversation with Lionel Hampton and Angela DeNiro.


To hear a portion of the conversation between Angela DeNiro &
Lionel Hampton, CLICK BELOW:


CONVERSATION WITH HAMP download time approx. 1:30 (Real Audio)

CLICK HERE to listen to Hamp's solo on MIDNIGHT SUN

Click here to visit website dedicated to Lionel Hampton

Frank Foster is celebrating more than 55 years in music. A member of the Count Basie Orchestra from 1953 to 1964, Foster contributed extensively to the band's repertoire through many compositions and arrangements, among them, Shiny Stockings, Blues in Frankie's Flat, and Four-Five-Six. Foster has worked with and arranged for such notables as Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billy Eckstine. In addition to his own groups, Foss has toured with Clark Terry, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Duke Pearson, Elvin Jones, Johnny Richards, Woody Herman, Lloyd Price, and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. Foster composed and conducted The Lake Placid Suite for the 1980 Winter Olympics. Frank took over the leadership of the Basie Orchestra in 1986, and during his nine years at the helm, he received two Grammy Awards; the first was for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocal (Diane Schuur's Deedles Blues), and the second for Best Instrumental Arrangement (George Benson's Basie's Bag.) Dr. Foster (he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music Degree from his Alma Mater, Central State University in Ohio), contributed five arrangements to Ms. DeNiro's new CD, Swingin' With Legends, and can be heard playing on Naima, Avalon, Bring On the Raindrops, and How Insensitive.


To hear a segment of Frank Foster's solo on Avalon, CLICK BELOW:


AVALON download time approx. 1:30

Lew Tabackin, flutist and tenor saxophonist, has a degree in music from the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music. He played first with Tal Farlow and Don Friedman, and later in the big bands led by Cab Calloway, Les Elgart, Maynard Ferguson, Ron Aprea, Joe Henderson, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Clark Terry, and Duke Pearson. He also played in smaller groups with Donald Byrd, Roland Hanna, and Elvin Jones, and worked with Doc Severinsen and his studio band. In 1968, he met Toshiko Akiyoshi when the two played together in a quartet. They married, and formed the award-winning big band known as the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra. Mr. Tabackin has won many Down Beat critics' and readers' polls, and has also been associated with several other all-star bands, including George Wein's Newport All-Star Band, the New York Jazz Giants, and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band. You can hear Lew's virtuosic tenor solo on The Song Is You, Track 5 of Angela DeNiro's new CD release, Swingin' With Legends.


To listen to Lew Tabackin on The Song Is You, CLICK BELOW:


THE SONG IS YOU download time approx. 1:45