For the Love of Music

by Lionel Hampton

Overview

For his debut on the MoJazz label, the ancient vibraphonist Lionel Hampton was featured with several groups, some more suitable than others. Keyboardist Patrice Rushen largely ruins a funky rendition of "Flying Home" and several of the other songs (the inspid "Jazz Me" and Chaka Khan's feature on "Gossamer Wings") are little more than throwaways. Better is Hampton's collaboration with Tito Puente's band on "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" and his original "Mojazz" even if Grover Washington, Jr., sounds as if he is on automatic pilot on "Another Part of Me." Overall this so-so disc can easily be passed by. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	03/14/2013
Label:	Mojazz / Motown
UPC:	0731453055421
Rank:	96464

Tracks

1. Flying Home
2. Gates Groove
3. Gossamer Wings
4. Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
5. Time After Time
6. Jazz Me
7. Take the "A" Train
8. Sweet Lorraine
9. Another Part of Me
10. Mojazz
11. What a Wonderful World

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lionel Hampton   Primary Artist,Vibraphone
Chaka Khan   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Tito Puente   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Percussion
Dianne Reeves   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Tito Puente & His Latin Jazz All-Stars   Primary Artist
Grover Washington, Jr.   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Sax (Alto)
Latin Jazz Ensemble   Primary Artist
Stevie Wonder   Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Harmonica
Wallace Roney   Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Trumpet
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler   Featured Artist,Drums
Joshua Redman   Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Saxophone
Patrice Rushen   Featured Artist,Piano,Keyboards
Roy Haynes   Featured Artist,Drums
Ron Carter   Featured Artist,Bass
Johnny Kemp   Featured Artist,Vocals
Norman Brown   Featured Artist,Guitar
Tito Puente & His Latin Jazz Ensemble   Featured Artist
Steve Skinner   Synthesizer
Jose Madera   Congas
Mitch Frohman   Flute,Saxophone
Sam Burtis   Trombone
Jerry Weldon   Sax (Tenor)
Al Grey   Trombone
Elio Oscar   Piano
Timoleon Regusis   Keyboards
John Pendenza   Trumpet
Rick Trager   Trombone
Julian C. Mance Jr.   Piano
Raymond Vega   Trumpet
Kuni Mikami   Piano
John "Dandy" Rodriguez   Percussion
Mike Rubino   Saxophone
Joseph Gollehon   Trumpet
Bashiri Johnson   Percussion
Bobby Porcelli   Saxophone
James Wood   Bass
Bernard Davis   Drums
Ravi Coltrane   Saxophone
Mike Campbell   Guitar
Al McKibbon   Bass
Roberta Piket   Piano
Lewis Kahn   Trombone
Jose Jerez   Trumpet
Gary Haase   Bass
Patrick Rickman   Trumpet
Kenny Washington   Drums
Lance Bryant   Saxophone
Chieli Minucci   Guitar
Chris Taylor   Guitar
Ruben Rodriguez   Bass
Junior Mance   Piano

Technical Credits

Steve Skinner   Composer
Chaka Khan   Composer,Performer
Lionel Hampton   Composer,Producer
Grover Washington, Jr.   Performer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Jackie Salway   Design,Art Direction
Tim Labinski   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Barry Golson   Arranger
Donald Graham   Photography
Eric Talbert   Project Coordinator
Rocjard Berg   Producer
Tito Puente & His Latin Jazz All-Stars   Performer
Malcolm Beckford   Stylist
Doc Remer   Art Coordinator
Clifford Burwell   Composer
Georg Reiter   Composer
Joe Gastwirt   Mastering
Clifford R. Burwell   Composer
Carl Glanville   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Benny Goodman   Composer
Ed Goodreau   Engineer
Dianne Reeves   Performer
Johnny Kemp   Composer,Performer
Gary Haase   Arranger,Producer
Patrice Rushen   Performer
Ron Carter   Performer
Joshua Redman   Performer
Robert Friedrich   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Roy Haynes   Performer
Sandy Palmer Grassi   Engineer
Jule Styne   Composer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler   Performer
Norman Brown   Performer
Michael Jackson   Composer
Richard Berg   Composer,Producer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Brant Biles   Assistant Engineer
Stevie Wonder   Composer,Producer,Performer
George David Weiss   Composer
John Fausty   Engineer
Wallace Roney   Performer
Sid Robin   Composer
Sydney Robin   Composer
Bob Thiele   Composer
Lance Bryant   Arranger
Benny Golson   Arranger
Robert Margouleff   Mixing