Transition (Buddy Rich Lionel Hampton album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Transition
| type = studio album
| artist = Buddy Rich / Lionel Hampton
| cover = BuddyRich_Transition_LP320.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1974
| recorded = 1974
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 37:07
| label = Groove Merchant
| producer = Sonny Lester
| chronology = Buddy Rich
| prev_title = Very Live at Buddy's Place
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = The Last Blues Album, Vol. 1
| next_year = 1974
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Lionel Hampton
| type = studio album
| prev_title = Stop, I Don't Need No Sympathy
| prev_year = 1974
| title = Transition
| year = 1974
| next_title = The Works
| next_year = 1975
}}
}}
{{album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic[http://www.allmusic.com/album/transition-r163406 Scott Yanow review at allmusic.com]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}
}}
Transition is a jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich and Lionel Hampton and released on the Groove Merchant Record label in 1974.
Track listing
LP side A
- "Avalon" (Al Jolson, Billy Rose) – 3:31
- "Airmail Special" (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charlie Christian) – 6:07
- "Ham Hock Blues" (Lionel Hampton) – 5:34
- "Ring dem Bells" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 4:15
LP side B
- "E.G." (Mike Abene) – 8:24
- "Fum" – (Jack Wilkens [sic]) 9:20
Personnel
- Buddy Rich – drums
- Lionel Hampton – vibraphone
- Teddy Wilson – piano (except "E.G." and "Fum")
- Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone (except "E.G.")
- George Duvivier – bass (except "E.G." and "Fum")
- Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone – (on "E.G." and "Fum")
- Jack Wilkins – guitar (on "E.G." and "Fum")
- Kenny Barron – piano (on "E.G." and "Fum")
- Joe Romano – soprano saxophone (on "E.G." and "Fum")
- Anthony Jackson – bass (on "E.G." and "Fum")
- Bob Cranshaw – bass (on "E.G." and "Fum")
- Stanley Kay – percussion (on "E.G." and "Fum")
- Ted Sommer – percussion (on "E.G." and "Fum")
References
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- Groove Merchant GM 3302
- [http://www.discogs.com/Buddy-Rich-Lionel-Hampton-Transition/release/1791395 Transition at discogs.com]
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{{Buddy Rich}}
{{Kenny Barron}}
{{Zoot Sims}}
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Category:1974 collaborative albums
Category:Lionel Hampton albums
Category:Albums produced by Sonny Lester
Category:Groove Merchant albums
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