You Better Know It!!!

{{Infobox album

| name = You Better Know It!!!

| type = Album

| artist = Lionel Hampton

| cover = You Better Know It!!!.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1964

| recorded = October 26 & 29, 1964

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 36:22

| label = Impulse!

| producer = Bob Thiele

| chronology = Lionel Hampton

| prev_title = Lionel at Malibu

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = Newport Uproar

| next_year = 1967

}}

You Better Know It!!! is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Lionel Hampton featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Impulse! label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-78 Impulse! Records discography] accessed June 14, 2011

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars and stated "There was no wasted energy or unnecessary or exaggerated solos; just bluesy, assertive, muscular arrangements, accompaniment, and ensemble segments".Wynn, R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/you-better-know-it-r140150 Allmusic Review] accessed June 14, 2011

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=640}}

| rev3 = Record Mirror

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Jones (journalist) |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=7 August 1965 |title=Lionel Hampton: You Better Know It |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-08-07.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |issue=230 |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225456/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-08-07.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=18 August 2022}}

}}

Track listing

:All compositions by Lionel Hampton except as indicated

  1. "Ring Dem Bells" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:28
  2. "Vibraphone Blues" – 5:06
  3. "Tempo's Birthday" (Hampton, Joe Morris) – 3:58
  4. "Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) – 3:12
  5. "Moon over My Annie" (Manny Albam) – 5:32
  6. "Pick-A-Rib" (Benny Goodman, Hampton) – 3:34
  7. "Trick or Treat" (Albam) – 6:02
  8. "Cute" (Neil Hefti, Stanley Styne) – 3:05
  9. "A Taste of Honey" (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) – 2:43
  10. "Swingle Jingle" – 2:54

:*Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 26 & 29, 1964

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