Jazz with a Twist

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Jazz with a Twist
Jazz with a Twist.jpg
Studio album by
Slide Hampton
Released1962
RecordedNovember 9 and December 11, 1961
NYC
Genre Jazz
Label Atlantic
LP 1379
Producer Nesuhi Ertegun
Slide Hampton chronology
Two Sides of Slide
(1961)		Jazz with a Twist
(1962)		 Drum Suite
(1962)

Jazz with a Twist is an album by American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger Slide Hampton which was released on the Atlantic label in 1962. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic gave the album 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Slide Hampton, except as indicated.

  1. "The Jazz Twist" - 2:33
  2. "Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) - 3:00
  3. "Gorgeous George" - 2:08
  4. "Strollin'" (Horace Silver) - 3:57
  5. "The Barbarians" - 6:39
  6. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) - 2:55
  7. "Slide Slid" - 2:52
  8. "Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) - 4:37
  9. "Red Top" (Ben Kynard, Lionel Hampton) - 6:20

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Fitzgerald, M., Slide Hampton Discography accessed September 16, 2015
  2. ↑ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 Series accessed September 16, 2015
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed September 16, 2015
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