The Hottest New Group in Jazz

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The Hottest New Group in Jazz
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Studio album by
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
ReleasedDecember 1959 [1]
Length29:12
Label Columbia
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Lambert, Hendricks & Ross chronology
The Swingers!
(1958)		The Hottest New Group in Jazz
(1959)		Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Sing Ellington
(1961)
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The Hottest New Group in Jazz, also known by its full title Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross!: "The Hottest New Group in Jazz" or alternatively considered self-titled, [4] is the fourth album by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, released in 1960. The title is a quote from Downbeat magazine. The CD reissue combines the full original album with the group's two other Columbia albums: the 1961 LP Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Sing Ellington and the 1962 LP High Flying. The CD release additionally includes seven previously unreleased "rarities", recorded in 1962. On all these recordings, the group is backed up by the Ike Isaacs Trio.

Contents

Track listing

Original album

  1. "Charleston Alley" (Horace Henderson, Jon Hendricks, Leroy Kirkland) – 3:21
  2. "Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) – 2:37
  3. "Twisted" (Wardell Gray, Annie Ross) – 2:19
  4. "Bijou" (Ralph Burns, Jon Hendricks) – 3:19
  5. "Cloudburst" (Jimmy Harris, Leroy Kirkland) – 2:18
  6. "Centerpiece" (Harry Edison, Jon Hendricks) – 2:29
  7. "Gimme That Wine" (Jon Hendricks) – 3:00
  8. "Sermonette" (Cannonball Adderley, Jon Hendricks) – 3:50
  9. "Summertime" (based on the recording of Miles Davis & Gil Evans) (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 1:46
  10. "Everybody's Boppin'" (Jon Hendricks) – 4:13

CD extras, disc one

  1. "Cotton Tail" (Duke Ellington) – 2:57
  2. "All Too Soon" (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) – 3:29
  3. "Happy Anatomy" (Duke Ellington) – 1:20
  4. "Rocks in My Bed" (Duke Ellington) – 3:11
  5. "Main Stem" (Duke Ellington) – 2:56
  6. "I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I've Got" (Duke Ellington) – 3:31
  7. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 2:50
  8. "Midnight Indigo" (Duke Ellington) – 2:35
  9. "What am I Here For?" (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine) – 3:01
  10. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 3:31
  11. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 2:34

CD disc two

  1. "Come On Home" (Horace Silver) – 5:30
  2. "The New ABC" (Dave Lambert) – 3:08
  3. "Farmer's Market" (Art Farmer, Annie Ross) – 2:34
  4. "Cookin' at the Continental" (Jon Hendricks, Horace Silver) – 3:08
  5. "With Malice Toward None" (Jon Hendricks, Tom McIntosh) – 2:51
  6. "Hi-Fly" (Randy Weston) – 3:47
  7. "Home Cookin'" (Horace Silver) – 4:27
  8. "Halloween Spooks" (Dave Lambert) – 2:19
  9. "Popity Pop" (Slim Gaillard) – 4:49
  10. "Blue" (Gildo Mahones) – 3:51
  11. "Mr. P.C." (John Coltrane) – 3:20
  12. "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) – 2:17
  13. "This Here (Dis Hyunh)" (Jon Hendricks, Bobby Timmons) – 4:10
  14. "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home" (Oscar Pettiford) – 5:22
  15. "Twist City" (Matthew Gee) – 2:25
  16. "Just a Little Bit of Twist" (Don Covay) – 2:24
  17. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 2:45
  18. "A Night in Tunisia" (Alternate Version) (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 2:44

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – The Hottest New Group In Jazz at Discogs
  2. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r142490
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 861. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Micucci, Matt (July 23, 2020). "Remembering Annie Ross: Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, 'Twisted'". Jazziz. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
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