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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:07 | |||
| Label | Groove Merchant | |||
| Producer | Sonny Lester | |||
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Transition is a jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich and Lionel Hampton and released on the Groove Merchant Record label in 1974.
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Groove Merchant was an American jazz and R&B record label during the 1970s. It was run by producer Sonny Lester and distributed by Pickwick Records. Notable artists included Chick Corea, O'Donel Levy, Buddy Rich, Jimmy McGriff, Lonnie Smith and Lionel Hampton. Lester would later close Groove Merchant and restructure it as Lester Radio Corporation, or LRC; TK Records were distributors for a period. Lester still retains the rights to the Groove Merchant/LRC back catalog and independently distributes them on compact disc.
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