Lionel Hampton - Flying Home album flac

Album · 2001 · 11 Songs. Listen on Apple Music.

Flying Home" is a jazz and jump blues composition written by Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton with lyrics by Sid Robin. It was reportedly developed around a tune Hampton whistled as he nervously waited for his first flight on an aircraft. It was first recorded by the Benny Goodman Sextet on November 6, 1939, featuring solos by Hampton and Charlie Christian. Several other groups recorded the tune.

Album: Flying Home, 2005. Watch Lionel Hampton and his band perform Flying Home Broadcast on American Television in 1957.

Artists Lionel Hampton Flying Home. Flying Home Lionel Hampton. This album has an average beat per minute of 140 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 70/192 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Flying Home.

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Lionel Hampton: "Flying Home" by David Rickert, published on August 22, 2005 at All About Jazz. Find more Swing Set articles. Flying Home had its genesis while Hampton was in the Benny Goodman band. A gig in 1939 required them to fly from Los Angeles to Atlantic City, the first time Hampton had been on a plane. He began whistling a tune while waiting for the plane to taxi. Goodman asked him what it was, and Hampton said, "I don't know. We can call it 'Flying Home,' I guess. Hampton later confessed that the tune was a way for him to keep his mind off of the upcoming flight

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