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Arnold Rypens
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B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Benny Goodman Sextet
Author: Benny Goodman/Lionel Hampton/Eddie DeLange/Sid Robin
Label: Columbia
Year: 1939
With Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton and the young guitar player Charlie Christian, praised by John Hammond Sr. According to Hammond, Christian came up with the musical theme for Flying Home, but he's not credited.
Covers:
Ella Fitzgerald [scat version]
The definitive Lionel Hampton version, with the famous tenor solo by Illinois Jacquet, role model for so many honking sax solos, was cut in 1942.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)