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Newport Uproar!

Lionel Hampton And His All-Star Alumni Big Band

Recorded	Jul 1967
Label	RCA Victor
Released	1967
Personnel	21 credited players
Discogs	master 501728

The record

Vibraphone showman leading a reunion of his old sidemen, with Illinois Jacquet's tenor and Milt Buckner's organ-minded piano stoking the riffs. Late-'60s swing-into-r&b energy from a bandleader who never stopped playing to the crowd.

Session personnel

George Duvivier — bass
Alan Dawson — drums
Steve Little — drums
Billy Mackel — guitar
John "Mad Hatter" Spruill — piano
Milt Buckner — piano
David Young — reeds
Eddie Pazant — reeds
Frank Foster — reeds
George Dorsey — reeds
Jerome Richardson — reeds
Illinois Jacquet — tenor saxophone
Al Grey — trombone
Benny Powell — trombone
Britt Woodman — trombone
Garnett Brown — trombone
Jimmy Nottingham — trumpet
Joe Newman — trumpet
Snooky Young — trumpet
Wallace Davenport — trumpet
Lionel Hampton — vibraphone, piano, drums

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1968	RCA Victor · LPM-3891 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1968	RCA Victor — STEREO
1968	RCA Victor · RD-7933 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1968	Victor · SHP-5698 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
1968	RCA Victor · LSP 3891 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1968	RCA Victor · SF 7933 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1968	RCA Victor · LSP 3891 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1976	RCA · FXK1 7286 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1985	RCA · NL89590 — Vinyl, Reissue, LP
—	RCA · FXL1 7286 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · gatefold
—	RCA Victor · SF 7933 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
—	RCA Victor · LSP 3891 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Remastered
—	RCA · FXL1 7286 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, Black Labels · gatefold
—	RCA · FXL1 7286 — Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, Black Labels, Offset France · gatefold