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Flying Home (ver. 2) by Lionel Hampton - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
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"Flying Home" is a 32 bar AABA jazz composition most often associated with Lionel Hampton, written by Benny Goodman, Eddie DeLange, and Lionel Hampton. The song was reportedly developed around a tune Hampton whistled as he nervously waited for his first flight on an aircraft[1]. It was first recorded by the Benny Goodman Sextet in 1939 featuring solos by Hampton and Charlie Christian. Several other groups subsequently recorded the tune, however the most famous version is a lively 1942 recording by Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra, featuring a tenor sax solo by Illinois Jacquet In 1942, at age 18, Jacquet soloed on the Hampton Orchestra's version, one of the very first times a honking tenor sax was heard on record. The record became a hit. It was a jazz classic, as well as what can be considered one of the first rock and roll records. The song immediately became the climax for the live shows and.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002), was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of the first jazz vibraphone players. Hampton ranks among the great names in jazz history, having worked with a who's who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker and Quincy Jones. In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Lionel Hampton was born in 1908 and was raised by his grandmother. Sources disagree as to whether he was born in Louisville, Kentucky; Birmingham, Alabama; or Dayton, Ohio [1][2][3]. He spent his early childhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin before he and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1916. As a youth Hampton was a member of the Bud Billiken Club, an alternative to the Boy Scouts of America due to segregation.[4] During the 1920s—while still a teenager—Hampton took xylophone lessons from Jimmy Bertrand and started playing drums.[5] Hampton was raised Roman Catholic, and started out playing fife and drum at the Holy Rosary Academy near Chicago.[6] Lionel Hampton began his career playing drums for the.
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